Heel down, low saddle. Toe down, high saddle.

Thank you for the great content❤

After I bought toe clips, I hear the lift stroke only adds 5% more thrust and removes the relaxatiom phase of the muscle.

your videos are excellent and you're delivery is great. This particular one hits home as this is what I was thinking this morning when I was out. I am pretty flat foot ted on the pedal and I tried pointing my toe a bit and then I tried lowering my heel a bit. I was much happier dropping my heel and found more power there driving through the heel more. I am back in the saddle after quite a few years about 6 mo into it. You make a lot of sense. At 74, I make changes slooowly to see where I am at, body awareness, great work, much appreciated

Great video and you are very good with the mechanics of the pedalling explaining etc. thank you. Even though I have cycled for a long time it helps. It’s easy to lose sight of the recovery phase. Over thinking it too as you say doesn’t actually work always.

Great video! Thank you so much for sharing this valuable info! 👍😀

Great content. Always watching your vlog❤️

detailed and precise explanation.. very nice.. i used heel down technique for maintaining speed and i used toe down style most of the time for accelaration.. and its true you should be aware of ur style

Thanks for another great video!!

Informative & spot on Easy to understand Kayuh more makes perfect 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I was climbing on an 8 miles long road yesterday for the very first time since I’m into on this sport and my climbing style is toe down, as I was about half way on my climb I was so tired already then accidentally I changed my pedaling style to heel down. I was really surprised the power I got from this style that’s why I’m researching if this type of pedaling is right or wrong and thankfully you answered all the questions in my mind. Thank you!

Great Video! Personally i never had a problem with toe down pedalling since that's what i love to do even with long rides. Thanks for the in depth information!

Thanks for posting your excellent video! Really well done. Great content and great presentation of material. You really came up with the best way to describe how to focus on engaging the glutes (Driving with the heel into the fore foot). I’m predicting you are going to experience a lot of subscribers and viewers.

Bro, you explain very well and very insightful. Keep it up!

Great video ❤

Tq for the info, im a newbie and i was wondering how to paddle correctly. Now my question is answered.

thank you so much for the idea bro..

Great video brother. I tend to switch dependent on gradient.

Great content 👍

Can you create a video on climbing out of the saddle? Covering pedaling technique and body positioning.

sometimes it feels like it changes daily according to what other activities you may have done and/or stretching. Good info well detailed out for a variety of parameters

very good explanation, greetings from Indonesia

Comining across flat through the dead spots with a sweeping motion rather than a pressing/ pulling up motion is best I think. It's more ergonomic and I think more efficient in the long-term.

Nice video and presentation. That gave us the first three of a total four style. What is the fourth? It is a 3-phase feeding stroke (although some confused it to be circular style). Phase1, P1, horizontal feed when paddle is well above the bottom tube. Phase2, P2, vertical down feed. Phase3, P3, vertical up feed. Efficiency strokes are vertical feeds, down feed 1 to 4 O’clock and up feed 7 to 11. Why horizontal feed when paddle is higher up and not when well below the BT bottom tube, like scraping action? The short answer is efficiency and leverage. The long answer : 1) When paddle is above BT our leg is bent to produce better muscle leveraging hence power and efficiency, as opposed to when leg approaching a full stretch, for low muscle utilization and low leverage to a scraping style. 2) when our right paddle is at bottom range below BT, say 4 O’clock, is at low power and poor efficiency state. While L paddle is at 11, leg bent is at high power and efficiency state, Caveat? only if we forward feed horizontally. Summarize all that : Forward fees when paddle went past 10~11 Down feed when paddle went past 2 O’clock Up feed when paddle went past 7~8 O’clock Like a pi symbol. It is much easier for the mind and muscle to coordinate in the pi style than circular style.

Damn good explanation

which of those Pedaling Techniques that I can use for long climb ? thanks Sirband ridesafe ,

I use toe down on flats, heel down on climbs

What is your size of crank length is it 165?

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You have touched on the most important element on pedalling stroke, the "torque muscle". Dive deeper into the topic of biomechanics! Cheers

When ur scraping up your right foot what will happen to your left foot power stroke?

What is your crank arm size?

Ada penjelasan dalam bahasa indonesia .?

My couch said "Your heel should never get lower than the pedal"

good advice, defenitley will try it. anyway, swork helmet not suitable for you, find smaller or cleaner look hemet bro. 👍😁

Actual tests run on professional cyclists show that there's no difference in performance based on pedal stroke or foot position and what works best for one cyclist may not for another. Toes down, flat, or heels down makes no difference in performance. As a newbie, can you work to develop a pedal stroke that's more efficient, sure.

Toe down - flat - toe up - flat - repeat

The man has gotten it all wrong unfortunately, our legs have evolved for triple flexion and extension. By pointing the heel down during the push phase you are not only creating a mechanical disadvantage but also losing power through the elasticity of your achilles tendon. This forces you to push harder, thus losing more power as your heel drops lower, thus absorbing more power in your achilles tendon and droping your heel lower, thus creating an even greater mechanical disadvantage, forcing you to push even harder only to have more power sink into you achilles and so on. This heel drop will lead to a vicious circle of over-use which can lead to tendonitis, preventing you from putting power through you calf, absorbing more power once again, accelerating the vicious cycle again. This is one of the worst cycling advice I have ever heard

Bud you got it all wrong....sweep from 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock & let the crank momentum move your legs for free / no muscle use from 9 back to 6 at high cadence.

Better to change the subject : how to improve your Singlish

Style 1) circles Style 2) squares Style 3) triangles Lol

The key is use one or the other consistently through the stroke. So don't think sbout it. It will happen.