bmxsteve99 wrote:
don't most road bikes have pretty flat angled seats?
its all really personal preference
adfkje wrote:
it depends and is (obviously) far more relevant because it's "part of your cockpit" on a road bike, whereas on bmx it's just there for when you're coasting (well for me, anyways) But on my fixed gear 'road bike' the seat is almost identical in its angle to my bmx seat; i've tweaked that over multiple years, and I only keep it that flat (well, nose slightly upward) because otherwise I end up wrecking my wrists on distance rides.
dkTechEthan wrote:
Your used to Road Cycling, I can tell... Let me explain....
In BMX WE DONT CARE WHAT IS MORE EFFICIENT OR COMFY OR HEALTHY FOR YOUR BODY. We Stand when we ride 90 percent of the time, even just riding a-b most of us stand because thats what we set the bikes up for.... after spending X amount of time to get your brake lever, seat, bars blah blah blah in that Puuuuurrrrfect spot, most people, Myself included, dont want to mess with it once they found it, unless they've changed some part and need to adjust.
I'm a veteran and equally talented on both actually (no i'm not 'talented' in any way that i'm bragging about, just mentioning I have a ton of serious time behind each) The thing is that, for every small adjustment to a road bike, you can discuss it at length w/ other die-hard riders, and 'things' have evolved to where they are for good reason. BMX is not that way in the sense that road cycling is, the hardware is not nearly as refined as it is in road-biking, if that makes sense? Look no further than the changes to bmx bike geometry over the past decade compared to road-cycling, the changes are far bigger in the former.
Anyways tho, I get that it's not about efficiency or health, it's about a proper bike that's best for your tricks/purpose, and that's what I'm aiming for - function over form. At the same time, I'm not immune to looking at my bike and thinking if it looks 'cool', and in the 1st post here that's what i mentioned, is that when i look at my seat it looks funny, it doesn't match what I see my bmx idols setting up.
BUT I guess there's no overarching logic behind it, because - and correct me if i'm wrong - but after this short discussion, it does not seem there's any practical reason for a majority of seats being tilted so extremely, yet a majority of riders rock them that way. I setup this thread to see if there was a reason, or if it was a performance thing- it seems it's a style thing more than a performance thing :/
I love it being low because i'm learning whips, and i also appreciate having *nothing* to grab w/ my knees while throwing bars - a tendency I've always had that destroys the insides of my knees. I just always felt like my nose looked silly-low, and didn't wanna change that unless there was a reason for me to, and there's not.
Thnx for the input guys 
