Originally Posted by stapfam
My group rides XC with plenty of hills. There is only one of us that changes seat height for climbs or downhills and he is always the last down and the last up. The rest of us have the competence to ride the trails with the bike set up for climbs, because that is where you gain ground.
Just as a thought, How do racers set their bikes up for off road--saddle high for the climbs or low for the dowhills? I can just imagine a racer stopping to adjust saddle height every time he comes to a hill.
I haven't seen a WC race on tv that had a section steep or fun enough (jumps and drops) to bother dropping the seat. There is a race here that encompasses 10 of our single tracks and guys are raising and lowering seats all the time. They are the ones winning in this case (then again the ones not doing it are out of towners not used to the longer, 30min to 2 hours, sketchier descents)