Originally Posted by
garysol1
correct.......our muscle structure is not built in such a way for us to make much power when pulling up. A little yes but not much. You are making power from around the 12oclock position to almost the 6 o'clock. Do as Lemond said and pedal like your scraping mud off the bottom of your shoe.......
so one could say you're really just lifting the leg, rather than pulling the crank, so that the other leg can focus on pushing the crank, and not lifting the other leg?