Originally Posted by freeranger

Needing to get off the saddle when stopped is not a sign of the bike being too large. My bike fits me fine, and I have to get off the seat when stopped. Casual rider here, not an issue. You said it was a mtn.bike. The only time I can see the height of the seat being a problem would be on descents, and that could be handled by a dropper post (tho just saw a thread on dropper posts that most said they didn't actually use theirs). On my mtn.bike, if I know I'm going to be riding a trail with lots of descents, I may just lower my seat a little-don't do it often, as it makes pedaling harder on the legs with the loss of leg extension (I don't have a dropper post). If you got a smaller mtn.bike frame, you'd be raising the seat higher to get good leg extension, would still end up getting off the seat when you stop.