Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Solution is very simple really: concentrate on every aspect of every pedal stroke during the whole ride. That's how it's done. "Heels down, pedal round." Don't ankle. Ignore your foot angle and simply pedal with your heel cups. Your ankles will take care of themselves.
I try to concentrate on my pedal stroke and I even do fairly well...until I hit a bad hill. When I have to put forth more effort, I forget to concentrate on my pedal stroke and automatically start ankling. I know I
need to concentrate on my pedal stroke all the time, but I don't know how to actually do that. And I can pedal using other parts of my feet, but that gets old pretty quickly and when I have to really pedal hard, it seems I don't have as much strength unless I'm pedaling closer to the ball of my foot. Well, I plan to do a long-ish ride later this week; I'll just try to concentrate harder.