Bike Fit Survey

[Bstone]

I would like to survey and post the results of a bike fit survey. Seems like there are a wide variety of opinions out there. If you are interested, respond to the following:

Height:
Weight:
Torso to leg length:
Seat Setback:
Seat height:
Seat to bar distance:
Bar drop:
Main type of riding:

I'll go first:

Height: 5'7
Weight: 154 lbs
Torso to leg length: Long torso, short legs
Inseam: 30 inches
Seat Setback: 2.2 cm
Seat height: 69 cm
Seat to bar distance: 48 cm
Bar drop: 7 cm
Main type of riding: Flat (Central Florida), fast club rides

[Black Dog]

Height: 5'8"
Weight: 155
Torso to leg length: long legs short torso
Seat Setback: 6cm
Seat height: 72.5cm
Seat to bar distance: 52cm
Bar drop: 8 cm
Main type of riding: mixed terrain. Long solo rides/fast club rides

[kramnnim]

What's the seat setback? Tip of the nose behind the center of BB? Seat to bar is tip of nose to center of bars?

[regularguy412]

Height:5 ft 7 in -- My CSI is 56 square.
Weight:around 180
Torso to leg length: no true measurement, but short torso for height , long legs and arms
Seat Setback: tip of saddle behind BB is 4 cm on my CSI
Seat height:71 cm from center of BB to top of saddle
Seat to bar distance:53 cm from front tip of saddle to center of bars
Bar drop:5.5 cm (brake hoods are straight out, not turned skyward and i use the drops about half the time)
Main type of riding: fast group rides during the week of 25 to 40 miles, longer 50-70 mile rides on the weekends. Usually ride 5 days per week.

[Wilkinson4]

Height: 5'-7"
Weight: 142 - 148
Torso to leg length: Can't remember.
Seat Setback: 5cm
Seat height: 70.6cm
Seat to bar distance: 50.5cm
Bar drop: 3cm
Main type of riding: Road

[Bstone]

What's the seat setback? Tip of the nose behind the center of BB? Seat to bar is tip of nose to center of bars?

Yes, that is correct.

[tttsmm]

Height:6'
Weight:around 94kg
Torso to leg length: never measured
inseam : 85cm
Seat Setback: 8.5cm
Seat height:79.5cm
Seat to bar distance:59.5cm
Bar drop:10cm
Main type of riding: fast group rides 2 weekday nights (about 40-50km), longer rides weekends (65-90km), about 4 rides a week.

[kgreene10]

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 154
Torso to leg length: all leg
Seat Setback: 8.7
Seat height: 83.1 (not a typo)
Seat to bar distance: 57.5
Bar drop: 11
Main type of riding: road racing, crits, training over mixed terrain

[8aaron8]

Height: 5'10"
Weight: 130
Torso to leg length: mostly legs
Seat Setback:10.5
Seat height: 76.5 center bb to top of saddle
Seat to bar distance: 53.75
Bar drop: 9cm
Main type of riding: road, long distance

[VTCaraco]

Height: 5'10.5"
Weight: 205 lbs
Torso to leg length: Long torso, short legs
Seat Setback: 7.2 cm
Seat height: 72.7 cm
Seat to bar distance: 54.3 cm
Bar drop: 3.0 cm
Main type of riding: New England rollers - for fitness - 4-6 days per week ~ 100 mi

[ultraman6970]

Interesting

[macaroon]

Height: 6'3"
Weight: My cycling weight is about 75kg (at the moment I don't know!)
Torso to leg length: My inside leg is 36.5"
Seat Setback: Note sure exactly, although it's over 100mm
Seat height: 835mm
Seat to bar distance: About 620mm
Bar drop: About 150mm
Main type of riding: Rolling terrain and short, steep hills

[MattTuck]

Will have to dig out my numbers as I don't know them off the top of my head.

My biggest concern about this type of thing is that different saddles can throw numbers off by 1 or 2, and maybe as much as 4 cm in terms of saddle height, saddle to bar distance and saddle set back.

How are you measuring torso to leg length?

[commonguy001]

Height: 6'1"
Weight: 158-160 (haven't been on a scale in a few months)
Torso to leg length:
Seat Setback: 7.5 cm
Seat height: 78 cm
Seat to bar distance: 57 cm
Bar drop: 7.5 cm
Main type of riding: road - try and work in a longer ride each week (80-100 miles). First solo century of the year was knocked out in 5:20, should get a bit faster when I get some more miles in my legs. No longer race (other than a few gravel events) so it's all just for fitness and so I don't get fat.

[MattTuck]

Also, stack height is important to know for the saddle height measurement.