Thanks blueskies for posting the abstract!

So it is a proportion thing then, I misinterpreted. It would be interesting to see the tables for a given body mass showing what is considered a relatively "long" lower leg vs. an average or short one. I suppose most folks would end up with an "average" lower leg for our height. I do know that I always have to push my saddles back far on the rails to get my knee over the pedal spindle, on bikes with different seat tube angles even, so I am assuming I have a relatively long femur for my height....and although I kinda enjoy running, I'm not good at it and it's always hard, no matter how much I train.

Emily