xsive wrote:
if a generalization could be made, is your tri saddle height (saddle to center of BB) higher, lower, or the same compared to your road bike?
Don't forget to adjust for crank length differences.
Thx!!
The distance from your ischial tuberosity (sit bones) to the contact point of your ball of foot should be the same on road and triathlon bikes. When you start thinking about different crank lengths, shoe sole thickness, socks vs. sockless, different pad thickness, and where you ride on the saddle, it becomes very murky. I think at the end of the day, my saddle height on the tri bike is slightly higher (2-3 mm) than road bike when compared to bottom bracket axle, but I ride the saddle nose, I have shorter cranks, I use a thinner pad in my tri shorts than road bibs, so in the end it comes out about the same.