Originally Posted by ItsJustMe

The lessening (not "loss") of control without the horn on the saddle is probably not apparent to casual riders, who I assume are the primary users of the hornless saddles. I speculate that they either do lose control more often but do not have enough experience to know why, or they are never particularly skilled riders anyway and don't miss the loss of control. I find the horn is really only heavily used in more extreme maneuvering. It's not like you need it to ride day to day - I could ride around just fine with a block of wood on the top of the seat post, but I would be in trouble if I got right hooked and needed to do an emergency countersteer maneuver to follow the idiot around the corner rather than just going into the side of his car.

Also in emergency braking situations, you really don't want anything that wide under your butt. I have had to throw my tail back behind the saddle and hit the front brakes hard enough that I was on the verge of going over. If the saddle was as wide as that looks, I probably wouldn't be able to shift my weight backwards and my stopping distance would be longer.