Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
What angle is the seat at right now? My bikes are around 22 degrees, but some of the fast crowd seems to like angles in the 10-15 degree range. And yes, lowering the seat can make a big difference in cruising speed. One thing to watch for is that your center of gravity not get moved back too far. My rule-of-thumb is for my shoulders to be ahead of the rear axle by at least an inch or two, so you're not unweighting the front end.
I don't know the exact angle, but eyeballing it, it looks somewhere around the 15 degree range. Shoulders are slightly in front of the rear hub and coincidentally, I pulled an emergency maneuver this morning that momentarily locked the rear wheel without locking the front. I took it through a series of tight curves at speed to see what I could do and it was reasonably close. For broader curves and straightlining, it feels confident at any speed.
Legs feel good with this setup -- my normal way works the quads a bit too hard. But right now, neck position is so strained it actually gives me a headache. Part of me says to get a headrest, part of me says I'm trying to lean this seat back a bit too far.