Originally Posted by
AlmostGreenGuy
Make sure that you can balance yourself for a few seconds, while taking your hands off of the handle bars and keeping your feet on the pedals. If you can't, move your seat back a bit and try again. As you move your seat back, you may have to move your handlebar grip area backward to match.
Go slow with me. you don't mean leaning forward in the riding position-----right? You mean sitting up and riding without holding on. I can tell you if I took my hands off the handlebar I'd go face first down. You are saying I should be able to ride leaning forward? The bike has a 0 to 60 degree adjustable rise stem, it's set at 30 degrees, if it helps.