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Yeah hamstrings are tight whilst hips are very flexible. I don’t ever have cramp. I was having some lower back pain though that has gone since dropping the saddle. In general I’m pretty flexible; I’m 6’2 and ~65kg so lanky and lean.
I saw the bike fitter again today who dropped my saddle a month or so ago and he was at a bit of a loss as to why there was no real improvement. In the spirit of trying to eliminate factors we went back from my unpadded SMP Composit to a padded SMP Evolution to see if that might make a difference as I rode with the evo fine for a long time before the hamstring issues, the hamstring issues came on when I started chucking a Composit into the mix on a second bike; this could obviously not be of any significance, though there was a wonder if there might be compression from the lack of padding in the Composit saddle. He pressure mapped me on the Composit when I first saw him and it looked good pressure-wise and I’ve always found I’m able to ride any saddle without issue but who knows, maybe this might lead to an improvement.
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How do you describe "hamstring" niggles? Tight and prone to cramping? Possibly sciatica?
I had what I thought was hamstring issues after my back surgery. It too me a few years but I worked out that is was not muscle tightness but a continuation of nerve issues. I do neural flossing and it made a 1000000% difference. Quite a few explanations on YT for how to do it.