Saddle to bar drop

[la85]

172cm XC mtb racer.

My mtb saddle to bar drop is 45mm.

My road saddle to bar drop is 90mm.

Is this quite normal for an xc MTB. I have my stem slammed with an 80mm -6 degree stem.

Interested in similar sized people and what their drop is.

Cheers

[themidge]

I have about 80mm on road/gravel and 40mm on the XC bike, similar height to you. I feel like those are pretty average numbers.

But to be honest I wouldn't worry about it too much. The hand position is so different between MTB and road that there isn't much value comparing them. Everyone is such different shapes, so as long as your torso and arms feel like they're in the right place, your bars kind of end up where they end up. I say that particularly for MTB where control is super important, but it's true on the road too, eg. lower bars are not always more aero.

[la85]

I have about 80mm on road/gravel and 40mm on the XC bike, similar height to you. I feel like those are pretty average numbers.

But to be honest I wouldn't worry about it too much. The hand position is so different between MTB and road that there isn't much value comparing them. Everyone is such different shapes, so as long as your torso and arms feel like they're in the right place, your bars kind of end up where they end up. I say that particularly for MTB where control is super important, but it's true on the road too, eg. lower bars are not always more aero.

Thanks mate. Was purley curious as to what was semi normal. I tried a -17 degree stem a while ago on my MTB and it didnt feel right but now I have put 120mm suspension on which has lifted the front 20mm approx and it looks quite different.