Road Bike Saddle Setback

Making sure that it s fitted correctly to your seatpost and angled to suit your needs is essential.

Road bike saddle setback. How to fit your road bike cleats. The saddle is where you sit on the bike. In fact if i were to chop off the front 3 cm of my saddle which i never sit on my bike would be very close to being uci compliant no affect on my bike fit at all. This means my saddle setback is now about 1 5cm.

It can be a lazy couch your office chair or a seat in the confessional. Art s cyclery 1 129 266 views. To calculate saddle setback deduct measurement 1 from measurement 2. Finding the greater trochanter gt can be tricky but aligning it with the seat tube axis will generally be a more reliable means of establishing a good fore aft location and saddle set back.

Assuming a comfortable reach to the bars with good on seat stability and no abnormal tendencies to asymmetry on the bike seat setback should be determined by a combination of both immediately determinable functional level and then more accurately during the second follow up session after 6 weeks of cycling by. The final recommendation during this bike fitting was for the saddle to go down 24mm and back 20mm. In the end the changes were. The more traditional method know as knee over pedal spindle kops proposes.

This guide focuses on setting the saddle height for a road bike. Same exact position on the bike different saddle setback. Once seat height has been determined accurately we move on to seat setback. Tune in to our channel for.

Use your thumb to feel the ball of your foot on the inside of your shoe. Again this is a good starting point and then you can adjust your cleats fore and aft as needed. Move the saddle forward or backward so your knee is over the pedal spindle when the crank is in the 3 o clock position. Specialized body geometry certified fit technician barrett henson shows how to find the right saddle height so that you can get the best fit on your road or cross bike.

Seat setback 20mm further forward saddle height 20mm lower left pedal cleat 10mm further back right cleat 4mm further back new saddle selle smp lite 209 3 degrees nose down bar approx 20mm further out and up hoods moved higher on bars nothing major but not easy to do either well not for me anyway. Determining saddle setback. Saddle setback in cycling refers to the horizontal distance between the centre of the bottom bracket and the front tip of the saddle. How to set your road bike s saddle height tips for.