Your wheels are round. Your cassette is round. Your chainrings are probably round too. So it makes sense that your pedal stroke should be round. Or does it?
Duncan, a long-term client of The Body Mechanic, recently finished a Sydney-based 50km mountain bike event in the same time that he rode two years ago, which happened to be pretty much the same time as the year before that.
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Why is this remarkable? Not because of the fact that Duncan is well on the wrong side of 40. Nor because it was achieved despite the significant degenerative changes in his lower back, or his 18-month history of chronic hamstring issues.
The reason this is worth mentioning is that three months ago Duncan ditched clip-in pedals and cleats in favour of flat pedals for all eight of his bikes. Not only have his hamstring and lower back symptoms improved significantly while riding, but, Duncan notes, "I actually climb better without cleats, probably because I am not knackered when I get to the bottom of the climb!
"In addition," he adds, "I was able to corner much faster on the fire-road sections, as I was able to step out with my foot where the cross country racers were washing out and leaving the road."
Do cadence work
Leg speed drills
Stay stable
Go flat
Stop it
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