Riding Out of the Saddle
02-27-10 | 01:53 PM
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Riding Out of the Saddle
Hey, ever since I learned how to ride a bicycle I always road seated on the saddle. But since I started riding Road Bikes which is about one year now, I have started to ride out of the saddle. To my knowledge, I generate more raw power and my body feels more active. This is opposed to riding seated, and sometimes I feel like I rather ride out of the saddle for a long time. Is it normal/good to ride allot out of the saddle, or is it too much wear on the frame/wheel/components. I just find it more fun to ride out of the saddle, any time I ride on saddle I just don't feel like I am moving fast. I wish I road out of the saddle more in my youth, but I was always afraid of braking the chain because of my weight on the pedals. Riding out of the saddle is the ****.
02-27-10 | 02:52 PM
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You should DEFINITELY be CAREFUL about riding OUT OF THE SADDLE too much, it sounds like your style could best be described as SLAMDANCING and there's probably NO COMPONENT out there that can stand up to the insane STRESS that you exert
02-27-10 | 04:42 PM
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Nothing in your original post talks about climbing or flats. But I have to think its climbing because off the saddle flats just doesn't seem appealing.
It depends on your weight and how much side to side sway you do and the gearing during the climbs. I'm around 140 lbs so its easy for me and if I climb on long and easy ascents like 5%, I can pretty much keep the bike vertical. If I needed to change gears, I would certainly not mash the gears and keep the pedal force as light as possible. If I ran across a tougher portion of the climb, I would cheat a little and start traversing if traffic allowed.
It depends on your weight and how much side to side sway you do and the gearing during the climbs. I'm around 140 lbs so its easy for me and if I climb on long and easy ascents like 5%, I can pretty much keep the bike vertical. If I needed to change gears, I would certainly not mash the gears and keep the pedal force as light as possible. If I ran across a tougher portion of the climb, I would cheat a little and start traversing if traffic allowed.
02-27-10 | 05:57 PM
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I dunno, my Rode Bike definately cannot Handle petaling like that, it depends on you're Bike. Their are Special Rode Bikes that you can probably Buy so that when you stand up And your petaling really hard, the Components won't be effected.
02-27-10 | 06:02 PM
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02-27-10 | 08:59 PM
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02-28-10 | 03:17 AM
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