How to learn to get out of the saddle

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I tried to stand the other day and made it maybe 3-4 pedals before I said screw it. My knees were angry.

I don't get it, though...like you, I could do it as a kid, no prob.

I'm chuckling reading this now. Standing is no biggie for me at this point. I think becoming more comfortable with my bike-handling skills after the Winter really helped. I practiced a lot of standing drills this past Winter on the trainer. Come Spring it really wasn't too tough to do it on the roads.