Take a book and ram it up against your crotch with your back to the wall. Make sure you have good pressure against your crotch with the book to try to replicate saddle pressure. Have a buddy mark the top of the book on the wall. Now measure from the floor to the mark

That's an inaccurate method. IS everyones distance from the crotch to their femur head the same?

Also a lot easier w/ bibs on.

Did something change with the current v.8, or is flexibility no longer a factor that influences frame size?

Thanks so much for this Beatnik.
I tried your spreadsheet for the first time about two months ago, and it went horribly wrong for me. The bike just felt awful, and the saddle was definitely too high.

However, I gave it another shot last week, performing some more careful measurements. I also measured my saddle height not in line with the seatpost (which seems sort of arbitrary now that I think about it), but to the point on the saddle where my sit bones actually make contact. Voila--as close to a perfect bike fit as I have ever gotten. The extra setback (moved about 1.4 cm from earlier position) got rid of my cramped/arched back. I also feel that I have a better weight distribution, comfort and power (though that's totally subjective--no powermeter)

I'm still wowed that you can do this on two measurements.

I have been struggling with bike fit for a long time--2 + of the 3 years I have been riding, so this is a huge relief!

Yep, we often have wrong ideas about fitting comfort and performance. And all of them are in the same side, well fitted means more comfort, and comfort is performance. I´m glad you find it useful

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Biomechanical spreadsheet. Sizing&Fitting.

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... 8e319d185b

I think you give me a good idea, orange arrow that indicates saddle height is not in the correct place. I´ll try to modify it for the next version. Obviously it must be in your saddle-sitbones contact point, but i think users are clever and have common sense as you´ve demostrated.

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Biomechanical spreadsheet. Sizing&Fitting.

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... 8e319d185b

Ok I'm ordering a new traditional geometry (horizontal tt) Colnago frame this week and thought I'd give this a go so I can take the numbers with me to the fitting.

I'd been trying to work out for myself over the last month, based on my current bike, what my Colnago size would be and some of the Biomechanical results were interesting and encouraging.

My measurements are

Height 178.5
Inseam 86.3
Elbow/finger 51.0
Shoe 44 2/3 (uk 10 mavic)
saddle 28.5


Biomechanical results

Horizontal 57.5
Vertical 56.4

Tip to bars 54.6
seatback 8.0
drop 8.0


Some interesting things based on my current fit were that the saddle height came back -3mm but suggesting +2.5mm crank length. Also the tip of saddle to bar and drop seemed reasonably good too. I'm currently 55.5cm and 10.5cm maybe a little stretched on long distance runs so the results seem to back up what my body is telling me. Gives me a good feeling taking these numbers to my fitting.

Now I've never ridden a bike with such a large TT as 57.5cm so as I was thinking around a 57 Colnago I inserted the TT for that size frame, 55.7cm, into the next part of the spreadsheet and got a stem recommendation of 11.5-13cm.



A few questions on the chart for beatnick or anyone with the answers...


Seems to me that the 57 Colnago could be the way to go to run a longer stem and fits with the suggested seat tube measurement within a few mm, anyone have any input on this?

The seatback measurement seems to determine the saddle position so why the need to specify 2 stem lengths for different seatposts?

Are the seatpost setback and stem length not both determined by the seatback measurement?

Where does bar/hood reach factor into all of this? Are these calculations based on an average bar reach?

Cheers!

Thanks Beatnik, your bike fit calculation works wonder. Recently, I swapped my 110mm stem to 90mm just to meet your bike fit. I should have done that much MUCH earlier.

Thanks Beatnik, I have been looking around this site for a couple of years now and just found this spreadsheet last night.

I have been working on my bike fit over the last year after reading Andy Pruitt's book cover to cover six or seven times and making numerous small adjustments over the last six months after initially making more significant ones a year ago. I was just saying to a riding buddy of mine two weeks ago after I made a 2mm change to my saddle setback that I had almost found the holy grail of bike fit lol.

I'm pleased to say after putting my measurements into your spreadsheet that every measurement was within 1 or 2mm of what I currently have. I was pleasantly surprised. Before reading Andy's book I had a look at other static fit calculators and they put me in a terrible fit position.

The only noticable difference in fit is that your SS puts me on 172.5mm cranks whereas I currently run 175mm (I'm 82 cm inseam and size 43). I have used 172.5mm but think I prefer 175mm. This is an area of bike fit that Andy Pruitt stays well clear of and I think I have probably read 100 different opinions on crank length. It would be interesting to hear yours.

Just one clarification on this bolded comment.



By bigger angles do you mean seatpost leans rearward more? Or bigger degree number (seatpost more straight up)?

i.e a Giant TCR has a seat tube angle of 73 degrees and a BH G5 has a seat tube angle of 72.5 degrees .... all other things being equal which would handle better?

Interesting comment on the Q-Rings too.

A question on measuring saddle-to-bar distance. Riding an SMP Pro with the pronounced drooping "beak." Is the measurement still from the physical nose of the saddle?

That was one of my concern initially. I measure from my SMP drooping "beak" to the bar distance. It seems to work very well for me.

Hi All,

I am fairly new to road riding (MTB while I lived in the North of England) and and most keen to set my Giant TCR up as best I can.

I bring a few questions to the bike-fit arena and I wondered whether there may be some advice.

I have limited up/down movement in both feet, more so in my right foot, where my right leg is approximately 20mm shorter than my left, so is your spreadsheet suitable for me?

Overall it seems pretty damned good, saddle height seems good (although left leg overall, quad, calf & tib seems more muscular/stronger) but my reach seems a little long (but I suspect its because i'm used to a 90mm stem and riser bars on my old mtb)

Anyway, some food for thought and any help would be gratefully received.

cheers,
Jonathan

Hi All

I am new in the forum and would really like to have a help from you.

I am assembling a new MTB and have doubts on the size of the stem.

I am using a 19,5" frame that has a long Top Tube Lenght = 62,8cm.

My body measurements are:
Inseam - 86cm
Elbow-Middle Finger - 49cm
Height - 178cm
Flexibility - 8

The BiomecyclingV8 showed the following results:
Saddle->Handlebar - 55,9cm
Saddle Handlebar drop - 7,9cm (+/-1cm)
Saddle-Pedalier Seatback - 8,4cm
Stem Lenght - 4,7cm (for Seatback seatpost / saddle lenght = 26,5cm / horizontal size = 62,8cm)

But if I fit all measurements like the recomendations above, for a distance of 55,9cm from the saddle to the handlebar, I will need a stem with 6,0cm while the Biomecycling recomends 4,7cm.

What should I do??

What is more important?? Saddle>Handlebar distance or stem lenght??

Thanks for any help on the size of stem.

Hi folks, Beatnik, questions remains...

Question A

Is the saddle height mesured:

1) from center of bottom-braket to saddle along the seat tube; or,
2) from center of bottom-braket to saddle at the reference spot on the saddle*

*the reference spot being 40mm ahead of the 100mm width mark on the saddle
(here refering to Giant DK's post on page 7 of this thread (1st post on page 7 of this thread))

Question B

The value obtained for the saddle setback (horizontal from nose of saddle to center of bottom-braket), does this value takes into account that different saddles may have different "nose to 100m width mark" lengths ?


Thanks!