Point well made about who goes for a bike fit.rogerzilla wrote: ↑29 Apr 2022, 10:00amThat's odd, because generally higher saddle = more power until you get to the point where your hips start rocking and you're overextending your knees - but that's fairly obvious to the rider.gcogger wrote: ↑29 Apr 2022, 8:50am In my YouTube wanderings, I've seen quite a few experienced bike fitters talking about this. They all say that most people who arrive for a bike fit have the saddle too high.
Of course, that's only evidence that people who get a bike fit done tend to have the saddle too high, and it may be the other way round with normal ( ) people.
Many adults set saddles so that they can get one or both feet or toes down when they stop without getting off the saddle. Possibly because that's how we teach children. But for some people on some bikes that puts the saddle too low when riding,
Jonathan