Originally Posted by yonderboy
My setup: 59cm Soma Rush (58mm BB drop), 170mm Sugino 75 cranks, SPD-Rs
I know my pedal strike angle is over 43, because that's the angle of the banks on my track. A quick back of the envelope calculation puts me around 50deg, with the q-factor of my cranks, 700x23 radius, and pedal length.
yonder, you're not riding perpendicular to the ground when you're on the track.