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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Re: Turbo boost, Kitt.... [actually, seat height]
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Date: Wed, 8-May-85 20:03:57 EDT
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> >From: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (mike upmalis)
> >Ergonomic testing of optimum height suggests
> >that the optimum placing for seat height is 109% of inseam.
> 
> Umm, "inseam" is not a very precise measurement -- it varies depending on
> fashion, and how you like to wear your pants.  Is there some measurement on the
> body that can be used instead?  I don't know whether the 109% is supposed to be
> of the measurement from my crotch to my ankle, the bottom of my foot, the bottom
> of my trousers, or something else.
> -- 
> Morris M. Keesan
> {decvax,linus,ihnp4,wanginst,wjh12,ima}!bbncca!keesan
> keesan @ BBN-UNIX.ARPA

its from your crotch to the bottom of your foot.

-eli

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