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dalessoup
(January 15, 2008 at 19:41)
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why is your seat so high?
I disagree, I'd say it's the opposite. Slammed seats are for guys like Bourdon: "two inches taller and he'd be square". There are only two exceptions: competition style trials bikes with no saddle, and XC bikes made for going up hills. You can't do Julien Meunier style manual barspins when your seat's at your ankles!
Exactly, and I think slammed seats look rediculous anyway (it's so blatantly put out of the way, it looks even more unwanted than if you didn't even have one), so for me both function and form lean towards having the seat at knee height. I also ride trials, and most trials bikes don't have seats at all (or if they do they're only for sitting on while taking a break, which is all a slammed seat is good for anyway but with a lot more unneccesary bulk), which works great, because seats only add weight and take up valuable space to move around over the bike, and you never need to sit down or pinch the seat riding trials (except maybe for Jeff Lenosky's Disorder III section, with all his tailstall barspins, but that was definitely more street than trials). In my opinion, anything in between is just counterproductive. You get the downsides of both the weight of a saddle and the space that it takes up, and you can't even really use it! I like my street seats at knee height and my trials seats nonexistant, and I can't see why anyone would want it any other way. But for the millionth time, the bike has a quick release seat clamp, so feel free to buy the bike and chop the seat tube down to an inch so it can never be raised again!
i agree when u sed that seats are only gd for taking a break on but i can pinch my seat for bunnyspins and shit soo.... and when do u sit riding street anywho eh?
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On your Norco Manik 16"? No age mentioned, no pictures added? Who are you kidding? Somehow I think you're just another Pinkbike grom who has to say something, Dirtjumperwes. And I said slammed seats are only good for sitting on (the keyword is "slammed"), and only when you're not pedalling. Otherwise if you're a tall guy like me your knees are up your nose and you can't turn the bars. As for when you sit riding street, try taking your seat right off and doing a mellow 10k loop around all the usual downtown street spots. Once you've sat down on the your clamp a few times by accident you'll realize how often you have to get off the bike and sit on the ground or a bench or something instead. Add some distance, hills or speed to that ride and you'll wish that seat you don't have was at least at knee height.
I ride with a high seat. Not that high, granted a bit under my knees but still high enough to make it look silly. Kids all the time ask me why its so high, and ask if im doing xc, but i just ignore them. Its more comfortable while cruising, but still at perfect height where it doesnt get in the way while on the street/park
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