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Correcting the fore-to-aft position and horizontal tilt of the
saddle
The inclination of your upper body, and hence your riding comfort and pedalling
power, are also influenced by the distance between the grips of the handlebars and
the saddle (a). This distance can be altered slightly by changing the position of the
saddle rails in the seat post clamp. However, this also influences your pedalling.
Whether the saddle is positioned more to the front or to the back of the bike will
alter how rearward the pedalling position of your legs is.
You need to have the saddle horizontal (b) in order to pedal in a relaxed manner. If it
is tilted forwards, you will constantly have to lean against the handlebars to prevent
yourself from slipping off the front of the saddle.
Please note that the saddle position may vary, in particular with mountain bikes.
The setting range of the saddle is very small. Replacing the stem allows
you to make far bigger adjustments to the riders fore-to-aft position,
because stems come in different lengths. In doing so you may achieve
differences of more than ten centimetres. In this case you usually would
have to adjust the length of the cables – a job best left to your FELT
dealer!
ii
Note that the bolted connections of the seat post have to be tightened
to the specified torques. You will find the values in the chapter “Recom-
mended torques for bolted connections“ and in the enclosed instructions
or directly on the parts.
Check these bolts monthly with a torque wrench according to the pre-
scribed torque.
Make sure the saddle is not clamped on the curved sections of the saddle
rails (c).
a b c
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