Page 2 - seat position/ seat height

02-03.-2007, 06:22 AM	#16
Dirtcoach Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11	Re: seat position/ seat height Back to cazorp orginal question I forgot to say, your saddle hieght isn't set by how far you feet are from ground when seated. It depends on the bike and type of riding. My Road Bike, Trail Bike, DH Bike, Free Ride Bike and DirtJumper are all different. For example my DH bike Im almost flat footed on the ground, the DJ flat footed both for better control when riding tricky stuff and usally pedaling hard & standing, road and trail bike can't touch the ground unless I dismount the sadlle, up for more power since your pedaling a lot more. My free ride bike some were in the middle of those extremes. Hope that helps.

02-03.-2007, 07:52 AM

#17

cPritch67

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Join Date: Apr 2004

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Re: swapped road shoes

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Originally Posted by Dirtcoach

I hate changing cleats let alone shoes. The lines are there for reference and I try to set the cleats up the same way, by measuring point to point on the lines is a good place to start. It is also not uncommon for one side to be a little different than the other, as mine are. If you have cleats on the shoes exactly as the old shoes that should be close but as the shoes wear and age they flex more and the shoe deforms some, so if all possible still use the old shoes and slowly introduce the new ones to your training I recommend this approach to runners with new shoes as well, shorter workouts to longer then wearing them most of the time, this of course you need new cleats as well the new shoes. This gives your body some time to adjust to the minor differences. Other suggestions make sure the rest of your bike setup is the same as it was before measure and record it. Also any new activities you have just added or done recently can also explain those sort of pains, my first day of one leg drills I had some pain behind the knee that lasted a few days. Most of the time it isn’t just one thing it is the sum of everything else that is going on and how they interact and affect your body.

Yeah, I'm paying the piper now. I had an interval workout the other day and did it after placing my cleat a little farther back (too far) - wow, I'm sore, my right calve all the way down to the achilles on one leg is super tender, including the ankle joint. I've corrected the cleat (slid it forward a bit).

I really should know better; always one adjustment at a time and small adjustments during an easier workout - to let the body adapt. Lesson learned.
Also, I am going to see a chiro, I think my hip is rotating -cause some days the same position feels completely perfect, then the next day it feels like my knees aren't tracking straight, and that I'm pedalling squares. Very awkward trying to adjust for it constantly.

Thanks

06-09.-2007, 11:52 PM

#18

DNAtsol

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Location: Winston Salem, NC

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Re: seat position/ seat height

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Originally Posted by gclark8

Not quite, but close.
When you stand on the ground (both feet) your genitals should clear the bar by 1".

I a slightly different note. I've been wondering if my saddle is too far forward. I'm just starting out but I find that when I'm spinning or giving that little extra push to keep up my cadence on a small incline I tend to push myself backwards in the saddle and use the saddle as a lever or support for my legs. Is there a good rule of thumb for the distance between the grips to the front/back of the saddle as well as the seat height?

Thanks

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08-09.-2007, 06:12 AM	#19
Dirtcoach Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 11	Re: seat position/ seat height A good starting point for your saddle fore/aft position is related to your knee position over the peddle spindle. To start have have the peddles parallel with the ground and use a weighted plum line hung from the front of the knee, this is usally set even or just slightly behind. It is also affected by your crank length. Depending on the type of riding you are doing when I triathlete I was set just even now I do more DH a free ride it is set back 3-6mm from tyhe spindle on my road and trail bikes, the DH free ride it is less important I feel and haven't really measured it though I use the same shoe cleat but a shorter crank. Hope that helps

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