On one of my early Cycle Oregon rides, I came up on a young woman with her seat way too high. I rode with her several miles and suggested that she try lowering it small amounts at a time until it felt too low after a couple of weeks, then she could go back to her last setting. Several years later she approached me and told me she had a fit done and the the fitter put her seat exactly where I suggested and thanked me for the advice she didn't take. (This while she rode next to me on a bike that fit.)

Lucille, I didn't read your post before I started this, but when I approached this rider, it was coming from 40 years of riding. I started out with my seat nearly as high as hers. The vets in my club kept telling me to lower it. I did and still feel gratitude for their advice. It was painful for me to watch this young, fit, enthusiast rider riding like I used to. She didn't take my advice but I think she got that I cared. I saw her another year with no change. We chatted but I held my tongue.

Ben