How does your road saddle height compare to your hardtail ?

bjl

I am going to do a bit of light mt bing over winter, just bridleways, towpaths and the like, will just use flats whereas on road bike I use keos. Been out for a couple of hours today and set saddle about 15 mm lower than road position, felt ok, just wanting a bit of advice and a few opinions,

robertpb

On my full susser I have the saddle at the same hight as for road. I use the 109% method, it suites me.

The Rookie

For the use you describe, same height, as it gets rougher I lower it upto about an inch. I only drop it out the way very occasionally.

bob6397

My MTB's saddle is a good inch/inch and a half lower than my roadie's saddle height - but I have my MTBs set low as I can't be bothered stopping to lower it/raise it all the time so i've found a compromise position (i.e. not in the way when out of the saddle and not really low when on it). The saddle height on my roadie was determined with trying different heights and experimenting with what felt best - and it's ended up quite high with a significant saddle to bar drop - but I can deal with it. it feels right

kajjal

Just set what's comfortable but be careful not to go too low as it put extra pressure on your knees. Mine are similar including the drop to the bars which makes my road bike fairly upright.

buddy_club

bob6397 wrote:

My MTB's saddle is a good inch/inch and a half lower than my roadie's saddle height - but I have my MTBs set low as I can't be bothered stopping to lower it/raise it all the time so i've found a compromise position (i.e. not in the way when out of the saddle and not really low when on it). The saddle height on my roadie was determined with trying different heights and experimenting with what felt best - and it's ended up quite high with a significant saddle to bar drop - but I can deal with it. it feels right

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