Originally Posted by mstateglfr

There is an old guy who rides RAGBRAI every year who doesnt even have a saddle. He stands all the time now and his bike is designed to not have a seatpost. I heard it broke years ago, he rode standing, and that became his thing. Who knows.

Anyways, yeah I stand to climb. I do that on most all hills as its what I prefer and comes directly from when I was a kid and rode BMX all over town. I dont stand when riding flat or downhill because- why?

Standing for most of the time is clearly an issue of fit. Thats just not how cycling is done- you have 3 contact points with the bike and you just eliminated one of them. Go get fit properly.