I see from a closer look that the author basically says the same thing: not that pedaling in circles accomplishes nothing, but that it does not do so more efficiently -- with exceptions: he advances mountain biking (ie, up steep hills in lowish gears, I assume) but the same is true as below. Note too that the examples I give assume that one does not use one's gears to best effect -- or that one doesn't have the benefit of multiple gears. Climbing very steep hills, I assume, would be more efficiently done in lower gears; and sprinting, I assume, would be better done mashing a higher gear. I assume. Of course people pedal differently, so who knows.
Patrick "if I wanted to be as efficient as possible I wouldn't ride fixed" Moore On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 12:49 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > This has been the conventional wisdom for some time: > > http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/ankling.html > > I remember when its efficacy *was* the conventional wisdom, from at least > the late 60s to the 80s or 90s. > > IME, the truth as usual lies in between: you can pedal in circles to some > effect, but only for short periods. Two examples: deliberately pulling back > and (at least for a short part of the return stroke) up when torquing up > steep hills in a high gear; when accelerating for a sprint. I at least > can't keep it up for much more than a few moments and, even if I could, I'm > not sure it would do me much good except when trying to put extra torque to > the pedals. > > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Scot Brooks <scothinck...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> http://cyclingillustrated.com/pedaling-circles-by-sean-burke/ >> >> Nice to see that at least one cycling coach who trains competitive riders >> is acknowledging this, especially in Cycling Illustrated (the very-racy >> website I've managed to infiltrate with my own totally-non-racy weekly >> column, though this one isn't mine). >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/b7BJnRIW0hkJ. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." > -- Claude Cockburn > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- > -- "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." -- Claude Cockburn ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
