I think I know what you mean about that half-standing position; I often use it too (or did when I rode more in hilly off road) for sudden torque increases on inclines that wouldn't let you stand all the way up.
Aside: speaking of hill bikes, favorite riding is rolling hills: not too steep or long that you need to shift gears, or that you need to shift often, but that require different efforts and techniques, particularly standing. Funny, the bosque is flat, flat, flat, but the sand patches often serve to put you into quasi-climbing style, including that half-standing "squats" position when standing fully will overload the front wheel and cause it to wash out and you to fall. On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 1:41 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < [email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, keep in mind Grant mentions a few times shifting to a higher gear > for better traction (it also makes it easier to ride a smoother line, and > easier in “trough” trails to not whack the pedal into the dirt wall on > either side). > > Different bike geometry, a shorter wheelbase, but riding my Hunqabeam on > the Colorado trail recently I paid attention for a while to how often I am > not fully sitting on the saddle. Most of the time on a technical trail like > that, often just barely off the saddle, sometimes a fair bit up. And my > saddle is lower (the equivilant to shorter stirrups) than it used to be, > which allows for hitting the “sweet” spot power wise, like doing squats > (the power sweet spot is in the middle, leg half bent, so I have that at > the 1 or 2 o’clock position of the pedal stroke). > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
