Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Congrats on your new bike!

I do want to clarify one point: I don't think a saddle should necessarily be centered on the rails, although it's a decent place to start for a test ride. A saddle may be placed fore or aft on the rails depending on where the riders' knees need to be relative to the pedals. I, for one, usually place may saddle way back because I have long femurs relative to my leg length.
My knees weren't above the pedals at all really with the Rockhopper. I'm not sure if they would have been with the 4500 but they def are now w/my new bike. Again, thanks for the tips.

From central IN eh? I went to high school in Frankfort and later went to Purdue W. (Lafayette) for my undergrad. Small world.