Originally Posted by Greg200
Danno, can you, (or anyone), describe the perfect pedal motion? Or will doing one legged riding only teach me the "perfect circle"?
Ahhhhh! No, don't do it! The one legged riding is not the "perfect circle". There are MANY documented studies showing that trying to pull up actually reduces your overall output. You should focus on pushing on the downstroke, and through the downstroke to about the 200 degree point. In fact, if you are really interested you should read this white paper "Physiological and biomechanical factors associated with elite endurance cycling performance", written by E. F. COYLE, M, E. FELTNER, S, A. KAUTZ,
M. T. HAMILTON, S. J. MONTAIN, A. M. BAYLOR,
L. D. ABRAHAM, and G. W. PETREK"
You can find the article here :
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coyle/pdf%...performance%22
Hope this helps ya.
Andy.