Originally Posted by stapfam
When I do start thinking about the pedal stroke- It will be from 10 right throught to 10. In other words full circle. That does take some practice and I do this frequently but if you learn to pedal in a full circle and don't even know you are doing it- Then you can imagine the extra power that is getting to the back wheel. And once the system is learnt- The body doesn't feel it- Does not take any extra effort and the legs do not realise they are doing any extra work.
I'll look for the link but I'm pretty sure the research doesn't support you: elite cyclists do very little pulling up.
EDIT...never mind, charles vail produced a good reference in an earlier post.