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Summary: Expert cyclist teaches how to fit a mountain bike to your needs by adjusting the saddle (bicycle seat) fore and aft for different types of riding, in this free bicycle video.

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Parker Ramspott Parker Ramspott has owned and operated a bicycle store in Amherst, Massachusetts for over 20 years. This experience combined with his skill as a mechanic mak... read more

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Adjusting a Mountain Bike Saddle to Fit You

Saddle fore and aft adjustments on a mountain bike have more to do with what kind of course you're on in terms of riding in that you're actually seated enough that it's going to matter. If you use your mountain bike to get around a lot, you do a lot of seated riding, then of course the fore and aft adjustment is going to mean a lot in terms of where you're weighting your hips on the seat and making sure your knee is over the pedal when we're active in the three and nine o'clock position just as any bike, to get optimum power out of it. However, riding off road aggressively usually means you're dropping your seat some because you're moving your body back and forth over the seat it really almost becomes a mute point on where it is because of how much throwing the bike around you're doing in the woods. So again, fore and aft adjustment is again, it drifts more towards personal taste and how much static seated riding you're actually doing on a given day. And a lot of the reason you know, this is why mountain bikes have quick releases on the seat, you're adjusting your height a lot. Back when they first came out they even had quick releases for the fore and aft adjustment, but they found it was just redundant. So, once you've found a good position for your saddle for your seated riding just leave it there.

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