Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I don't think that anyone is suggesting to raise your saddle in order to get more drop to the handlebars, nor for reach! We should set saddle height in relation to leg length, and adjust reach with the stem. When you raise the saddle it does place you slightly further back (due to the ST angle).
Right Wphamilton,
I probably should have mentioned stems and spacers vs saddle height. The original point being the relationship between saddle height vs bar height is why I may have worded it backwards. I think there is still some adjustment, mostly level vs pointing the front of the saddle down that effect things. I had my saddle placed with a slight negative angle to the front. I may have had the saddle too far forward on the support posts too. I have been playing with that adjustment as well, which is more what I was thinking about. I do not typically fool around with the saddle height, although on this bike I switched to 170mm crank arms, vs the 175mm cranks on my MTN bike, so I have made minor adjustments.