Originally Posted by
BROOKLINEBIKER
Hi everyone,
I am trying to find ways to engage my hamstrings and gluteus muscles when I pedal. When I am pedaling through the 6:00 position only my quadricep muscles seem to be activating. If I try to force my hamstrings to fire by pulling my ankles from 4:00 through to 8:00, I end up with a sore lower back. My physical therapist says my hamstrings have normal flexibility. I use Frog pedals and drop handlebars. How can I fix this?
There's a book that dissects the perfect pedal stroke. I am too old to remember the name. Alas!
However- if you get Ed Burke's Hi Tech Cycling, I'm positive he talks about developing pedal stroke in that book.
I miss Ed Burke. We used to email (translation= argue) back and forth in emails back when I had my compuserve email account. I was sitting at a conference next to Joel Friel talking with him about Ed Burke when we heard Ed Burke died. It was a sad day. RIP.
koffee