My main mountain bike is a singlespeed so I know what you mean by standing and mashing. For bikes with swept back bars, it just doesn’t work for me to do that. When I had the Clem on steep dirt roads, I sit and spin. First reason, as you stated, bars are too close to your legs. It feels very awkward.
Second, with such long wheelbase, and more importantly, gigantic chainstays, it actually helps to sit and keep the weight back to give that rear wheel some traction. Especially when it gets loose and rocky. Just gear down and the thing tractors up some steep climbs. It doesn’t feel natural as a single speeder but you get used to it. If you must stand, I put my hands closer to the front of the bars. There not really a great way to grip it, but it’s better than hands by your thighs. On Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 5:13:14 PM UTC-6 Mackenzy Albright wrote: > I've recently been riding my more traditional geometry fixed gear quite a > bit for "urban commuting". Out of necessity I've been standing and > "mashing" more on inclines. I recall most of my "traditional diamond frame > bikes" I would stand and pedal a fair amount. > > Every time I switch back to my Clementine with Boscos I find standing > pedaling to be quite un-natural feeling with my hands more or less by my > thighs. It works for a short burst to speed up my cadence but doesn't seem > like an option for sustainable climbing. > > It's got me thinking with the laid back seat tubes, swept back bars, what > is peoples instinctive climbing methods on "hillibikes" (not traditional > geo rivs) > > Seated spinning? Or have you found a method of standing and pedaling that > works well. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/792cb92a-b78a-4605-95d1-4438958e6509n%40googlegroups.com.
