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From: Bozeman
Bikes: 199? Landshark Roadshark, 198? Mondonico Diamond, 1987 Panasonic DX-5000, 1987 Bianchi Limited, Univega... Chrome..., 1989 Schwinn Woodlands, Motobecane USA Record, Raleigh Tokul 2
Perfectly flat saddles are for flexible people, because their hips can sit flat and they can still bend over just fine to reach the drops.
Non-flexible people have saddles that rise up at the back, tilting their hips forward and allowing them to also reach the drops more easily.
(That's my theory after looking at the fizik saddles for flexible/non-flexible people.)