May 2020
4:20pm, 20 May 2020
9,579 posts
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XB 🌈
I’ve been for a big (for me) ride today and tried a couple of things that seemed to work. One was to slide the saddle back a bit changing the angle of attack slightly. That seemed to give more power. I did it because I found I was sliding my bum back on the saddle when going up a hill.
The second thing was to focus on the upstroke. Not pulling the pedal up but making sure there was little or no weight on the pedal fighting against the opposing downstroke.
I also noticed that I’m probably one of the slowest cyclists in this part of Lancashire.
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May 2020
12:14pm, 21 May 2020
14,059 posts
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richmac
It's worth researching pedal stroke, one of the main reasons for using cleats is to get power on the upstroke.
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May 2020
4:43pm, 21 May 2020
15,681 posts
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Gooner
I thought that was a kind of old wives tale and the idea was essentially to do what XB said, minimise resistance to the other pedals downstroke for better power and efficiency?
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May 2020
7:01pm, 26 May 2020
117 posts
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mattglen_
Picked up cycling for the first time in a long time this month, to make up for lack of running. Was all going well until 4 miles in to today’s ride... I don’t think it takes an expert to know this is meant to be attached
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May 2020
7:42pm, 26 May 2020
31,196 posts
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halfpint
Hmm! Did that happen whilst you were in motion?
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May 2020
8:01pm, 26 May 2020
11,149 posts
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larkim
Is that a pool of sealant? Or did the wheel come off by itself?
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May 2020
9:05pm, 26 May 2020
1,893 posts
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MudMeanderer
As the previous posters have said, can you confirm what we're focusing on.
Did the wheel drop out of the forks on the drop out? Are the drop outs still intact - I can't quite tell from the image resolution.
Or are we looking at what appears to be sealant on the floor below the wheel.
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May 2020
9:30pm, 26 May 2020
118 posts
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mattglen_
No idea what happened, doesn’t look anything serious, but yes I was in motion and went airborne
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May 2020
9:31pm, 26 May 2020
9,625 posts
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XB 🌈
Ouch. Are you OK?
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May 2020
9:46pm, 26 May 2020
8,064 posts
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becca7
Yikes, I hope you are OK and that the bike is easily fixed.
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