Originally Posted by
spelger
i'll agree with the bouncing bit. Last year i spent winter on a CompuTrainer at my LBS and learned a lot. I am so much more steady riding now. when i am training at home i can easily catch up and read technical documents on my laptop if that is any measure.
The best indicator of performance is performance itself.
Was your goal to be able to spin in Z2 while reading documents on a laptop, or being faster on a bicycle?
If the former, then you succeeded. If the later, not entirely sure what the result was but I find that this "smoothness" is simply a matter of getting your butt in the saddle often enough and in enough situations that you learn it anyway without focusing on it.
After having to eat, drink, change clothes, bunny hop obstacles, ride no hands enough times out on the road........you learn to ride well enough to do those things.
If you do the right workouts, you'll stress your body enough that it'll figure out the most efficient or "smooth" way to pedal or sit or generate power.