How high is your saddle compared to your bars?

[Blue Hills]

Why did you have to comment on it? What did you know over and above what he did about his own bike? I'm 6ft3 and ride a 54CM top tube frame, please use these two pieces of info to explain how I would need a bigger frame and the logic leading to the conclusion.

Thanks

I think you need a nice peaceful ride.

 

[Rusty Nails]

It’s where the fancy pants computer bike fitting thing said it should be. And, to be fair, it’s spot on.

Does a bike fit take into account problems the rider might have with their back/neck, or does it just go on their body dimensions?

At 72 and 5'8" I have problems with my neck due to fused vertebrae. Would a bike fitting treat me the same as a fit 5'8" 30 year old of the same body shape?

 

[Racing roadkill]

Does a bike fit take into account problems the rider might have with their back/neck, or does it just go on their body dimensions?

At 72 and 5'8" I have problems with my neck due to fused vertebrae. Would a bike fitting treat me the same as a fit 5'8" 30 year old of the same body shape?

The fancy one I had used ‘golf balls’ and CGI, so it analyses your full body dynamics.

 

[mickle]

I win.

Or do I lose? I'm not sure.

 

[vickster]

Does a bike fit take into account problems the rider might have with their back/neck, or does it just go on their body dimensions?

At 72 and 5'8" I have problems with my neck due to fused vertebrae. Would a bike fitting treat me the same as a fit 5'8" 30 year old of the same body shape?

Yes it should to the first Q unless the fitter is clueless and has no understanding of anatomy and biomechanics
No to the second Q, unless the fitter is clueless and has no understanding of anatomy and biomechanics

 

[NorthernDave]

I have my bars as high as possible as after 25/35 miles my neck starts to sieze up (its age).
On Saturday my ride took me to Arley Hall where I got talking to a guy that was maybe 6' 2"......maybe more.
He was on a Giant TCR and his saddle must have been 10" higher than his bars. I had to comment on it and his answer was "It was one inch less till my bike fit yesterday and they raised it".
I am no expert but it just looked wrong.
My thought was, surely he needs a bigger frame.

When I bought my Giant, I tried an "M" and it was a perfect fit.
Despite this the salesperson then asked if I "liked a lot of seat post showing like the pros" because then I'd need an "S".

 

[Vantage]

My bar is about an inch or 2 below the saddle. But I'm still tinkering with the position...over a year after getting it

 

[Milzy]

It’s partly the aggressive geometry of the TCR & he will be flexible so fine in an aggressive position with his head out of the wind. Which is how you ride the Giant TCR really, it’s not a sit up & beg shopping bike.

 

[Blue Hills]

My bar is about an inch or 2 below the saddle. But I'm still tinkering with the position...over a year after getting it

The best approach in most cases I think. Just feel the bike, make small adjustments. By this process, pretty much all my bikes ended up the same. That surely can't be coincidence? I did have a bike fit (refunded against the purchase of the bike) and it never felt right. Now shifted that bike to the same as my others and all is well. For my flat bar style of riding, 1 to 2 inches between saddle and bars is right I think, and for most other folk. And saddle more or less level.

 

[Blue Hills]

When I bought my Giant, I tried an "M" and it was a perfect fit.
Despite this the salesperson then asked if I "liked a lot of seat post showing like the pros" because then I'd need an "S".

Did he say why the pros supposedly favour lots of seatpost?

 

[Dave7]

When I bought my Giant, I tried an "M" and it was a perfect fit.
Despite this the salesperson then asked if I "liked a lot of seat post showing like the pros" because then I'd need an "S".

Both ny bikes are S. The seat post on the hardtail is quite extended but I have one of those flexible stem thingies to lift the bar that bit extra.

 

[si_c]

Does a seatpost that long with just 50mm in the tube cause potential stress problems at the top of the tube?

Done about 25k km on that bike, seems fine so far. The seat post is in further than the limit.

 

[Cycleops]

I win.

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Or do I lose? I'm not sure.

I think Jezza is running you a pretty close second with that stack and riser.

 

[NorthernDave]

Did he say why the pros supposedly favour lots of seatpost?

I didn't ask.

 

[Blue Hills]

Ok, will assume it's to help stacking the tent and dry bags.