I stand in the whoops, or in fast smooth stuff with round bumps, but sit a lot in the technical stuff, and in tight trees. Actually I sit but with not a lot of weight on the seat, so the transition to standing is eaiser. Its just more natural to me especially if I have to get a foot down fast, maybe because I'm not tall and I have a bad right knee as well. On the faster rock studded trails, if you loose the front end from a deflection(which happens regularly) a quick dab means the difference between a save and a painfull crash. Now, don't take this as advice because I'm not that fast. What I do find interesting is that the top riders also sit alot when the going gets ugly, just watch some of the national enduro championship videos and you'll see what I mean. Its far from textbook perfect style, anything goes. I guess it depends on if you have a trials background or not.
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