Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate
Mtbiking is a bit different. You have to be able to kind of "throw" the bike around underneath you. Your bike can get pretty sluggish if you put weight on it. It really changes the handling to put weight at different points on the bike.
Thanks for the clarification - that makes a lot of sense. Sorry for any confusion I added to the issue with my own confusion! Then I suppose when you're riding a mountain bike off-road it would matter whether you were primarily doing technical mountain biking or riding on a relatively flat surface.

--- Denise