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Saddle height
Is mine right?
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captain paranoia
30/10/09 17:58
The other classic way of checking saddle height is to sit on the saddle normally, and put your heel on the pedal.  Your leg should just about be locked out.
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Mike Spence
30/10/09 18:07
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captain paranoia
30/10/09 18:17
I missed those earlier posts for some reason.  I swear they weren't on the page when I posted...
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captain paranoia
30/10/09 18:19
Right; my eyes were drawn to the pretty pictures, and must have missed your first reply.  At least we're agreed...
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Mike Spence
30/10/09 18:24
LOL. It's magic.
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Black Heart Billy
30/10/09 19:16
Just checked my BMX the saddle to bottom bracket is 14"
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XCman [ KB ] With Altitude
30/10/09 19:20

14" add 170mm [7" for cranks] = 21" inside leg

Are you a dwarf  as that makes you 3' 14"

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jaybo
30/10/09 23:14
I think my inside leg is 33"  It was a nightmare when I was buying my bike.  I was on the borderline of 19" or 20"  I was the tallest size for the 19 and the shortest for the 20.  I am always that inbetween size for everything
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Black Heart Billy
30/10/09 23:30
Fuck frame size 1" here or there is why you have a seatpost
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Mike Spence
31/10/09 06:50
19 or 20?  What bike is it? 
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XCman [ KB ] With Altitude
31/10/09 09:01
Leg size is it that important ? The biggest problem setting up a bike is reach which you can adjust by stem length and angle but it costs a lot for trial and error and getting it wrong makes for a very uncomfortable ride.
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b r
31/10/09 09:29

Take a look at this:

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=FIT_CALCULATOR_INTRO

I put my 'dimensions' in, and then compared what it came up with against my MTB setup - pretty much ball-park - and where it was different, that had already been a calculated decision on my part.

Seems rather than focus on 'size', look at dimensions and take a tape measure when you next look at a bike.

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Steve D 79
01/11/09 08:54

I have always raised saddle on long rides, if I am going on a stop/start ride around town I lower the saddle for the convenience of stopping at trffic lights etc.

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