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Sure--to get the appropriate distance between the saddle and the handlebars, place your elbow so it just touches the nose of the saddle horn. With your fingers fully extended toward the bar, the centerline of the handlebar (perpendicular to the bike frame) should be about an inch beyond your middle finger. Some people go as far as 2", but that is too much for me. It's an old rule, which I think I originally found in Eugene Sloane's book, The New Complete Book of Bicycling. I have the 1970's edition, so it's not so new anymore.