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your heel on the pedal, the saddle is too low.
Ask your dealer to set the saddle for your optimal riding position and to
show you how to make this adjustment. If you choose to make your own
saddle height adjustment:
• loosen the seat post clamp
• raise or lower the seat post in the seat tube
• make sure the saddle is straight fore and aft
• re-tighten the seat post clamp to the recommended torque (see
Appendix D or the manufacturer’s instructions).
Once the saddle is at the correct height, make sure that the seat post
does not project from the frame beyond its “Minimum Insertion” or
“Maximum Extension” mark (fig. 4).
NOTE:
Some bicycles have a sight hole in the seat tube, the purpose of
which is to make it easy to see whether the seat post is inserted
in the seat tube far enough to be safe. If your bicycle has such a
sight hole, use it instead of the “Minimum Insertion” or “Maximum
Extension” mark to make sure the seat post is inserted in the seat
tube far enough to be visible through the sight hole.
If your bike has an interrupted seat tube, as is the case on some
suspension bikes, you must also make sure that the seat post is far
enough into the frame so that you can touch it through the bottom of
the interrupted seat tube with the tip of your finger without inserting
your finger beyond its first knuckle. (Also see NOTE above and fig. 5).
WARNING: i
f your seat post is not inserted in the seat tube as desCribed in
b.1
above
,
the seat post may
break
,
whiCh Could Cause you to lose Control and fall
.
2. Front and back adjustment.
The saddle can be adjusted forward or back to help you get the optimal position on the bike. Ask
your dealer to set the saddle for your optimal riding position and to show you how to make this
adjustment. If you choose to make your own front and back adjustment, make sure that the clamp
mechanism is clamping on the straight part of the saddle rails and is not touching the curved
part of the rails, and that you are using the recommended torque on the clamping fastener(s) (see
Appendix D or the manufacturer’s instructions).
3. Saddle angle adjustment.
Most people prefer a horizontal saddle; but some riders like the saddle nose angled up or
down just a little. Your dealer can adjust saddle angle or teach you how to do it. If you choose
to make your own saddle angle adjustment and you have a single bolt saddle clamp on your
seat post, it is critical that you loosen the clamp bolt sufficiently to allow any serrations on the
mechanism to disengage before changing the saddle’s angle, and then that the serrations fully
re-engage before you tighten the clamp bolt to the recommended torque (see Appendix D or
the manufacturer’s instructions).