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@Velocio
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My shoes are Sidi Dominators. I've got Sidas custom footbeds and the cleats are placed perfectly on the shoes. The geometry of my frame is custom for my riding position, and my knees are aligned over the ball of my feet when the pedal is furthest forward. There is no messy sideways motion at all, I have a lovely hinge movement at the knee and not a ball-socket movement.
All of that stuff I've got down fine as I've come from road cycling and spent a lot of time and money with Cycle Fit improving and tweaking stuff.
So I don't believe it's shoes, knees, etc. I think it's more conditioning. Training the body to move a certain way.
When I started cycling I had a cadence of around 70rpm. With a lot of spinning over 6 months I bought my cadence up to an average of 98rpm. Improving cadence took a long while, and the benefits were noticeable.
I'm hoping that I can improve pedalling technique through a similar method. But want to know if others have actually done this and if so what method they used.
Hmmm... just found this, and it looks good: http://www.tri-ecoach.com/art13.htm
I'll give the much lower gearing a go, and see if that helps produce a cleaner spin without the spongy dead spots.