Saddle angle…

Something had been bothering me lately, ever since I got my saddle to a height I consider comfortable. I decided the next adjustment would be to move it back just a wee bit. So last night I did. Not a good idea, at least at first.
It seems in addition to moving the seat back, I accidentally angled the saddle a wee bit more up in the front. Now instead of pressing me a little too much, it was way too much. Vlad the Impaler might have gotten ideas. So…
I readjusted the saddle during a quick pit stop and made it at least usable, but now it was back the way it had started. Ah me…
Then on the way back from my errand the skies opened up for few minutes and while I don’ t mind rain, I decided to duck under cover. While waiting the rain out I decided to learn about my saddle and took it apart. It all made sense in just a couple of minutes. There’s a little wedge that can be moved a bit changing the angle. It was short work and when the rain stopped I was ready to go.
Wrong. Now I had the seat in the right place, but it tilted a bit too far forward causing me to slip forward.
In any case, I got home took it apart again and got the seat where I want it, back far enough and level. Today my ride to work was much more comfortable.
Here’s a lovely diagram of seat from Beaudaniels.com. Mostly likely it’s copyrighted, but I’ll claim fair use here…

Mine doesn’t have two bolts, is made for bigger, older folks, but is more or less the same idea.
For more on saddles I like the late Sheldon Brown’s page on saddles. It’s chock full of information. There’s more at Jim Langley’s page as well.
Aloha!