Not sure if my hips rotated forward but if you look at the saddle it looks to be slightly tilted up at the nose but if you put a level on it, it's level to slightly tilted down. The discrepency is because the rear of the saddle slops forward and is lowest in the middle and then slops back up towards the nose. That seems pretty normal for a Brooks of the B17 family although the old worn out B17N I had was flat as a board like a Professional. The bike's frame is around 56cm C-C which is my size. It came with a short, 85mm stem which is shorter than I would usually run but normal as I understand it for a touring bike. At max height it sat about an inch below the seat height. With the Technomic I hoped to raise the bars about 2.5 inches but as I got the Deluxe by mistake that didn't work out. To make matters worse, I got it in 100mm extension since I expected it to be so much taller and I didn't want a cramped cockpit. Now the effective reach is longer and the bars are not high enough. I'll post pictures tonight when I get home.