Transitioning From Sitting to Standing When Climbing Hills

[OakLeaf]

You mean gear up. More often than not, I'll shift up *two* gears to stand.


And just to beat my usual drum, I wonder also if crankarm length might be an issue for the OP. I can stand on my commuter with its 175mm crankarms, but I'm bouncing WAY up and down, rocking my hips a lot, and bending my knees WAY too much at the top of the stroke *and* locking them out at the bottom if I'm not careful. If I didn't already have plenty of experience with road bikes, I'm not sure if I would be able to.

I'm also not sure that I would switch to shorter cranks if standing were the only problem I was having with them, but my knees won't tolerate longer than 165 at all.

Also, one caution about "keeping your butt back" - with the understanding that we have indeed given you way too much to think about - just be careful not to hook your chamois on the nose of your saddle.