Cycling in Melbourne Australia
optimum seat height
My furniture finally arrived from Sydney, including my bike (yay!). Took it for a short ride along the Yarra track this morning. After riding the Apollo for a couple of weeks I noticed I didn't feel like my leg was getting optimum power and that maybe the seat is too low. I'm sure it's a matter of experiment, but was just curious to know if there's any way to work out your optimum seat height?
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Comment by Marianne on April 14, 2008 at 2:26pm -
exactly what I was looking for - cheers!
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Comment by ChrisS on April 13, 2008 at 4:32pm -
The Archangel Sheldon Brown has this advice on saddle height. And here's another nifty article from BikeRadar.
For me personally (and this may not be everyone else's case), I find a slight bend still in the leg on the down stroke is just about right. Saddle height parallel with my hip bone and at least a tippy toes touch or top of the ball of the foot on the ground when stopping or dabbing. But I'm a short arse.
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