Originally Posted by
mikewille
Hit a goose at speed on a paved bike trail in the dark, managed to stay upright.
Had a deer try to tackle me, luckily I had slowed and she missed by a few inches.
I use a similar seat angle to avoid taint carnage on rough terrain, you put your
ass-bones across the wide part of the seat.
Exactly right. When I was a kid with a Sting Ray, I put a conventional saddle in place of the "Banana Seat."
When I ride my Ellsworth, I take some tough hits and DO NOT want to suffer from them.