Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

For us, we prefer in phase: 1) feels more coordinated climbing out of the saddle. 2) easier to clip into the pedals, 3) no conflicts getting the captain set up for a power stroke starting out, 4) no worries about banging a pedal in a turn.

I'd bet 2,3,and 4 are manageable with more time and practice, but we just don't see enough advantage to bother.

Also, I think it may be harder to regulate effort riding in a paceline OOP. Not enough experience to draw a firm conclusion, but my initial impression is that my stoker has more feedback from the pedals on when to push hard and when to ease up to be smooth in a paceline in phase than out.

So we're going back in phase. As soon as I take the time to do it. (which is just a touch more time consuming with the belt drive).