How should i sit on bike?

There’s been books written about bike fit.
The most important part is good leg extension. To set saddle height, sit on saddle and put the heel on the pedal when it is at the lowest position. Now your leg should be pretty much straight. When pedalling, the pedal axle should be about 1/3 back from the tip of your toes, under the pad of your foot.
When riding, if you feel your hips rocking, the saddle is too high.
If you notice an urge to put the pedal in the arch of your foot, experiment with saddle fore-aft position.

nidhi0 said:

Hi, am cycling daily for one hour but I want to know the proper sitting position.

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I've been riding for more than sixty years and have my own method of setting up a bike.
The biggest piece of advice I can give you is that everything works together. Make one change and it affects everything else. For instance, raising the seat might necessitate getting a stem with more rise.
Start by leveling your seat. I put a board on top of my saddle and then put a level on that.
Another piece of advice I'd give you is the stem is an underrated component. They aren't cheap, but changing your stem might make all the difference in the world. If your stem is the wrong length or the wrong rise, you are never going to be comfortable.
Your seat moves forward and back. I like mine all the way back, but you might start with a more central position.
Changing the fore and aft position changes your reach to the pedals. Move it back and you might have to lower your seat. Move it forward and you might have to raise your seat.
Your leg should be bent a little when you are at the bottom of the stroke. I raise the saddle till I can't spin smoothly, in a low gear, or I start feeling tension in the tendons behind the knee, then back off a little. You are trying to find the highest position without causing problems in smoothness or stressing tendons.

nidhi0 said:

Hi, am cycling daily for one hour but I want to know the proper sitting position.

Hope for the suggestion...

Hi there

Finding the proper sitting position on your bike is important for both comfort and performance. Here are a few basic principles to keep in mind:

1. Comfort: Make sure you are able to reach the handlebars and brake levers comfortably without having to stretch. This will help reduce fatigue and prevent injury.
   
2. Performance: Your hips should be slightly forward on the saddle, this will allow for optimal power transfer from your legs to the pedals.
   
3. Bike fit: Get a professional bike fit to ensure that your bike is properly adjusted to your body. A bike fitter will be able to adjust your seat height, handlebar position, and more to ensure that you are in the most efficient riding position.
   
4. Basic principles: Keep your back straight, core engaged and try to avoid slouching. This will help you maintain proper posture and reduce the risk of injury.
   

Overall, it is important to find a balance between comfort and performance. With the right bike fit and proper riding position, you'll be able to enjoy your daily rides and make the most of your cycling experience.

baker3 said:

1. Basic principles: Keep your back straight, core engaged and try to avoid slouching.
   

I'm not sure I'm reading that right. I used to ride in such manner and it actually resulted to lower back injury when I started training at high intensity. I was doing it for a year and injured my lower back a few times despite doing stretching, warm ups, and cycling-oriented yoga.

What worked for me, is keeping my back relaxed and not even giving it a thought. It worked so well for me even in multiple high intensity sessions per day I no longer needed stretching, nor yoga to help relieve any pain nor soreness at my lower back. Because there is no more pain at all after these high intensity sessions.

Hi, my little experience suggests riding no more than two at a time. Limit the distance between your front wheel and the rear wheel of the rider in front of you to no more than six inches. From your shoulder to the rider in front of you, keep a distance of no more than 12 inches. One person is all it takes to point things out. There are a few things you can do to avoid sores and alleviate your discomfort. Fit: Your bicycle must be properly fitted. Saddle Selection: While every backside is unique, there is a saddle for you. Shorts: Chamois/Emollient Cream: Build gradually: Get up: Be clean: Male. For women At full extension, you should typically have a slight bend in your knee. Make small adjustments to the saddle height until you feel balanced between your three points of contact when you ride. Your saddle may quickly develop pain points if you tilt it too much up or down. By increasing lung capacity and burning fat throughout the body, cycling improves cardiovascular health by lowering cholesterol and blood pressure and enhancing blood circulation. The gluteal and leg muscles are strengthened by biking.

mugemedav said:

Shorts: Chamois/Emollient Cream: Build gradually: Get up: Be clean: Male. For women At full extension, you should typically have a slight bend in your knee. Make small adjustments to the saddle height until you feel balanced between your three points of contact when you ride. Your saddle may quickly develop pain points if you tilt it too much up or down. By increasing lung capacity and burning fat throughout the body, cycling improves cardiovascular health by lowering cholesterol and blood pressure and enhancing blood circulation. The gluteal and leg muscles are strengthened by biking.

Keep an open mind about saddle tilt though. Your ideal tilt can be dramatically different than others and it is strongly influenced by pedaling technique and fore and aft position. Mine is tilted more than 10 degrees down. If I give it less tilt, my butt is shoved backwards and I have to pull myself forward by pulling on the handlebar. This is due to my strongly heels down pedal technique. I push forward hard on the top stroke and I guess that pushes me backward in effect. Basically if your butt is being shoved backward, while pedaling on flat ground, keep adding down tilt until the butt is neither sliding backward nor forward on the saddle. If the butt is being shoved forward instead, keep adding upward tilt or reducing downward tilt.

A lot of cyclits can't effectively recruit their gluteals while cycling. So they have to do other other exercises like hiking or hitting the gym for glute workouts and other workouts for other muscle groups.

Hey, totally agree about saddle tilt - it's a personal thing! My tilt is more than 10 degrees down too, helps with my pedaling technique. Keep those k's coming!