up an alp.
only time i've genuinely been first up climbs when i've been in the alps is when i decided to just stand up and grind up the hill. it was perfect, i got up fast, i wasn't knackered, felt fine the next day etc.
have always got on well with SS - happy to grind out a high gear for extended periods. suits my physique well i think.
Used to all my climbing out of the saddle, when I had a hard tail. But since I've switched to a long travel full sus i'm sat down most of the time. I think it's definatly had a neg affected on my leg strength.
I want to do it more, but it's less efficient than sitting. It is faster, but I end up so whacked I'm sure I go slower for the next 5 minutes when the hill goes flat, just recovering.
My "shadow" self who was calmly spinning up in the saddle, probably then overtakes me on the flat part at the top of the hill.
Wasn't there some woman called whitehead who won a 50 mile race after her saddle fell off early on?
all day
infact I left my seatpost slammed from last summer until about 2 weeks ago.
all dayinfact I left my seatpost slammed from last summer until about 2 weeks ago.
doesn't include running between switchbacks 
uh?
running?
Snaped my seat post twelve miles from home, rode back with seat in my hand standing up over a jagged shaft of metal.
so that'd be twelve miles for my contribution then.
oh and don't buy USE products.
After reading this thread from the start I to nearly commented " I can stand for as long as I like! " 
How wrong I was, and I'm glad I waited until tonight's bike ride to find out.
I set off from my house to meet my mates and thought about this thread so stood up. The route is on road to the meeting point and undulating but no massive hills, well I lasted 3 whole miles!!! before sitting down. 
So in conclusion I must try harder and no I can not stand up while pedalling.
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