Originally Posted by
tspek
I don't
forcefully lift my foot on the upstroke, I don't think very many people do. There
are studies that indicate that's not the benefit of using clipless pedals. It's not just about the upstroke, and
there is literature that states this.
Thanks for the studies, i will take some time to read them later...
Perhaps you don't pull-up but a few people do... umd just wrote this:
"you really can pull back and up through the pedalstroke which is very beneficial during sustained climb at threshold effort. "
Again i do think clipless can enable more efficient pedaling, just not 20% or whatever some previous posters claimed.. I would say it is on the order of 3-5% perhaps, depending on your skill