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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Can anyone tell me the distance when off the stand from the ground to the seat please?

I'm trying to work out how much taller the 500 is compared to my 400?

Thanks in advance.

robvangulik:
Maybe this site could be helpful http://cycle-ergo.com/
According to them the 400 is 30" high and the 500 31.7"

Bryanj:
Not just the seat height but width matters

SteveD CB500K0:
You have to sit on one Ted.

Who’s near Derby?


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K2-K6:
As above for sizing, you need to assess the peg to seat distance along with how far back along the bike the pegs are in relation to where you are comfortable sitting.

The old "high mileage" rider stance of putting your feet on the rear pegs while riding a non busy section can give you an idea of what helps your joint placing Ted. With feet back and knees a little downward it then opens your hip joint angle a little to see if that helps in looking at other bike peg/seat geometry.

Standing around talking at a bike meeting place, someone rides in, pulls to a halt and CRASH straight on his side as his right leg didn't deploy on command  :-[ but the nature of biking community had about 10 people immediately run over to help him up as leg was under bike etc, no real harm done with just a small scratch on bike and a bit of thinking to do.

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