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Subject: Steering height on a stationary bike ?
Hi There,

I winter-train in a Gym since a couple of years on Schwinn stationary bikes. Though I noticed that almost nobody does that, I always try to set the bike so the relative heights of the steering and the saddle emulates my roadbike setup (for me, it places the steering a couple of inches below the saddle).

Today, a guy went to me and said that he thought my steering was too low. Though he's some kind of a as been or a wannabe, it made me wonder if I used the right position on the stationary bike. To prove him wrong, I searched over the Internet for pictures of stationary bikes with "proper" steering vs saddle height, but couldn't find any... (see links). It seems like everybody sets the steering above the saddle height (as I noticed at the gym...).

http://www.epinions.com/pr-Exercise_Equipment-Schwinn_Spinner_Pro_S...
http://usedgymequipment.com/schwinnspinningprobikesdemo.htm
http://www.schwinnfitness.com/products/?function=detail&id=24

Despite of that, I can find lots of pictures of road bikes with steering position being below the saddle.

What do you guys think of that ? Is there a specific configuration on a stationary bike according to which the steering must be at a higher position than on a road bike ? I feel good on the stationary bike but I would just like to bring some arguments to the wannabes (or say nothing if I'm wrong!!! )

Thanks a lot for your inputs !

Christian.
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