J.V. said:I could believe the blood flow part. But, I just don't believe that pushing
against the back of the seat makes up for using your weight while standing
(at least not for me). With standing you have in my case 150 lbs of
practically free (energy consumption wise) force twice per revolution.
Pushing against the seat takes considerably more effort.
Same force, same effort.
Quoted message said:Over a sustained
climb I don't think the same person (who had equally trained bent and df
trained muscles) would see the same performance pushing against the seat vs.
standing on a df. I rode a swb for a couple years and got pretty good at
it. Climbing was not an issue, but I could never compete with myself on a
df.
I, too, am somewhat faster uphill on a wedgie. Some wedgies, anyway.
But I have never had the chance to compare like with like weightwise,
and as noted elsewhere there are plenty of examples of 'bent riders
beating mixed fields even where significant climbing is involved (Bram
Moens springs to mind here).
Guy
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