Setting up a MTB to match a road bike

Equipment
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Couple of issues.

  1. If you measure from center of BB to top of saddle, did you also account for changes like Crank Length, Shoe and Pedal Stack Height, Saddle Fore-Aft Position?

    • Every one of those can be and is likely different from a road bike to MTB.

  2. Don’t assume that what is right for road is also right for MTB. Plenty of reasons to have subtle differences in saddle height, fore-aft saddle position and bar drop. You might use them as a starting point, but using them without consideration to the huge differences in use, is not likely the best approach.

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