Bike benefits

There are numerous benefits to being effective and comfortable out of the saddle. Biomechanically, being able to stand up effectively allows you to recruit different muscle groups and offset the development of cramp or fatigue in others. Standing also allows you to stretch and lengthen your spine momentarily, offering you an important ‘postural break’, alleviating any stress in your lower back in particular, but also relieving any tension around your neck and shoulders.

Physiologically speaking, riding out of the saddle also gives you the potential to use more muscle groups to produce more force, accessing your ‘anaerobic’ energy systems to reach maximal speed and power, over hill tops and on the flat. In group situations, standing smoothly enables you to become a more dynamic and stylish rider too, more able to respond to situations around you, making you safer and more skilful.