Originally Posted by
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You slide the seat forward because dropping it down on the steerer moves the bars farther away from the rider (easily verified with a tape measure.) Why not change the stem? It costs money and they come in 10mm increments which isn't so useful if you only need a few mm.
I won't even get into the knee position / KOPS thing b/c I think it's mostly black magic perpetuated by the bike fitting systems.
KOPS works at least as a starting point and even then its rare that the most favorable position is much forward or behind of it. Sliding the saddle forward because the bar is now a few mm farther away is just the wrong way to do it and if that few mm difference made you go from the perfect fit to uncomfortable then you are the pickiest rider I have ever met.
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