Originally Posted by
the sci guy
this makes no sense.
i don't see how this is possible unless you were lifting your leg purposefully.
because otherwise physics would dictate your foot rides the pedal up as it forces your leg upward because your other foot is forcing the other pedal downward.
and i doubt you were downstroking so hard that the upward force was launching your foot off the pedal.
Whenever you are climbing stairs, you are doing the same thing. It happens whenever the force required to turn the pedals exceeds your body weight. The cure, of course, is to pull up with your recovering foot while pulling on your bars. But that never happens, as we all know from studying steady state trainer data.
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