Body Position Too Aggressive?

[mazur]

Curious of your thoughts of my buddy in this picture. I do not know if I have ever seen such an aggressive body position before. Has he crossed the fine line of being fast vs being a monkey?

 

[Spaghetti]

There are two main problems with an aggressive body position like this: 1) the outside tight and knee might loose contact with the tank and 2) the overextended arm might transfer tension to the handle bar. Also it comes a point where separating the body further from the bike doesn't lower the weight as much, so the extreme body position effort doesn't pay off.

 

In the end it's more about lowering the body weight and rising the bike than moving the upper body away from the bike.