Originally Posted by
caloso
The other thing is that if there's a surge, rather than drop a gear and then dig, I just spin up in the same gear and then drop a gear. It's much smoother and more efficient.
+1
another thing ive noticed (along the same lines) is that I rarely get out of the saddle anymore, unless **** gets real serious and I have to dump 100% of my reserves out there and engage my quads like mad.
Even in crits with punchy big ringable climbs, im seated for pretty much the whole damn race till the sprint.
its great passing people who are out of the saddle churning a huge gear while u are spinning away.