This has been the conventional wisdom for some time: http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/ankling.html
I remember when its efficacy *was* the conventional wisdom, from at least the late 60s to the 80s or 90s. IME, the truth as usual lies in between: you can pedal in circles to some effect, but only for short periods. Two examples: deliberately pulling back and (at least for a short part of the return stroke) up when torquing up steep hills in a high gear; when accelerating for a sprint. I at least can't keep it up for much more than a few moments and, even if I could, I'm not sure it would do me much good except when trying to put extra torque to the pedals. On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Scot Brooks <scothinck...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://cyclingillustrated.com/pedaling-circles-by-sean-burke/ > > Nice to see that at least one cycling coach who trains competitive riders > is acknowledging this, especially in Cycling Illustrated (the very-racy > website I've managed to infiltrate with my own totally-non-racy weekly > column, though this one isn't mine). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/b7BJnRIW0hkJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." -- Claude Cockburn ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
