Standing for Hill Climbs

[latelatebloomer]

These are great tips, and I'm gonna get them all tattooed on my forearms so I can remember them when I need them. The only tidbit I want to add is to also practice a soft, controlled sit-down when you can't stand standing anymore. A harsh "landing" throws your energy the wrong way - i.e: backwards.

[Kano]

These are great tips, and I'm gonna get them all tattooed on my forearms so I can remember them when I need them. The only tidbit I want to add is to also practice a soft, controlled sit-down when you can't stand standing anymore. A harsh "landing" throws your energy the wrong way - i.e: backwards.

Hee hee -- good one bloomer!

There lies the challenge, remembering all the nifty tips when we need them!

I was practicing a bit today, cuz MAYBE eventually, it will help me on some of my big hills. For now, the cute little mini hills, I can get up without shifting gear too much, and even stand a bit, and that was fun today, powering up the little buggers, but when I get on those monsters (and I'm guessing a 250' gain over about a mile is not a monster to many folk, but...) I'll tell you, the idea of lifting my butt out of the saddle, well, DH keeps saying, that bike is made for you to do that, but I SWEAR my butt gains about nine hundred pounds while climbing a hill!

Y'know what I forget when I stand and go into what I think of as "power mode" -- BREATHING! I had to concentrate on breathing today!

As in remembering to do it at all....

Maybe it was a matter of trying to do one too many things at a time?

Karen in Boise