ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I didn't think much about pedalling technique until I started riding my singlespeed bike. Its gear ratio (52/19) was chosen for a good cruising speed on the flat, but that means it is overgeared for modest hills (~5%) and really hard work on steeper ones (8+%). The problem is getting each crank through the deadspot at the top of its stroke. On fixed, the chain would be driving the cranks round at those deadspots but singlespeed doesn't work like that - the bike would quickly freewheel to a stop if I didn't force the cranks round.
Then I discovered that it a LOT easier to get through the deadspots if I drop my heels just as the crank gets up there. That enables me to use leg strength to push the pedal through the problem zone rather than feeling that I have to virtually stand on the pedal to do it.
Then I discovered that it a LOT easier to get through the deadspots if I drop my heels just as the crank gets up there. That enables me to use leg strength to push the pedal through the problem zone rather than feeling that I have to virtually stand on the pedal to do it.