wait, so when you are standing next to your bike, you seat is only like an inch above your knee? damn, you got you seat slammedwhen standing my seat is about a inch above my kneecap level.
wait, so when you are standing next to your bike, you seat is only like an inch above your knee? damn, you got you seat slammed
ooo, that sounds a little betterno standing on the bike, cranks level.
I hate to brake it to you, but your seat is about 6" lower than your bars in that picture. Do you usually have it higher when you ride?here is mine it's pretty much bar height, I'd go higher but the post is short
Your right its not quite bar height but it's alot less than 6" in that picture, it does look it due to the camera angle plus the fact that the bike is actually sagged about 15% under it's own weight.I hate to brake it to you, but your seat is about 6" lower than your bars in that picture. Do you usually have it higher when you ride?
thats a really nice r9,man! in response to this thread my seat is as high as my stem ..it helps when im tired so i sit and pedal hard on the smooth parts of the trail/track. i ride a medium bullit so i usually tiptoe when im sitting on my bike.here is mine it's pretty much bar height, I'd go higher but the post is short
Ditto run it as high as possible. Lower it when it interferes with your ability to get down the hill fast, ie you are using a lot of body english to get through a tech section, and your seat keeps getting in the way. I like nuking tech sections and would rather stand in the pedally parts...therefore I keep my seat low and out of the way.I usually run my seat about an inch or so below the bars. It depends on the course length, type and style though. As others have said: more pedaling or less tech usually means a higher seat. Other things like course length and the type of corners can change how I run the saddle as well.
But, mostly, it's just a personal thing. A buddy of mine who's about 3-4 inches taller than me got on my bike earlier in the season and the first thing he said was "holy crap, how do you ride with the seat so high?" I recently lowered it an inch or two, but it still just showed me how personal preference is the biggest factor.
exactly what i said earlier, i get saddle murp, so i have to raise it, but about an inch below my stem, no too high, no slammed eithera hair higher than my rear tire goes during full travel.
I dont understand how you and the sinister guys ride bikes that soft! Do you not like to feel the trail?Your right its not quite bar height but it's alot less than 6" in that picture, it does look it due to the camera angle plus the fact that the bike is actually sagged about 15% under it's own weight.
Well, it is a 10'' travel bike. v10's do the same thing...I dont understand how you and the sinister guys ride bikes that soft! Do you not like to feel the trail?