Originally Posted by
zactaylor
Thanks for all the responses. I should have been clearer why I was posting. I had the saddle too low for a long time and fixed it at the beginning of this year. I wasn't in any real discomfort before but the new position feels a lot better. I used the LeMond, but this came out too low - not sure what's going on there. I then used the 'other' method (which I cannot remember the name of) which measures from the pedal axle instead of the b/b to take into account the length of the cranks. This was better but still off. What I have ended up with is the LeMond method + some. Odd. It feels fine to ride but I sometimes feel like I could be extending just a bit more. Then I just think that's me thinking about it too much.
Would you say that the saddle should maybe come up then?
Nope. I think your height looks good, at least from the photos.
Mark where it is (height, fore-aft) and then (if you are experiencing any balance issues, or hand/wrist numbness),
maybe move your saddle back 5mm.
(If you do move it back on the rails, it will slightly lengthen the reach to the pedals, so increases the effective saddle height very slightly.)
Balance is often best achieved if you can draw a straight line from the center of your bottom bracket, through the seat tube and post, and intersecting with your femur's greater trochanter.
As mentioned by others, this is well into the realm of personal preference. I see nothing obviously wrong about your fit.
What issues do you hope to address?
Here is a website (which sells a $5 PDF that has more details) that might be of help:
https://bikedynamics.co.uk
The idea is that instead of using arbitrary
ad hoc formulae for things like saddle height, it is better to put the rider on a trainer and then take some stills from movies and measure distances and angles that way.
People tend to want to put the saddle a bit higher than what is ideal. Tour de France riders are famous for lowering their saddles by the third day or so.