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Richard Ballantine (Richard's bicycle book) and V Thomas (Saddle height, Cycling, Jan. 1967) both assert that maximum power is developed when saddle height (pedal spindle to top of saddle) is about 10% greater than inside leg measurement.
I've used this as a starting point on all my bikes and adjusted from there.