Setting saddle height against leg length

[PK99]

That sounds a lot?

I've always worked on the basis of leg straight when sat on the saddle with the heel on the low pedal. This gives a slight bend of the knee when the ball of the foot is on the low pedal but nowhere near 30%, maybe 5 - 10 deg.

have a look at shortcranks linked video

 

[Debian]

have a look at shortcranks linked video

I've found that Sheldon's guide is effective. Works for me anyway.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html#adjustment

 

[Tynan]

yes, I've got what the shortcranks vid suggests and I can get most of the front my foot down with a slight tilt, just safe basically, the odd bit of camber catches me out sometime

people have their seats too high nearly as foten as too low I suspect, I certainly see riders too often that can;t reach the downstoke without having to roll their hips

 

[Zippy]

I've always worked on the basis of leg straight when sat on the saddle with the heel on the low pedal. This gives a slight bend of the knee when the ball of the foot is on the low pedal but nowhere near 30%, maybe 5 - 10 deg.

That one works for me - thanks. I found with a 30% bend in the knee at full stretch my legs just never got to rest and the journey was far more tiring than allowing the leg to straighen out on each rev - without hip rolling obviously. Toe of foot just reaches the floor on stopping which is fine.