cervelo4me

seems to take a lot off my bad knee and the ride just seems better.am i sacrificing anything with the seat post a bit higher?im not a racer.does it place more pressure on my shoulder or back although i feel no soreness.any thoughts.thanks

Jed19

Keep a close eye on your lower back, as this is where you'll most likely feel the effects of a "saddle too high".

urbanknight

If only someone could define "normal" for me, I'd be able to answer your question. I know mine is a tad higher than the inseam x 0.887 method.

LesterOfPuppets

I always feel it in my hamstrings when I run the saddle too high.

Cleave

Hi cervelo4me,

I'd generally be a lot more inclined to answer your posts if you used proper capitalization and punctuation. It is hard to read and decipher your posts. I'll answer this one since your OP is short.

"Normal" depends on a lot of factors. Normal for you may be high or low for someone else (measured as a percentage of your inseam length). If you put your saddle too high you are setting yourself up for a variety of pains related to hamstrings and tendons. Based on what you wrote, no one can say if your saddle is too high. It may have been too low where you started.

If you really are going to ride a lot and keep at this sport then you probably want to get a professional fitting. I don't mean some guy at your LBS who holds you up on your bike and tells you to pedal backwards. I'm talking about someone who has had many paid customers that mostly say that the fitter helped them.

Socalcycling

you should upgrade youre bike to di2.that will make youre knee feel better.

sooprvylyn

A saddle is properly adjusted when you can extend your leg and your heel can stand on the pedal at it's closest point to the ground. If your seatpost is too high then your heel will not reach, if it is too low then your knee will be bent.

StopDiegoStop

^This.

If you don't want to get a professional fit, there are a number of articles out there discussing the correct seat height and bike fit. My saddle used to be a bit low and I felt all sorts of pain in my knees and I just Googled for these articles and it fixed these issues for me.

I just Googled 'bike seat height' and this came up first: https://www.jimlangley.net/crank/bikefit.html.

Nachoman

Me too.

IanInSD

So long as you are experiencing not acute pain, your saddle height is fine. You should always feel centered and balanced on the sadddle. A saddle too high usually shows up first with hips rocking. Besides that two other major symptoms are ITB and back of the knee pain. If you experience none of these then your saddle position is probably fine. Back issues tend occur more with over flexibility and can be resolved by adjusting handlebar drop and overall reach.

cervelo4me

then dont reply and get that anal retentiveness checked out ,its a real bummer.

travelmama

You tend to post a lot of questions that you want answers to which is fine. What is not fine is your poor sentence construction which makes it difficult for people to follow and understand. This has nothing to do with anal retentiveness but a lack of consideration on your part for others from whom you seek help. Do yourself a favor and drop the attitude and post for all to understand.