Originally Posted by
Smallguy
you should exaggerate the circle but normally you do not truly "pulling" up hard.... your most powerful portion of the stroke is between 1 and 4 then by 6 you are scraping your shoe like you stepped in dog poop and then more unweighting your leg and driving down with your other leg than truly pulling up.
I was told to pretend/act like you are trying to clean your shoes in one of them mud cleaners. Also learn to pedal with one foot by unclipping the other and alternating.