Originally posted by Tim McNamara In article
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(n crowley) wrote:

Rowers combine arm and leg power to improve performance and it does
not burden their heart and lungs.

Yes it does. Rowers are far less efficient aerobically than cyclists,
and cannot keep up competitive efforts for an hour or more at a time, as
can cyclists. It's very simple: more muscles in use increases the burden
on the cardiovascular system.



Why would a track pursuit rider want to keep up his effort for longer
than four and a half minutes. Having a technique that enables you to
make maximum use of upper and lower body muscles for an all out effort
in a pursuit event would make you invincible. With normal aerobars a
rider is resting on his arms when with the correct technique he could
be making maximum use of them in an even better aerodynamic position.



You must have an interesting position on the bike, since you seem
to be pedaling with your hands on your ankles so that you can pull
your feet up.



No but I have an interesting pedaling technique which almost reverses
the rowing technique, instead of the arms applying the power to the
oars, the feet apply the power to the pedals while making maximum use of
arm pulling up power to increase that pedal power whenever the necessity
for this extra power arises.



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