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Knee overlap means that my knees are positioned too far over the pedal spindle when my cranks are parallel to the ground.
How did it feel for you?
They're more of a guideline than something people have to follow, my knees is also very far over the pedals spindle, but it work extremely well for my odd proportion.
Bear in mind, that the more saddle setback you add, the shorter your stem need to be.
Your bike fit should take in account of the saddle seatback, I'm surprised this is not included.
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@Heldring
Hey thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I do not know the reach of the handlebars that were on the fit bike. I'll shoot the guy an email.
Knee overlap means that my knees are positioned too far over the pedal spindle when my cranks are parallel to the ground, whilst riding. In my case my right knee is positioned 3 cm too far forward and my left 4cm. I was told higher setback or maybe even a slacker seat tube angle should help.
According to the fit my saddle should be set up 770 mm from the center of the bracket to the top of the saddle, and ideally there should be 655 mm from the seat tube measured from the top of the saddle to the centre of the bars.