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Peter S
Guest
Forgive this novice question ;o)
Most of my cycling is just for exercise and I ride the same
one or two fairly flat routes before work in the mornings.
On the weekend I did a much longer ride than normal which
put a few hills into my ride. I noticed that if i stayed on
the seat I naturally had to gear down a lot to cope with
the incline while sliding back in the saddle and pushing
harder. I tried standing a couple of times but found the
gearing too low, pedals turning too fast. Is it the
'normal' thing to either gear down a notch and stay seated,
or alternatively gear up a notch and get off the seat? My
legs soon ached if I tried standing for too long but i
think maybe that's just because I'm not used to hills and
don't have any practice at it at all. Do all you hill
climbers 'gear up' and then stand up??
Pete skypete(remove_this_bit)@iinet.net.au
Most of my cycling is just for exercise and I ride the same
one or two fairly flat routes before work in the mornings.
On the weekend I did a much longer ride than normal which
put a few hills into my ride. I noticed that if i stayed on
the seat I naturally had to gear down a lot to cope with
the incline while sliding back in the saddle and pushing
harder. I tried standing a couple of times but found the
gearing too low, pedals turning too fast. Is it the
'normal' thing to either gear down a notch and stay seated,
or alternatively gear up a notch and get off the seat? My
legs soon ached if I tried standing for too long but i
think maybe that's just because I'm not used to hills and
don't have any practice at it at all. Do all you hill
climbers 'gear up' and then stand up??
Pete skypete(remove_this_bit)@iinet.net.au