Originally Posted by
Doge
I heard a test existed with same everything (pedals, clips, shoes) at tempo power and compares a the power 1o'clock to 5o'clock position of a stomper vs. a spinner and the entire pedal circle. Anyone seen that?
I recall ...
They found it didn't make much difference - almost like the crank arm argument. Or...there really is no better pedal stroke.
Mountain bikers distributed power more evenly through the circle.
Pros put a larger % of the power in the 1-5 o'clock than rec.
When I started really caring and analyzed all the Garmin Vector metrics, I came across a similar publication. Essentially the downstroke is so powerful they other stuff doesn't matter much. The other tidbit of the study was that after 2 weeks of cycling for 20 minutes a day pro athletes in other sports had better sprint power than pro cyclists. Of course, other pro athletes don't have to ride 80 miles a day to train and cannibalize their legs, but the point was you don't need to train an efficient pedal stroke.