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Jeff Starr
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"Buck" <j u n k m a i l @ g a l a x y c o r p . c o m> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Starr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > Gee Buck, it was not the main point of the post, so I guess I didn't give it any thought. I do
> > it without thinking, so on my next ride, I'll try to remember to check if I am mostly on my toes
> > or flat footed with the bike leaned over. I do know that I do lean to the left, I can't flat
> > foot it with the bike straight up.
>
> You are right, it wasn't the main point of the post, but it is something you should consider. It
> is possible that your seat position is not optimal and you might be going down the road to knee
> problems. As a person who has knee problems (chondromalacia), I have learned that seat position is
> critical to their health. Properly positioning the saddle precludes the ability to touch the
> ground while sitting on that saddle. If you can do this, it is very likely that your saddle
> position is wrong. If you are feeling pain in your knee, something you didn't mention but I
> wouldn't be surprised to hear, you should reconsider your saddle height.
> -Buck
Hi, I didn't mention any knee pain because I don't have any. What you said about saddle height got
me thinking, so I did some rereading of Sheldon's article and one other. Today, went I took the bike
out, I paid attention to my technique[?].First of all, let me ask you something, while riding, out
of the pedals, when I put my heel on the pedal, my leg is fully extended. Obviously, fully extended,
no knee bend, when the pedal is at its lowest point. Now do you still think that my saddle is out of
the acceptable range of proper height?
>> Properly positioning the saddle precludes the ability to touch
> the ground while sitting on that saddle. <<
If you answered no to my above question, then you will have to rethink the above statement. Yes, I
am on my toes and the bike is leaning, a bit to the left, but from that position, I start out,
without leaving the saddle, so the bike can't be leaning all that much. I'm pretty sure that if
you were to compare the bottom bracket's position to the ground, you would find it much lower than
most modern bikes. Somewhere Sheldon mentions this, possibly in the article on French bikes. Take
care, Jeff
news:<[email protected]>...
> "Jeff Starr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > Gee Buck, it was not the main point of the post, so I guess I didn't give it any thought. I do
> > it without thinking, so on my next ride, I'll try to remember to check if I am mostly on my toes
> > or flat footed with the bike leaned over. I do know that I do lean to the left, I can't flat
> > foot it with the bike straight up.
>
> You are right, it wasn't the main point of the post, but it is something you should consider. It
> is possible that your seat position is not optimal and you might be going down the road to knee
> problems. As a person who has knee problems (chondromalacia), I have learned that seat position is
> critical to their health. Properly positioning the saddle precludes the ability to touch the
> ground while sitting on that saddle. If you can do this, it is very likely that your saddle
> position is wrong. If you are feeling pain in your knee, something you didn't mention but I
> wouldn't be surprised to hear, you should reconsider your saddle height.
> -Buck
Hi, I didn't mention any knee pain because I don't have any. What you said about saddle height got
me thinking, so I did some rereading of Sheldon's article and one other. Today, went I took the bike
out, I paid attention to my technique[?].First of all, let me ask you something, while riding, out
of the pedals, when I put my heel on the pedal, my leg is fully extended. Obviously, fully extended,
no knee bend, when the pedal is at its lowest point. Now do you still think that my saddle is out of
the acceptable range of proper height?
>> Properly positioning the saddle precludes the ability to touch
> the ground while sitting on that saddle. <<
If you answered no to my above question, then you will have to rethink the above statement. Yes, I
am on my toes and the bike is leaning, a bit to the left, but from that position, I start out,
without leaving the saddle, so the bike can't be leaning all that much. I'm pretty sure that if
you were to compare the bottom bracket's position to the ground, you would find it much lower than
most modern bikes. Somewhere Sheldon mentions this, possibly in the article on French bikes. Take
care, Jeff
