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#25 ·
Mike Aswell said:
I would agree with others that it looks to be in the right neighborhood, for sure.

Have you injured your right hamstring in some other way? When you say a ton of problems, what specifically?

I know you are balancing yourself against your garage door but it almost looks like you are a little stretched out considering the cockpit doesn't necessarily look long for you....how much height do you have in spacers below the stem?? I truly have no idea or expertise, but if your position was pulling you forward (i.e. you would benefit from a higher stem) that could theoretically manifest itself in your hamstrings. I think.
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Yea cockpit looks tight and bike looks a tad small. But I think everyone looks too big for their bike. Lol.
 
#27 ·
You cannot afford to have riding induced pain, left un-addressed you could end up with cronic pain that may take many months to heal and a tremendous loss of riding. The sooner you fix it, the less your riding will be affected.

My wife and I each had a professional bike fitting last year, her first ever and my second, the first being 35 years ago. I have done a ton of reading on fit over the decades, watched more than a couple YouTube videos and the result of all that was that we were 'pretty close'. But, both of us experienced big improvements in 'on bike' feel after a pro spent hours on each of our set ups. We are now more comfortable and have a feeling of efficiency that we never had before.

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ALL ABOUT BIKE FIT – UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF A PROPER FIT

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Second suggestion. Yoga. 2-3 times a week for 20-30 minutes of beginner level yoga will start to loosen you up and balance out the front / back, left / right of your body. Listen to your body and don't over do it. But do it.

David Turner
 
Discussion starter · #30 · (Edited)
I tried to figure out the angle of my knee bend. Problem not entirely accurate, but worth a shot.

The suggestions of a “knee angle of 25-35%” seem confusing because I’m not exactly sure where to measure the angle.

I’m trying to post a photo with a protractor overlay but I’m having technical issues.

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#35 ·
At least for me seat height is ultra important for my over worked knees and lower back.
Maybe I get lucky but the lemond, x 1.08, and heel on pedal all corispond and feel correct.
Use the exact same for road and mountain.
But I think where one takes the seat measure, fore and aft can throw off a good intent.
I wish I was near to a good fitter at ok
cost as sure would like full body fit with dynamic feedback, oh well.
I have 3 riding friends that none feel comfortable with the info and ideas I provided after testing, interesting.
dwb
 
#37 ·
dwb3 said:
Makes a lot of sense, but maybe we are missing something?
Please anyone with thoughts?
Surley someone who has had a pro fit will chime in please.
I really question how my Lemond, 1.08 and heel on pedal all seem
close and work considering 2 cm
sag?
dwb
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Correct fit should be measured at sag. No good fitter will use formulas, instead they will check measurements via motion capture while you're pedaling.

Also the heel method does account for sag because the bike is sagged when you're measuring that.
 
#39 ·
I am 5'11" with 29" inseam. I typically have my saddles set to where I have a slight knee bend (similar to yours). When I'm on my Peloton, I can feel my seat height is correct because when I stand and pedal, the seat tip barely touches my junk when I'm at the bottom of my pedal stroke. As weird as it sounds, that's how I can determine my seat height. I should test this idea on my MTB with the seat extended. I've only done this method on rigid bikes.
 
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