I'm not convinced that going that forward really helps with power.

Too much of good thing isn't good. little bit of aspirin is good too much will kill you. And I wonder about what effective seat tube angle, or rather the position of the seat in reference to the BB will give you the most amount of power.

On a hill climb, if my body is pushed back a bit, I can get more power into the pedals at the top and at the bottom then if I were sitting in the regular spot. But for TT, I think I prefer to sit bit forward cause it feels like I can sustain the power output with high cadence. I guess only way to know is use a power tap and measure on a hill, flat, & TT rides.

My newest seat, jett130, has a nose that is curved downward so trying to "ride on the rivet" is less worrisome. Its like the seat is tilted down on the nose even though the seat is more or less level (slightly pointing down for me.) Mind you I don't exactly ride right on the nose even when I'm forward.

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