I agree, it’s a crude and static method but I wanted to get an idea.
My retul bike fit had my at the minimum acceptable range of knee extension and I my heel was about 2cm away from the pedal when locked out. I was left wondering:
- what I would need to do in order to be comfortable with that saddle height
- where the “optimal range” comes from
- how the pedal/shoe stack height (both low-stack top of the line road racing stuff) could introduce 2cm of a difference, especially as I don’t have huge feet and tend to prefer a smaller ankle movement range.
and - if a saddle height where I can’t touch the ground is sensible/safe