Originally Posted by
Glenn1234
The other thing that hasn't been mentioned is bike fit. When you don't have the seat in the right place, it tends to make your legs work in an unnatural and different way than what they were designed to work. You want to be able to extend your legs when they are on a down stroke, but not so far that you are having to work/stretch to do it.
+100............When I do lots of climbing or training for a climbing century, I might raise my seat anywhere from .100-.300 of an inch depending on my extension. Try climbing with a lowered seat position and the quads are gonna kill ya!
Riding a mix of flats and hills, you may need to find the happy medium. IF it's all hills, try the raised position. Sometimes one has to experiment a bit. IF I raise my seat, I place a strip of electrical tape around the post so the I can easily find my start point if I'm unhappy with the movement.