The Miracle of raising my saddle

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09-10-09 | 08:09 AM

#26

ichitz

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09-10-09 | 09:43 PM

#27

TXBDan

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From: Boston, MA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CliftonGK1

Best advice I've used for a starting adjustment is this:

With the cranks aligned with the seat tube, put your heel on the pedal at full extension. Your saddle should be high enough that your knee is fully extended at this point.

This has worked great in my experience.

If you can still touch both feet to the ground on the saddle.. then i guarantee its not high enough

09-11-09 | 07:18 AM

#28

queerpunk

aka mattio

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This year, one of my teammates sent an email to the team saying, "I just got a proper bike fit and they told me that my saddle was 2.5 inches too low!" A few weeks later, at a local race series, he showed me the two pieces of tape on his seatpost - one as a marker for where the post is, and one to mark where it was. Two and a half inches! That's a lot. He went on to reclaim and then win the sprinter's jersey for the series, with much team support. But that's probably not because of the saddle change. It's just part of the story.