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SMP themselves said it's very personal, if you find that position perfect, not sliding forward etc. Then it's perfect.
Mine have the nose up a lots more, but felt well planted, no sliding back or forward.
Having the nose up can be useful when climbing and descending, the back of the saddle held you well as you spin to win, on the descend the front stop you from sliding forward when the whole bike is slightly forever downhill, it's lovely to finish a 20km descent without too much pressure on the hand.
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Sound like you might need to put the saddle a little more forward, as you shouldn't feel the pressure of the front.
Hogg is a big fan of Thomson inline for this, bit annoyed that my custom bike with standard 73 seat tubs looks bit weird with the SMP very far forward on an inline, previously was a Brooks B17 with a 24mm layback post, that how much forward the SMP need to be.
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If you want it to be uci legal then you need to be under 3degrees overall downward slope, which puts the centre at a slight rise.
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Interestingly, just read the Steve Hogg article again, and he recommends keeping some rise up to the nose of the saddle, but I find it much more comfortable with the main bit horizontal.