I’ve incorporated single leg drills into my cycling training (better late, than never), and have noticed something unusual, IMO. I have a smooth pedal stroke when my hands are on the bullhorns, but as soon as I drop into the aero bars, there’s a dead spot between 10 and 12 o’clock. Is this normal? Will it get better if I keep working on it? Where should my hands be when doing these drills? Thanks.
Yes, it will get better, I work on it in the aero bars most of the time.
This is what I think of when doing pedaling drills.
At the top of the stroke (looking from the right side) push from 12 o’clock to the 4 o’clock position
From the 4 o’clock position pull straight back to the 8 o’clock position.
From the 8 o’clock position unweight your leg untill you get to 12 o’clock again.
That was paraphrased from the book “The Triathlete’s Guide to Bike Training” by Linda Wallenfels.
Something else I think of is starting from the 8 o’clock position, try throwing your knees over the handlebars and finish the spin at the 4 o’clock position.
jaretj
I have this problem, too. It’s not just a dead stroke - I have a lot of trouble with zero momentum even moving the pedal. I was not sure if I should go less aero and more upright so I have the ability to move the pedals or just try more single leg drills.