Originally Posted by Aeroplane
Sorry, it's buried in there, and it's a lot of words...
Depending on your level of anxiety (assuming it's not causing heart-palpitations, etc.), here's what I'd do:
Go to a long, low-to-no-traffic area with a long hill. Take your feet off the pedals. Ride down it, coasting entirely. Make sure your brakes are working well before this, of course. This will (hopefully) teach your brain to not panic if your feet loose control, because you still have your hands to steer and to brake.
Thanks that is an idea I can try. I've never unclipped downhill before.
I think part of my recent OOC feelings come from feeling like I've lost the ability to smoothly modulate pedal speed with legs, that is the transition smoothly from free-spinning at high rpm to adding a bit of resistance at high rpm. Its like when I add resistance its jerky which leads to 'bad feeling' in legs, which then leads to 'panic'.
On flats I can easily modulate speed, that is part of the joy of FG.
Why this is happening now is beyond me.
Al