Not foreward, up like I'm on a stair master. When I'm on the down stroke the leg pushes down hard enough to lift me off the saddle and I'm trying to sit. Until I find a gear big enough to offer enough resistance I can stay down, get tired, or slow down. I also have found many times I may not come out of the saddle but hover just above, I barely have contact with it.

As for fit, two shops have given my numbers for what I should ride and both agree on frame size and such. Both men were from different states even. So it is usually how I sit on the bike. I tried riding a smaller frame for an LT test on a compu trainer. I felt so tight like everything was to close, plus boy did we have to put the seat up. Same thing when I rode a 50cm bike at the shop. My friend who has been riding much longer then me asked how it felt. I told him cramped. Which was what he thought to watching me try to ride. So I got a 52cm.