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Climbing out of the saddle

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  • July 6, 2018 at 11:50 am #28696
    AfterPeak

    Yesterday I saw someone commute up a hill out of the saddle while on the drops. I have never thought of it before but is this something people/pros do? Does it have any advantages? 

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  • July 6, 2018 at 1:45 pm #922979
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    kil0ran

    Conventional wisdom is that

    Conventional wisdom is that climbing seated is faster. Do you mean he was on the lower part of the drops?

    Position-wise I prefer climbing seated but with my hands in the drops – it feels more comfortable and gravity should do the job of braking if needed. With a 34-tooth cassette I usually just sit and spin, the only time I’m really out of the saddle is if there’s a short ramp in the middle of a longer climb and I don’t want to change gear/cadence. Not something I can maintain for long – my handling skills aren’t good enough to get the bike swishing from side to side like Marco did.

    July 6, 2018 at 1:40 pm #922977
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    tugglesthegreat
    theDoctor wrote:
     pretty steezy

    Steezy, new word for me. Just had to look it up, like it.  Will be riding up hill on the drops at every opportunity from now on. LOL

    July 6, 2018 at 1:33 pm #922975
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    theDoctor

    Yo – stop slinging mud at

    Yo – stop slinging mud at Marco! He did nothing wrong – he was dehydrated and a life long sufferer of super-oxygenated blood.

    Anyway… I don’t have the coordination to climb in the drops – it’s harder than it looks. Wish i did – it’s pretty steezy if you can pull it off, eh?

    July 6, 2018 at 1:19 pm #922973
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    Anonymous
    Kapelmuur wrote:
    Pantani was famous for it.  

    He was also using EPO 😉

    For me getting out of the saddle usually means one of these things, sometimes in combination.

    my arse hurts

    it’s past 12% or so and I’ve run out of easy spin gearing

    I’m putting more than 400w down

    I’m going for a Strava time

    I forgot I was supposed to do school pickup.

     

    The rest of the time I will spin and spin some more, sometimes in disgustingly low gears but that’s what I’ve got used to now. 110rpm isn’t unusual up hills.

     

    July 6, 2018 at 1:08 pm #922971
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    Kapelmuur

    Pantani was famous for it.  

    Pantani was famous for it.  

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