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Old 08-26-08 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by stevetone
Also, I have not heard of anyone recommending knee angles as low as 5 degrees. Most often I have heard of angles of 30-42 degree at BDC (For example, if I recall correctly John Howard recommends 38 - 40 degrees).

Steve
Actually, I always learned that 25 was the starting point and work your way from there, but a couple of dudes at a LBS were adamant on 5 and they seem to get a lot of people going in for fittings - always when I am in there there is someone - and a pretty authoritative angle measuring stick so I figured they were right.

Just for reference I am somewhere between 25-30 using rudimentary measuring methods, hence the give-or-take numbers.
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