Correctly Measuring Cycling Inseam Completely 2022
Measuring cycling inseam is the prerequisite to a good Bike fit.
Measuring cycling inseam is best done wearing your cycling shorts in your bare feet. You can then use a hardbound book, straight rule, or a highly recommended rule with a level built in. This will allow you to eliminate the variability of the rule not remaining level while the measurement of your cycling inseam is taken.
It is best to use a rigid tape measure is to eliminate variances from non rigid tape measures especially when measuring cycling inseam without an assistant.
Standing upright with feet slightly apart , put the rule between your legs and press the rule against your sit bones, to replicate the feel of your saddle during normal riding. Do not press the rule against your soft tissue in your private are, only on the sit bones. While keeping the rule level, take a measurement from the top of the rule to the floor.
Use the Metric System when measuring cycling inseam
Taking several measurements and using the average is highly recommended especially when not using an assistant, a rigid tape measure or the rule with a bubble.
The result is your inseam for cycling. If you can take this measurement in centimeters, it will give you a more accurate value since the metric system is simpler, more finite and easier to comprehend.
So for me as an example my inseam is 34.25inches, which equates approximately to 87cm or 870millimeters. Since a millimeter is more finite than an inch, I prefer to work with metric values; to dial my fit in the smallest unit, a millimeter.
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