Seat height.

[MacB]

Not joking.

Common practice in Orthopedics to quantify LLD - Leg Length Discrepancy.

My left is 12 mm longer than right. From repeatedly falling off a skateboard when I was in my teens.

Jim, do you ride different crank lengths to accomodate this?

 

[jimboalee]

Jim, do you ride different crank lengths to accomodate this?

No. I have Brooks saddles which has molded into the correct shape for my slightly off-centre sit bones.



Nuns, no sense of humour.

Oh yes they have.

At the Convent it was 'Lights out at ten', but candles out at eleven.

 

[jimboalee]

Jim, do you ride different crank lengths to accomodate this?

There are NOT MANY people walking round with legs EXACTLY the same length.

Which makes plastic saddles uncomforable for the unequal leggies over 15mm.

Thank the Lord for leather saddles.

 

[willhub]

Look at my right leg when clipped in, looks ok no?

I took 2, first one my foot is on a tilt, but second one it's not and still plenty of bend.

My left leg though must be shorter than my right?


The guy said I look abit stretched out so going to try a 90mm stem and possible move my seat back abit.

 

[jimboalee]

Looks AOK.

You don't look 'stretched out'. Your lumbar vertebrae ( where the reflective strip is on your jersey back ) are at about 45 degrees. That is AOK.

 

[willhub]

I'm going to put the 90mm on, I must be stretched out as I get cramp in my arms and lower back pain.

I might try the saddle like 1cm lower though.

 

[jimboalee]

Take the thing out for a real hard thrashing - holding the drops - !!

Ride about ten miles. When you return to holding the hoods, you won't think you're 'stretched out'.

 

[willhub]

Hmmm, I'm not going to be doing any hard thrashing for a while, not with my knee!

 

[willhub]

I've lowered it so my heal with my shoes off just about touches the pedal, only problem is my left leg is still off as it's shorter