Ebike Seat
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PhiCor
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Your correct, I meant seat hight. The bikes a Dost Kope, stand over 29 and minimal seat height 34. I wanted to see if there is a way to lower the seat height by 1 inch so my feet touch the ground more.
fooferdoggie
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toes is what you get. if you lower your seat more your going to have issues with power and knees. only can forward or recumbents let you be flat footed.
fooferdoggie
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nope
Deacon Blues
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In one of the Youtube videos I recently watch a guy rode a bike with a dropper seat post. The really cool thing about this dropper was it was wireless. The battery pack was underneath the saddle and the remote dropper lease button was on the handlebar.
If I didn't have an expensive seat post rack on my e-gravel bike I'd look into buying one of these. It would be great to be able to come to a stop, drop the seat down, so I could stand, flat footed, while still sitting in the saddle, then ride off, lift my bum off the saddle and have it rise up to its set position.
Here's a link.......VERY expensive:
www.competitivecyclist.com
If I didn't have an expensive seat post rack on my e-gravel bike I'd look into buying one of these. It would be great to be able to come to a stop, drop the seat down, so I could stand, flat footed, while still sitting in the saddle, then ride off, lift my bum off the saddle and have it rise up to its set position.
Here's a link.......VERY expensive:
RockShox Reverb AXS Dropper Seatpost - Components
Buy the RockShox Reverb AXS Dropper Seatpost online or shop all Components from Competitivecyclist.com.
www.competitivecyclist.com
Merle Nelson
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This is a great description of an added benefit that I love about my nicer mountain bikes with dropper seat posts.In one of the Youtube videos I recently watch a guy rode a bike with a dropper seat post. The really cool thing about this dropper was it was wireless. The battery pack was underneath the saddle and the remote dropper lease button was on the handlebar.
If I didn't have an expensive seat post rack on my e-gravel bike I'd look into buying one of these. It would be great to be able to come to a stop, drop the seat down, so I could stand, flat footed, while still sitting in the saddle, then ride off, lift my bum off the saddle and have it rise up to its set position.
Here's a link.......VERY expensive:
RockShox Reverb AXS Dropper Seatpost - Components
Buy the RockShox Reverb AXS Dropper Seatpost online or shop all Components from Competitivecyclist.com.
Welcome to EBR PhiCor.
I am well aware that being able to fully extend one's legs is ideal for power, but at 84 y.o. I am somewhat wobbly, so I decided I needed a lower seat to gain stability when stopped. This means I can no longer extend my legs fully, and I end up pumping my knees up and down. I'm not positive, but I think this requires more effort from the glutes, which gives me a tight butt but wimpy quads. Although at first this wasn't very comfortable, I've since gotten used to it, and it feels normal now. I do think I go much more efficiently by maintaining a pretty high cadence (haven't measured, but I think around 90 or so rpm). The motor also seems eager to work harder to match my output with the higher cadence. Except for steepish hills, I'm almost always in PAS level one (out of 5). I'd like to try a dropper seat post, but don't have vertical room or space for one. Maybe on my next bike.
Bike is an Ariel Rider C class (step through--another element in my staying upright most of the time) with a Tongsheng motor, 48 volt 10 a.h. battery.
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