Quote Originally Posted by Veronica
I prefer to do my standing climbs from the drops. I don't have aero bars so if it's really windy I may go into the drops on a flat section to minimize wind resistance. I descend in the drops.
Cool! Yeah, I very occasionally go into the drops on a flat but more likely (especially if I'm in a group going well over 20 mph, eep!) I'll just flatten out and come down closer to the bars with my hands still on the hoods.

Climbing in the drops -- on the flat part, I presume? My Mr. does that too. For me, if it's short enough to power over by standing, I tend to leverage the whole bike by shoving around on the hoods. If it's long enough to grind up, I'm more likely to be on the tops, sitting and struggling with my chest as open as possible, LOL!