Originally Posted by
BionicChris
I thought that by standing up you wasted 10-20% of the energy that you are putting, and that you should be seated for as much of the ride as possible?
I don't doubt your advice, I'm a cycling noob and from your post you sound a pretty good climber, I'm intrigued as to if I am doing something wrong by trying to stay seated as much as possible.
Something I'm starting to learn is that just like when you're seated there is technique to picking the right cadence when standing. I'm not going to say that I have it figured out, but I have found that I can blow A TON on energy if I get spinning too fast standing because all my work is going into lifting myself up and down, at a lower cadence I find it can be more manageable. That being said I still run out of gas faster, not entirely sure if this is due to burning more energy or different muscle groups that get less work (probably a bit of both).