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in message <[email protected]>,
[email protected] ('[email protected]') wrote:
>
> RonSonic wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:36:32 -0600, Raptor <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Artoi wrote:
>> >> In article <[email protected]>,
>> >> Raptor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Also practice spinning efficiently while standing. I had to go
>> >>> indoors to learn this, but it's given me an extra option going
>> >>> uphill.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks. I'll look into the technique and execution of it.
>> >
>> >I rode bikes outdoors forever. Climbing, I either sat and ground
>> >away, or stood and "sprinted." I think it was the moderate resistance
>> >that did the trick more than the horizontal indoor bike. I was able
>> >to work on the technique for long minutes without gassing myself.
>> >Muscles I wasn't used to using had to get used (and complained), but
>> >it was worth it.
>>
>> Riding off road, either cross or mountain bike you get used to
>> standing to pedal at moderate torque settings.
>
> Why stand when you can sit?
Because you like your **** and don't want it beaten to pulp? Because you
need to be able to move your weight around easily to balance sudden
movements as rocks roll under your wheels?
IME even on a full suspension bike tricky technical stuff is best tackled
standing.
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[email protected] ('[email protected]') wrote:
>
> RonSonic wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:36:32 -0600, Raptor <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Artoi wrote:
>> >> In article <[email protected]>,
>> >> Raptor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Also practice spinning efficiently while standing. I had to go
>> >>> indoors to learn this, but it's given me an extra option going
>> >>> uphill.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks. I'll look into the technique and execution of it.
>> >
>> >I rode bikes outdoors forever. Climbing, I either sat and ground
>> >away, or stood and "sprinted." I think it was the moderate resistance
>> >that did the trick more than the horizontal indoor bike. I was able
>> >to work on the technique for long minutes without gassing myself.
>> >Muscles I wasn't used to using had to get used (and complained), but
>> >it was worth it.
>>
>> Riding off road, either cross or mountain bike you get used to
>> standing to pedal at moderate torque settings.
>
> Why stand when you can sit?
Because you like your **** and don't want it beaten to pulp? Because you
need to be able to move your weight around easily to balance sudden
movements as rocks roll under your wheels?
IME even on a full suspension bike tricky technical stuff is best tackled
standing.
--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
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