Road Cycling - Rockin like a rockin chair!

When im in lower rpms, 75-80, i pedal just fine and i have no rock. But when i get up into like 105-115 i rock like CRAZY!. Is it me or should i lower the seat some?

If your seat is too high, you'll rock no matter what rpm you're spinning...

George

if it isn't the seat, try working on your pedal stroke...you are probablyjust going up and down. Try to visualize moving your foot in a circle, not just up and down. also, try doing some one-legged spinning. I could never do this safely on the road, so you might have to try it on the trainer...

I agree. It is either that your seat is too high and just notice it at high RPMs. Or that cadence is too high for your pedal stroke. Are you really rocking or bouncing up and down?

Avalanche325.......you're the guy with the polished GT mtb!

George

Yeah. I think I saw you on Sierra Madre Blvd. on Sat.

You know, now that yall mention it. It was almost more like a bounce up and down rather than a rocking motion

you need to keep workin on rounding out your pedal stroke. i used to bounce when i got up to 90 rpm.... now i can spin smoothly to about 110.... i still have some work to do. but definitely, try to keep pushing the limit of your spin speed... do one-legged pedaling exercises... they help immensely

I get that up and down motion when my cadence increases and there's no effort/resistance to pedaling. It goes away when I slow the cadence by shifting gears, making it harder to pedal. I don't think it's as much the pedal stroke as the lack of the foot doing much pushing and pulling as it goes around. I tried it on a hill at high cadence and the up and down motion wasn't there.