My iddle developed out of what I think is more properly called a roll back- I tend to have very little arc to my iddle (when I’m in controll, anyway). The controlling foot in the iddle is the top foot.
I’v come to susspect that this is not “correct”- as I can’t imagine 1 foot iddling with the controll foot being up. Is this correct, or do I just need to chalange my imagination?
Christopher
In two foot idling, the down foot is the power foot and does all of the work. The top foot is the control foot and it keeps you from rolling too far forward or backward as well as adding some twist, or torque around the seatpost axis, to keep you in a straight line. When you switch to one foot idle, the power is still all in the down foot. The control foot gives you some stability by allowing you to push on the side of the frame.
I was affraid of this; my down foot is little more than weight on the peddal, with the top foot doing just about everything. This makes one foot iddling kinda trick- if I attempt it with the down foot, I just stop moving! Anybody manage to one foot with the top foot?
Christopher
Why bother about “correct”? Just idle as you feel comfortable. But indeed
developing it into 1-footed is kinda difficult - you will have to use your
weak down foot.
Klaas Bil
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:55:08 +0000 (UTC), rhysling
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
>My iddle developed out of what I think is more properly called a roll
>back- I tend to have very little arc to my iddle (when I’m in controll,
>anyway). The controlling foot in the iddle is the top foot.
>
>I’v come to susspect that this is not “correct”- as I can’t imagine 1
>foot iddling with the controll foot being up. Is this correct, or do I
>just need to chalange my imagination?
>
>Christopher
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On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 02:25:09 +0000 (UTC), harper
<forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote:
>In two foot idling, the down foot is the power foot and does all of the
>work. The top foot is the control foot and it keeps you from rolling too
>far forward or backward
[snip] I don’t think that last statement is true or you would have to pull
the pedal up with your top foot at each end of the stroke.
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> >In two foot idling, the down foot is the power foot and does
> all of the
> >work. The top foot is the control foot and it keeps you from rolling
> >too far forward or backward
> [snip] I don’t think that last statement is true or you would have to
> pull the pedal up with your top foot at each end of the stroke.
In all idling the down foot is the power foot, and the top foot does very
little. If you are having trouble transitioning from two-footed to
one-foot idling, your top foot is probably still trying to do more than
it should.
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