|   Pedaling Technique | Cad-O-Math
Jan 8, 2003 1:33 PM | | How do I know if my pedaling technique and riding position are correct. Guys at bike shops always tell me what I'm doing is fine, and I'm sure it is, but as a racer I want to be as efficient as possible. I have a video camera and am prepared to use it! |
| re: Pedaling Technique | Radar MCM #35
Jan 8, 2003 2:04 PM | | I've watched myself in a mirror when I'm on the trainer, to refine my technique. Just recently I've become pretty obsessed with my spin, I raised my saddle 4mm to compensate for not lowering my heel to much at the bottom of the pedal stroke. I've noticed more power that way. Oh, and spin ups are great! After 2 weeks of doing them I've already noticed a increase in my comfortable cruising cadence and my smoothness.
Radar MCM #35 |
| re: Pedaling Technique | Cad-O-Math
Jan 8, 2003 2:58 PM | | So, how do you know what is correct? i.e. why are you not lowering your heel as much at the bottom?
I know what you are saying about paying attention to power and smoothness. Sometimes I experiment with using extra heel action and try to determine how it affects my speed, leg fatigue and breathing. |
| re: Pedaling Technique | roady181
Jan 10, 2003 12:32 PM | | When doing spin-ups, are you going all out, and how long do you do them for at a time. I've read to build cadence over a 30 second period, and hold your max cadence as long as you can. Any thoughts on this. How long is reasonable to hold this.
Roady181 |
| Alot of debate | Radar MCM #35
Jan 10, 2003 2:37 PM | | There's been alot of debate on spin-ups, like if you read the message board on trainingbible.com. I think people read to much into it. It's just meant to raise your comfortable cadence. I just spin for 40 seconds real fast. I can already tell a difference in cruising cadence after 2 weeks. If you do it for much longer than that you'll really drive your hr up, and that's not the point of the exercise. Oh, and I use a recovery time of at least 5 mins. This is supposed to be done as low-stress as possible.
Radar MCM #35 |
| one leg spins | mudshark
Jan 9, 2003 1:32 AM | | work on one leg spins and that will help ya with smooth pedaling circles |
| Rollers!! | Colorado Premier Training
Jan 11, 2003 11:45 AM | | There's a LOT you can look at in a pedal stroke. Over a message board, it's a little hard to describe. The easiest way to do it is get a set of rollers. Ride the rollers and when you get comfortable enough with balancing, start to do some efforts on them. You'll know a bad pedal stroke as soon as you start doing an effort. If you don't pedal full circles (efficient, correct pedalling), you'll bounce in your seat.
It's pretty simple if you try it out that way.
Other things to look for are:
Saddle height
Saddle Fore-Aft
Saddle tilt
Top tube and stem length
Be meticulous about it and don't ever make any large adjustments or multiple adjustments simultaneously.
Steve Owens
Colorado Premier Training
steve@coloradopremiertraining.com
http://www.coloradopremiertraining.com |
| Rollers!! | Motivated
Jan 13, 2003 9:48 AM | | Thanks for the reply. I'll look into rollers. |
| Rollers!! | pimpbot
Jan 16, 2003 12:10 PM | | I got mine from www.craigslist.org for $30 and I love them.
It seems that a lot of people buy them and don't use them, like many other fitness type machines. |
| sweet deal, what kind?? (nm) | kleinrider
Jan 23, 2003 7:50 AM | | |
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