Hill Climbs

You are reading a single comment by @Retro_Bastard and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.

•

gbj_tester in reply to @Retro_Bastard

Those roadies pulling on their toe straps going into the final km were onto this about a century ago 😀

•

Retro_Bastard in reply to @gbj_tester

I know big boy sprinters and track riders have always done it but I'm only little and not that powerful so didn't think it'd matter but it turns out it does a bit. Surely I'm not the only one this slow on the uptake? I've only been racing for over 25 years 🤦🏻‍♂️

•

gbj_tester in reply to @Retro_Bastard

Jokes aside, I don't imagine any of them, at least in the 20th Century, had any idea about any putative power improvement, they were just doing it to preclude inadvertent release.

About

Avatar for Retro_Bastard @Retro_Bastard started