Originally Posted by
oldbobcat
You're either trolling me or you just can't visualize t it. You bend at the hips when you sit on your butt in a chair. You bend at the hips when you do squats at the gym. You bend at the hips when you make like a Japanese businessman and bow instead of shaking hands.
I'm the bike fitter with a saddle business. Perhaps you're trolling me?
Watch a man and a women touch their toes from the side. Women bend primarily at the hips. Men bend both at the hips and a significant amount above the pelvis. Men roll their hips forward less than women on the bike because they bend at the waist.
You can fight that, but it is the natural way we bend, and allows hamstrings to support the upper body on the bike.