Reversible but not symmetrical lower plate in seatpost I have an old seatpost that was removed from its original bike quite some time ago, now I want to use it in another bike, but I don't know if the lower plate should be positioned so it extends behind the top plate or so it extends in front of the top plate. Pictures will describe it better. Here the bottom plate is positioned so it extends toward the back of the bike: ![bottom plate positioned so it extends toward the back of the bike]( And here the plate is flipped around so it extends toward the front of the bike: ![enter image description here]( I can't remember how I had it positioned when I was actually using it. Does it matter which way it's set? If so, which is the right way?

Some Ritchey seat posts have this. They call it

“Reversible clamp for greater fore/aft adjustability”

The correct orientation depends on your fore/aft position. If you are more or less in the middle it shouldn’t matter.