Message #11863

[midwif]

Hi Ron

sounds like your summer is going well!

Long ago I had an official bike fitting.
I still remember some of the rules of thumb.
Elbow on tip of bike seat should result in tip of fingers mid-stem.
Seat high enough for only a small bend at knee when at full extension with foot in the horizontal position (good to know 35 deg again,  I had forgotten, thanks).

Higher end bike shops know how to do it as part of the bike set-up.
New riders usually have to adjust to the "stretched out" feeling they have initially.
But after a ride or two, they never go back to being on too small a bike.

L.