Someone mentioned he doesn’t like to use the balance method because he doesn’t ride no-handed. I sometimes like no-handed but I don’t need a specific saddle position to be able to do that. For me the balance position is not for no-handed riding.

What a good balance setup really allows me to do is shield my body from feeling hard shocks. If on the saddle I have good fore/aft balance, I can easily lift my hands off the bars just a centimeter or so and let the front wheel judder around if I’m on some dodgy roadway. I also can lift my butt off the saddle the same little bit and get some bounce clearance under that as well.