Performance and comfort (and with it enjoyment) on a bicycle can be increased significantly by ensuring your position is correct. Key to this position is your saddle height. Illustrated here is the heel method. This allows you to quickly determine the correct saddle position. Simply sit on the bike and place your heel on the pedal as shown. Adjust your saddle until your leg is straight when in this position.

When riding the bike, it is the ball of the foot which is on the pedal. Using the determined saddle position means that your leg will be slightly bent at the bottom of the stroke.

The correct pedals and foot position are fundamental to your comfort and efficiency on your bicycle. They provide not only support, but also the method which power is transferred to the machine. The position of the feet is defined by three points which can intuitively be found easily and quickly with the help if the specific design of the PC2 pedals:

• Fore / Aft Adjustment
• Distance of the foot from the crank (and each other)
• Heel angle