Originally Posted by TheRCF
> Work with what works best for you. <
The trick is to know what is best. So many things seem hard when first doing them, but once learned, are better. So I keep reading every idea posted and hopefully find some that I'll pursue - plus watching out for warnings (such as the ankling thing).
> Try working on the spinning for now <
That is my present plan. I won't do ankling - at least not more than what strikes me as being a natural part of the rotation. I'll be interested to see if by my next planned ride (saturday) if I have recovered from today's spinning effort. If I can recover with just one rest day, then it shouldn't be too long before I can start seeing if I can do it for longer periods.
Do you ride with anyone? One way to understand and mimic spinning and good riding tecnique is to ride with someone who has it and can coach you on it. You will recognize him or her. They seem to float along motionless at 20+mph and you wonder how they do that? Are the actually peadling? Over the years I have learned the most from the best or atleast better than me. There were many good recommendations made in this thread. I learned spinning by riding a fixed gear bike, riding on rollers and concentrating on the motion. Having a coach that hated mashing helped, Thanks Bob. Spinning low gears will save your joints and I attribute my spinning rather than mashing to having zero knee issues.
Jude