I tend to only drop my seat very low when it’s really needed, the sort of situations where I would have stopped and manually dropped the post in the past. Other than that I have to admit I’m quite forgetful and usually only remember to drop the seat 2-3 inches out of the way once I realise that things are starting to get a bit out of shape! 😯
The neck of the woods that I play in does tend to have a lot of quite long and techy stuff though, so I find myself up and out of the saddle quite a lot which plays havoc with my dodgy lower back. I’d like to say I get some respite on the climbs….but it’s even more painful when I’m sitting down in the same position for anything more than a few minutes!!!
I’d still say though, that with the type of back injury I have, having the dropper post allows me to stay on the bike longer and further between rest – stretchy – whimper stops because it allows me more freedom of movement on the bike.
B. 🙂