Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Not so! Keep the butt at the front part of the chair and then slide the chair back (like moving a bike seat, without adding the support from the chair cushion for the upper legs) and you'll find more weight on your hands, not less.
Neither example is relevant because they both ignore the third point of contact. It's your CG (center of gravity)
relative to the pedal when you're applying pedaling force that matters.