generally? when the pedal is all the way down you want your knee to be still slightly flexed. if you straightened your knee (stood on the pedal) your ass should be up off the seat. in my considered opinion, (having bad knees) the bike shops tend to adjust with insufficient flex.. that is most women's bikes are adjusted to leave our knees too straight. i suspect we need our knees a TAD more flexed than men. but i do mean just a touch.
and obviously you would like in an ideal circumstance to have the frame be such a size that (if short) you CAN get that fit, or (if tall) you can do it without having the seat at maximum.
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Date: 2011-08-24 05:42 pm (UTC)in my considered opinion, (having bad knees) the bike shops tend to adjust with insufficient flex.. that is most women's bikes are adjusted to leave our knees too straight. i suspect we need our knees a TAD more flexed than men. but i do mean just a touch.
and obviously you would like in an ideal circumstance to have the frame be such a size that (if short) you CAN get that fit, or (if tall) you can do it without having the seat at maximum.