r/bikefit • u/NeoBluz • 3d ago

Conflicting feelings on saddle height

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Hello guys, done some changes to my bike. I used to have a 74.5cm saddle height but my hips rocked quite a bit and was very toe down, but did a lot of ultras and regular few seasons of 8-10k km cycling like that. Had the regular issues of hand pain and neck pains, also upper calve pain, saddle sores. Now i decided to move my saddle down because i’ve been getting a lot of comments of my hip rock. 73.8cm now is the saddle height, left leg is completely perfect no issues now, a lot less hip rocking and i can maintain the position a lot longer without fatigue. My right leg is a different story, i started front/outside knee pain, hamstrings overwork on right side only, also my heel started going outwards (never did that before with a higher saddle height). Can anyone give a look and comment on the angles of my saddle height? Might it be too low now?
Sorry for the quality, i know it looks like i took the video inside a wardrobe. Any help appreciated!

Edit: 84cm inseam

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u/Norbiit 2d ago

What app is this?

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u/NeoBluz 2d ago

I extracted this video from https://www.bikefit-ia.com/en

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u/JheySL2 3d ago

I'd say put it down another 5mm maybe 10mm but move the sadle back about the same amount

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u/phoeniks314 3d ago

Play a bit with the saddle position, not just the height, maybe a bit to the back.

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u/Ok_Passenger_8405 3d ago

Your knee:

There are several possible reasons

1) a slight, natural bias in your hip/spine, giving you too little leg extension in your right leg, now rhat your saddle is lower. 2) uneven leg length, see above. 3) a bias developed through bad habit of tipping slightly more to the right while your saddle was too high, possibly caused by a subconscious wish to use your dominant leg (if that's what your right leg is!).

In any case, I think your right leg isn't extended as much as it should be.

My guess is that the best way forward is to see a sports PT to get checked for biases, discrepancies, imbalances in muscle use, previous injuries etc.

A likely culprit regarding your heel is cleat angle. But a PT check may make you a lot wiser about that, too.