Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
HAHAHAHAHAH more old wives tales. Once you exceed more then 75 rpms or so you can't pull up to be effective in power production, the most you can hope for is to dead weight the pedal. This wives tale has circulated for years and years. It's purely a psychosomatic effect.
Bicycles aren't power limited at the cranks, either. The first order limiting factors on power and energy are heart and lungs. You can apply power only on every third pedal stroke without affecting your average significantly.
Spinning and other "techniques" are fine if they're your style, but the efficiency claims are pure BS.