Operation Manual

If your leg is not completely straight, your saddle

height needs to be adjusted. If your hips must rock

for the heel to reach the pedal, the saddle is too

high. If your leg is bent at the knee with 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 (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 (g. 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 nger without inserting your nger beyond its rst knuckle. Also see

NOTE above and g. 5).

WARNING: If your seat post is not inserted in the seat tube as

described in B.1 above, the seat post, binder or even frame 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) (Appendix D or the manufacturer’s

instructions).

Felt Aero Seatposts: Felt’s most aerodynamic road frames (including the IA, DA,

B, TK and AR) use a special dual-position seatpost. It requires its own method of