New to clipless Pedals

BMKN

I have clipless pedals about two weeks now love them, my question is what is the correct way in pealing with them as I do not feel I am getting the best efficiency, I tend to pedal to down is this correct? I find it tiring pulling on the up stroke. I am a Farley armature cyclist

ednwireland

apparently pulling up is pretty pointless something with you dont gain enough power from doing for the tiring effect on the muscles it uses

Clipless Pedal Myth #2: You need to be able to pull up on your pedals to produce max power.
Again, this is simply not true no matter how many times it gets repeated. When studied,the most powerful and efficient method is not pulling up and producing power on theupstroke, it is instead driving hard with the lead leg and un-weighting the trail leg (Korffet al. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2007; 39:991-995). In fact, your pedal stroke with flats and with clipless pedals should remain exactly the same – there is no "magic" pedal stroke that is only available by attaching your feet to your pedals (Mornieux et al. Int J Sports
Med 2008; 29:817-822).

http://www.bikejames.com/wp-content/uploads/Top-3-Clipless-Pedal-Myths-Building-a-Better-Pedal-Stroke.pdf

Lumen

Just try and be smooth with the legs and still with the upper body. If nothing else you'll look good.

If you think you can pull up, try doing a few minutes at 90rpm with one foot unclipped and see how smooth your pedal stroke really is. :pac: