Originally Posted by
San Rensho
No, the way you set the set back on a saddle is by starting with the saddle pushed forward, then slowly moving it back until you can take your hands off the drops and you don't fall forward. That's the correct seat setback. ...
Not for me! I have a triangle between the BB, the seat and the handlebars I like. HTet triangle gets rotated roward of back depending on what that bike is for. Fix gears it gets rotated forward (bars forward and down) to get a position that is easier going up wind. I have a bike that is more of a comfort bike and the triangle is rotated back. I have real weight on my hands in all but the comfort bike. With comfortable hand positions, seeing that weight isn't an issue. (But it does mean staying far from most of the newer handlebars and brake levers. Old fashioned handlebars with near horizontal drops and the brake levers half way down the bend work really well for me and have for the past 45 years.)
Ben