I've never measured saddle height, well, I suppose I tried once and I observed that there appeared to be enough room for error and variability in measuring based on the type and position of my saddle that I wasn't sure I could use a tape measure measurement as a baseline to set saddle height across my array of bikes. How do you all measure consistently, and is it necessary to take into account varying setback across different bikes?
I've mostly standardized to two different saddle models that have no padding but do squish/deflect some (Brooks C-17 and B17 models) so saddle make up does cause variance, but seat tube angles, seatpost setback, saddle rail length and desired seating position (close to or further from KOPS) pending riding style/bike style create enough perceived variability for me that I just put the saddle where I think I want it to be fore/aft (usually as aft as possible), put on my most common riding shoes (Keen Newports) and put the saddle in position whereas my leg is as straight as can be when my heel is on the pedal and the crank is straight down. From bike to bike, across the variables I've mentioned, I've found that I've had to make up to +/- 2 cm adjustments, but that's pretty rare, and really only tends to rear its head as a necessity for longer-than-average mileage days. I think I used to be more sensitive to saddle height over shorter distances when I used foot retention, but since going to flat pedals and sandals I know that I move my foot around on the pedal over the course of a day, not unlike the way I move my hands around my handlebars. -Jeff Silver Spring, MD On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Christopher Cote < christopherjamesc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good point, I do shove the saddle back as far as it goes on an offset seat > post. I've been measuring along the seat tube. That would make a difference. > > Chris "trigonometry" Cote > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
