Originally Posted by
robertorolfo
I just remembered another quick question I have for the group: when you get out of the saddle to accelerate (for an attack, to cover one, to sprint...) do you change to a harder gear right before? I found that every time I got out of the saddle, I was almost immediately getting to a cadence that felt too fast out of the saddle, without any huge burst of speed.
Yes. Pretty much always. Easier to shift before sprinting than it is while sprinting (though you get used to that, too).