A great and easy way to avoid the double-bounce issue and prevent getting duplicate entries etc is to use the SingleClick property of the RadButton.
<telerik:RadButton runat="server" ID="btnSend" Text="Send" OnClick="btnSend_Click" SingleClick="true" SingleClickText="Sending...">
</telerik:RadButton>
I've no idea how I've not encountered this RadButton setting before now, saves wiring up custom OnClientClick events...