Starting Up that Steep Hill

[OakLeaf]

Well, everyone has their preferred *style,* but the bottom line is, standing takes more cardio effort, sitting takes more leg strength and endurance. If someone is finding she doesn't have the legs to get up a hill but wants to try to tackle it without walking, then it doesn't make sense not to *try* using her body weight to assist.

Again: EVERYBODY stands to ride, because that's how you get a bike started from a stop with a foot down. Some people just prefer to sit down and remain sitting after establishing momentum with their first couple of pedal strokes. Nothing wrong with that. But no one should think they don't know how to stand, because if they can ride a bike at all, they're already doing it.