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.
Not so much purposefully as habitually. Because I normally ride clipped in and have gotten used to pulling up in low cadence-high torque situations like standing starts.