Originally Posted by
pgjackson
Why not just make the seat a little shorter? Doesn't make sense to design a seat that is supposed to have a couple of inches of seat poking out the back. These guys are so obsessed with weight, I bet you could shave a significant amount of seat weight by eliminating unneeded size.
When you are descending, you need to sit back on the saddle for control. When climbing, you need to sit back on the saddle for power.
__________________
Cat 2 Track, Cat 3 Road.
"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --
the tiniest sprinter