Saddle getting in the way when cornering on MTB - what to do? I am practicing the technique of cornering, where one must lean the bicycle into the turn, while keeping the body more or less vertical. A (possibly exaggerated) picture I found on Google:



The problem is, when keeping the pedals horizontal, I always ride with my left foot ahead of the right one (like the guy on the picture does). When I turn left (like in the picture), everything is OK. But when I turn right, the saddle gets in the way (you can imagine it by looking at the picture - if he turned right, the saddle would push his right leg out of place).

What can I do about it? The following works but is not ideal:


Switch the legs when changing turning direction - inconvenient because I am used to the "left foot ahead" posture, and also because changing too often throws me off-balance
Remove the saddle - works very good, but then my legs don't rest, and get tired very quickly
I believe popular advice for MTB carving is to drop the outside pedal, rather than keeping the pedals horizontal.  If you then dump your weight to the outside pedal (off your bars) you can lower your center of gravity some and in the case of pumping that weight dump, increase your traction.  While keeping your pedals horizontal for obstacles increases your clearance, it isn't what you want cornering.