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Something I've been wondering about.
On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 4:30:59 PM UTC-7, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:54:33 +1100, James wrote: On 21/3/19 9:09 am, jbeattie wrote: On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 1:51:54 PM UTC-7, wrote: Jay, you said that you raced professionally in one of these postings. Was that a joke or were you serious? I raced with professionals on occasion, but I was never a professional -- unless my staggering winnings as an amateur elevate me to pro status. I once won a crate of Kettle chips, some water bottles, prime change and some free swag that everybody got. I got some t-shirts that didn't fit. I suppose that's not good enough to be considered a pro. Same here! And yes, I know about pedaling technique and am tired of hearing about it since it changes every ten minutes -- along with fit. Pedal circles, scrape dog **** off your sole, pedal up and down, etc., etc. I'm waiting for someone to chime in again about the mystical pedaling technique of Jacques Anquetil. We had that long thread about 15-20 years ago with that guy who was going on about Jacques Anquetil. I think he was trying to sell a book. Apparently there are still some dark mysteries about Jacques' pedaling technique. I trained and raced with a fellow who had a very ordinary pedalling style, to the point I've seen his legs stop at the dead spots and cause the freewheel to clunk as his legs start moving again. He won several big races as a masters competitor. Quite a while ago, probably during the era when Lance Armstrong was winning, I read a test made by (I think the same lab where Lance was tested) of professional pedaling and it was found that during normal riding the majority of the professionals tested applied the majority of the pedal pressure on the down stroke and diminishing amounts on the "back stroke" ,and normally, very little, if any on the "up stroke". Out of the seat "sprinting" was a bit different with larger amount of force applied on the "up stroke" but only for a limited amount of time. But, of course, this was nearly 20 years ago and perhaps "modern" cyclists do it different now. -- Cheers, John B. If you observe the physiology of the human body you'd discover that the human leg musculature is designed to pull the mass of the human body upright and hold it there whereas the muscles on the forward part are less heavily loaded. So yes, you always pull up more lightly than you press down. And you cannot "retrain" the leg muscles to be what they weren't designed to do. But that doesn't mean that pedaling circles isn't very helpful since it does keep certain muscle groups from tiring so rapidly. As I said elsewhere, I haven't found that you don't tire overall any slower - I tend to eat and drink little on long rides and it is quite noticeable. When I'm riding a century they have rest stops and that allows you to eat and drink and so I find that I don't get tired as rapidly. But it is the same process of using up the blood and muscle lactase. |
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Something I've been wondering about.
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 4:19:45 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 2:22:30 PM UTC-7, James wrote: Todd Carver says but provides no proof. I have looked pretty carefully into this. On very hard climbs pedaling circles allows you to maintain your headway. I suppose in that way it can save power as opposed to just pushing down. But I find that when comparing myself to people I ride with that do not pedal circles that we seem to get tired at the same time. Pulling up is using O2 and lactase in the same manner as pushing down harder. Now as I get more fit, I can ride a little faster but that is probably from the reduced effort of not having to re-accelerate with every pedal stroke. I've read results from more recent tests that showed that even racers don't really pull up on the upstroke but they do unweight the upstroking leg. the testers were quite surprised by that. When I get more time I'll t ry to find the article. Here are few articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNedIJBZpgM https://www.triradar.com/training-ad...cy-in-6-weeks/ If you use an Ad Blocker then you have to disable it to see this one. https://www.bikeradar.com/us/gear/ar...-battle-27049/ Cheers |
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Something I've been wondering about.
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 5:58:06 PM UTC-4, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 4:19:45 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 2:22:30 PM UTC-7, James wrote: Todd Carver says but provides no proof. I have looked pretty carefully into this. On very hard climbs pedaling circles allows you to maintain your headway. I suppose in that way it can save power as opposed to just pushing down. But I find that when comparing myself to people I ride with that do not pedal circles that we seem to get tired at the same time. Pulling up is using O2 and lactase in the same manner as pushing down harder. Now as I get more fit, I can ride a little faster but that is probably from the reduced effort of not having to re-accelerate with every pedal stroke. I've read results from more recent tests that showed that even racers don't really pull up on the upstroke but they do unweight the upstroking leg. the testers were quite surprised by that. When I get more time I'll t ry to find the article. I also have seen such articles. People may think they pull up, but the net force on the pedal is still downward during the rising part of the pedal stroke. But I agree with Tom that working for full circles is quite helpful during a really steep climb. - Frank Krygowski |
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Something I've been wondering about.
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11:01:18 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 5:58:06 PM UTC-4, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 4:19:45 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 2:22:30 PM UTC-7, James wrote: Todd Carver says but provides no proof. I have looked pretty carefully into this. On very hard climbs pedaling circles allows you to maintain your headway. I suppose in that way it can save power as opposed to just pushing down. But I find that when comparing myself to people I ride with that do not pedal circles that we seem to get tired at the same time. Pulling up is using O2 and lactase in the same manner as pushing down harder. Now as I get more fit, I can ride a little faster but that is probably from the reduced effort of not having to re-accelerate with every pedal stroke. I've read results from more recent tests that showed that even racers don't really pull up on the upstroke but they do unweight the upstroking leg. the testers were quite surprised by that. When I get more time I'll t ry to find the article. I also have seen such articles. People may think they pull up, but the net force on the pedal is still downward during the rising part of the pedal stroke. But I agree with Tom that working for full circles is quite helpful during a really steep climb. - Frank Krygowski I've read that at the bottom of the pedal stroke pulling your foot back as if you're scraping mud off the foot REALLY helps the ability to pedal in full circles. Cheers |
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Something I've been wondering about.
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 8:01:18 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 5:58:06 PM UTC-4, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 4:19:45 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 2:22:30 PM UTC-7, James wrote: Todd Carver says but provides no proof. I have looked pretty carefully into this. On very hard climbs pedaling circles allows you to maintain your headway. I suppose in that way it can save power as opposed to just pushing down. But I find that when comparing myself to people I ride with that do not pedal circles that we seem to get tired at the same time. Pulling up is using O2 and lactase in the same manner as pushing down harder. Now as I get more fit, I can ride a little faster but that is probably from the reduced effort of not having to re-accelerate with every pedal stroke. I've read results from more recent tests that showed that even racers don't really pull up on the upstroke but they do unweight the upstroking leg. the testers were quite surprised by that. When I get more time I'll t ry to find the article. I also have seen such articles. People may think they pull up, but the net force on the pedal is still downward during the rising part of the pedal stroke. But I agree with Tom that working for full circles is quite helpful during a really steep climb. - Frank Krygowski I have to think about pedaling circles most of the time but it really does help a LOT such as the 100 yards at the top of Mt. Diablo where the climbing is around 24+%. Also in other areas that are very steep. I also use this when I'm sprinting and it appears to allow me to sprint for a longer distance before leg pain forces you to let up. I've been told that Pros practice it and that it occurs automatically with enough practice. |
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