Lately, I noticed that when relaunching speed (after turn, lack of focus etc), or when facing short hill / roling terrain, I noticably pull more, hence engaging the hamstring muscles (and maybe some others).
This is like a 100W-200W booster for 5-30 seconds - e.g. raising from 260W to 400W. When going back to usual pedaling, the quads don't feel like they overspent. After a few minutes, I can 'boost' again. For the relatively short duration, it feels rather easy to produce the extra power. If I try to produce same 5-30 second increased power with quads, I have to put significant strain into them.
My questions is: Is this normal, or does it indicate bad pedaling style?
Does it mean that I am under-using the back of the leg most of the time?
If so, how should one try to improve? I could try increasing the duration of the 'boosts'. Or I could try adding a bit of pull during usual pedaling.
Some people practice pedaling with one leg unclipped. Is that necessary? I find it annoying. I probably should, though, as my left leg is weaker ever since a moutnaineering accident some years back. Related to this: does any powermeter allow to see independently right and left leg push and pull? Maybe one would need a synchronised pair of ergomo+SRM...
Thanks
Henrik
This is like a 100W-200W booster for 5-30 seconds - e.g. raising from 260W to 400W. When going back to usual pedaling, the quads don't feel like they overspent. After a few minutes, I can 'boost' again. For the relatively short duration, it feels rather easy to produce the extra power. If I try to produce same 5-30 second increased power with quads, I have to put significant strain into them.
My questions is: Is this normal, or does it indicate bad pedaling style?
Does it mean that I am under-using the back of the leg most of the time?
If so, how should one try to improve? I could try increasing the duration of the 'boosts'. Or I could try adding a bit of pull during usual pedaling.
Some people practice pedaling with one leg unclipped. Is that necessary? I find it annoying. I probably should, though, as my left leg is weaker ever since a moutnaineering accident some years back. Related to this: does any powermeter allow to see independently right and left leg push and pull? Maybe one would need a synchronised pair of ergomo+SRM...
Thanks
Henrik