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nope
Yes
Yes, but I have a dropper post so it'd be rude not to
"Can you not shift your weight over the saddle & get the same balance, or am I missing something?"
You can, but it's much easier just to have it out of the way- not just for steep descending but for general riding about, jumps and drops, etc.
Can you not shift your weight over the saddle & get the same balance, or am I missing something?And are those that play with saddle height are you above or below 30?
Yes, but increased risk of bashing stomach or nads, or getting shorts caught on saddle. Also, when I have saddle up for climbs I like it proper high for an nice efficient pedalling position, which would exacerbate things if not dropped.
Below 30.
Yes
Over 30
I got a droppy seat post doodad. I went out for a ride forgot to use it rode all the stuff I always do got home and sold it.
If I didn't have to sometimes take the post out Id not even have a QR.
I'm set in me ways I tells yer. Arse out over the back!!!
Yes
yes+no
Yes.
Anyone who doesn't is probably a paedophile.
No (ok, maybe once a year or so). Under 30.
Just don't have much need for it on my local trails.
No.
No
no
recently - yes
No, have only ever dropped my saddle in the alps (hence the no answer), in the UK I can get over the back of the seat (for the steep stuff - only thing I drop my seat for) so don't bother
To the original question yes.
To the debate. Yes you can, but having the saddle down is much better for going down and to shift your weight around the bike. Plus it ables you to use your legs as "rear travel" thus riding smoother and saving your nads from a certain death. However you can argue that depending on the the gain of lowering your saddle is different.
Just 30, but I have been riding saddle down for ages.
NO....
On my hardtail yes but on my full suss no (well, rarely)
yes 38 have been mtbing since 1990, and dropping my saddle since 1990.
no bmx, pretty much slammed anyway
yes mtb, when I get to jumpy bits 🙂
19 years young
That was an excellent response from Jamie, and one I suspect cannot be bettered.
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I'm really sorry Talkemada, Iv'e only just seen that, & it deserves a small round of applause 😉
Yes.
Yes, so much easier to move around on the bike with it down.
yes
no
No.
no, ride it high
Most XC - no
Trail centres, tough xc descents - sometimes
Yes
Yes
No (except for Jacobs ladder tye descents)
And over 30, well over to be honest 😆
no
over
No.
yes. most definitely.
yes, over
it depends
(and I'm surprised how few people answer this similarly - don't you vary according to which bike you're riding and how gnarl-core-rad-to-the-max the terrain is?)
Yes, goodnight.
it depends(and I'm surprised how few people answer this similarly - don't you vary according to which bike you're riding and how gnarl-core-rad-to-the-max the terrain is?)
Eh? The question was do you drop your seat according to terrain?m So your answer of; it depends "how gnarl-core-rad-to-the-max the terrain is" means your answer is YES.
...and a yes for me as well (via dropper post).
yup
Yes, did when I was below 30 too.
no, but i'm considering giving it a try...
No
Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
No, but sometimes wish I had, just never do, didn't 10 months ago either so shouldn't mess up your data 🙂