Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
You are recommending squeezing saddle and top tube for MOUNTAIN BIKING? Did I read that right? That may be acceptable for road biking, but it's really unstable for mountain biking. Your legs and knees need to be freed up for dynamic riding, which they most certainly are not if you are gripping the saddle and top tube. It forces the center of gravity higher, which makes you top heavy and less stable. Now if you are talking about road technique that's well and good and my apologies for getting all excited. I am a mountain bike coach and undoing the top tube-saddle-thigh grip situation is one of the more primary bad habits I have to help gals undo.
No MTB riding, when I am riding on the road