Quote Originally Posted by rij73 View Post
Well, that was a little harsh, but at least he only suggested it!

Good luck... You really do need to raise the saddle.
We have an interesting friendship that is essentially built on insults... his actual words were more profanity laden and involved comparing me to an "epileptic monkey", but he's a cool guy and we get along, so no worries.

Anyway the seat is high enough now so I can barely touch with the ground with the tip of my toes, which is not yet quite high enough, but I'll ride that for a few miles and then try inching up another inch. Oddly enough, I've been following proper starting and stopping technique without even realizing it, even though with my seat height where it was, I really didn't need to.