Originally Posted by
Ken Cox
For that reason, I ride with bullhorns so that I can lay out over the handlebars in a climb.
I lean waaaay forward and climb better than anything else I do on a bike.
As soon as my cadence falls to certain point, I pop out of the saddle and change my body's organization so my front thigh muscle can help pull the rising pedal up.
Agree. I'd like to add that by consciously resisting the bike from doing the conventional rocking side-to-side when out of the saddle (which is what bullhorns are really good for) , you can greatly increase the amount of pull you are able to generate. When climbing, I get way forward, supporting myself on the bullhorns as if doing tricep dips, then flex the descending foot and pull the pedal up and over in a sweeping arc.