Originally Posted by chasm54

We clearly have different understandings of the term "coasting". If you are not exerting any pressure on the rear sprockets through the drivetrain, you are coasting in my book, whether or not your legs are going round. "Soft pedalling", where I come from, describes only that very precise point at which your rotation of the pedals is at exactly the pace which matches your current speed so you can feel the tension in the chain but make little or no contribution to your speed. I'll very rarely stop turning the pedals unless we're on a significant downhill. But I'll sometimes be coasting, even though the pedals are going round.