Seat Height

[bowmanmark]

What is the best way to determine the correct set hight you should be using.

[TrailSquirell]

set your seat high enough sot hat when your rideing your legs never fully extend but come close. There should be a slight bend in the need at the bottom of your pedal stroke.

[soupboy]

Alternatively, your seat is too high when you hips rock on the saddle as you pedal. A sign of a saddle too low is knee pain.

set your seat high enough sot hat when your rideing your legs never fully extend but come close. There should be a slight bend in the need at the bottom of your pedal stroke.

[crux]

set your seat high enough sot hat when your rideing your legs never fully extend but come close. There should be a slight bend in the need at the bottom of your pedal stroke.

While this is true many people cheat when attempting this measurement. Place your heals on the pedals and pedal backwards to the bottom of one stroke if you knee is straight or your foot comes off pedal its to high. To low if your knees are still bent. Go with the TS on this one just a slight bend will do ya.

[nigel]

In an ideal situation you would be able to drop a plumb bob from just under your petalla through ball of your foot (or wherever your cleats are comfortably positioned) through the pedal axle (where them cleats clip in) when in the down position on the cranks. This is done by moving the saddle height up or down as well as forward or aft on the seatpin. If you need a fitting head to your LBS and see if they can get ya in.

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[FSSS]

Also depends on the type of riding you are doing, and your personal preference. All the previous replies are giving good advice on how to get a seat height that will be good to your knees and get you optimum power from your pedal stroke.

That said, often times riders will lower their seat in order to get more room to move around... commonly done for dirt jumping, technical dowhills, etc.

I often run my seat a little lower than the "proper" seat height on my mountain bikes, especially if I'm on a shorter ride.

[stoneage]

Get thee to a good bike shop. Trying to do it yourself is too subjective. Most people will end up with their saddle too low. I have never seen a self adjusted saddle height that was too high. Hollywood does a good fitting.

[TrailSquirell]

yes it does depend on the rideing. i'm goin from the stuff i learned from racing xc that helped so much climbing hills. I'm runnin dh, fr, and dj's now so my seats slamed all the way down cuz i never sit down. Play around with your seat hieght when your out on the trail, try it a lil lower, a lil higher, you know how that works. You might beable to find a happy medium.

[Danimal]

My friend Adam Buck who is a known DH/FRer here in Minnesota has his in a unique position all of the time. Here is a picture of him pinning it down A-Line at Whistler, note the seat height.:crazy2: BooYa!