Originally Posted by
mshred
Newbie question...
When you ride, do you intentionally try to keep your knees in close to the bike? Is there a benefit in doing so? Or, do you just let your knees flail about however they choose?
When I started riding I tried to emulate the better riders around me. They all seemed to have pretty straight knees. Here and there some rider would have a weird jerk or something, due to hip/knee/something problems. So I focused on pedaling with my knees in a bit, especially when spinning. Not sure if that really helped or what but it's never hurt me and I have a relatively smooth pedal stroke.