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There will be no torque measuring devices...[/reply]
Why not? Wouldn't that definitively confirm or (gasp!) disprove your claims? Sounds to me like you're afraid of something...
Also, can I ask what the relation of your saddle is to the BB? Using the UCI method of measurement, what's your "saddle setback"? It's just that after trying to decode your descriptions of "toes down" pedaling and the "linear style", I keep thinking that, if taken to the extreme, your setup looks something like this:
[img]http://www.me.mtu.edu/news/HPV_2004-02a.jpg[/img][/reply]
Because I know exactly where I am applying the power and those who see how it's done and experience the basic techniques for themselves will also understand how and where the power is being applied. The saddle setting is 2 cm behind BB, it does not comply with the UCI rules but that's due to their ignorance on pedaling. That rule was only introduced to prevent G. Obree from ending up with a position as in your picture. The reason you and others find my descriptions so hard to understand is because ye have all failed to use your cleats for best advantage in the same way as ye rest on the arms during TT's instead of using them. The body position and appearance setup used with this technique at full power output will be identical to that of Anquetil in the footage of his successful hour record attempt.
OK...so now we're
finally getting somewhere (I think). So, you advocate a setup rotated forward about the bottom bracket as compared to a typical road position. Naturally, that will result in the "toes down" position appearance you describe if the orientation of the legs and feet are consistent relative to the BB. I myself have a TT position close to this and coupled with a Flandis-style bar position, I find that I can use my arms to aid in short term power "spikes". Also, it does
feel as if the power application is in more of a fore and aft direction. But, to say that this "eliminates the dead spot" is simply ludicrous.
Why do you never post side shots of Mr. Anquetil to help demonstrate your supposed "point"? For example, you describe footage of his hour record attempt. It's pretty simple to grab a screenshot, isn't it?
http://bikeblather.blogspot.com/