Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Don’t make that assumption, I watched a bunch of YT’s to find out how and where to use it, I found it fascinating to learn folks would lower the seat thru turns to lower center of gravity, aiding tire grip. That made sense so I gave that multiple tries. Our local trails tend to have a ton of twisty and tight single track, so it seems that would be a good place to try this. What I discovered was the seat was going up and down, up and down as I was finding I wanted the seat back up at height to be able to more efficiently pedal coming out of turns, then I needed to drop again for more twisty, then up again and after a few try’s at this found the whole thing annoying. It wasn’t improving my handling at all as I was just distracted trying to get the seat lowered and then back up again. And as stated prior, we have short and few hills, so no need to use on downhills,
Off it came.
By your own words, you said you never figured it out. You just it confirmed again. In my experience, there is a learning curve to get to the point where you make the changes instinctively, much the same as shifting. That said, there is certainly terrain where it doesn't really add a benefit. I guess that's your terrain.
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