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Old 06-01-22, 07:38 PM
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100 miles is a lot if you aren’t used to it. I did three standing only rides last summer when I was a bit saddle sore. About an hour each. Kind of a pain on a single speed, because you have to pedal up, coast and then pedal again.

I threw rear clusters on both bikes recently, so I have taller gears that help with standing more.

But if you really want to do a lot of standing on a round crank bike, you probably want to go down to 150mm cranks to give you a reasonable 300mm or 12” step size. That’s what Elliptigo did with their SUB.

BTW, who’s the guy from Wisconsin (I think?) that some folks here know who rides a custom bike built for standing only?

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