Originally Posted by cubewheels

I almost fell down a few times zigzagging across vehicles in traffic over uneven parts of the road where I'm still too fast to get off the saddle or unable to brake suddenly (because the motorist behind could rear-end me).

I lowered the seat 2 cm below optimal so I can stick one foot out in times like these and that solved the problem. But because I'm also at max setback adjustment, I'm only 1 cm under optimum leg extension so not a big compromise.

Dropper post is also a neat solution....If you can find one for road bikes!