Originally Posted by vtjim
I reeled in a serious-looking roadie guy. He would get out of the saddle for a few seconds, then sit down, then coast, then pedal normally. He kept doing this and I was wondering why. Is that a recovery thing?
He was probably doing "jumps" or standing to push hard on a larger gear for ten to fifteen pedal strokes followed by a minute of two of recovery. It's training to respond to quick accelerations during a race.