Moser: All legs, no body. Photo by Photosport Int
“It’s Francesco Moser, with his distinctive style, his still, aerodynamic position on the bicycle is an imposing sight of almost effortless rotary action.”
Whoever the narrator in A Sunday In Hell is*, he got that little nugget spot on. If you want to know how to pedal a bicycle, you can do no better than to study Lo Sceriffo. All legs, no body.
Movement, that is. Cycling is a leg sport, which is why most proper Cyclists (i.e not us) possess upper bodies that are required to serve little more purpose than to lift a fork with a couple of strands of spaghetti on for a few dozen reps, a couple sets a day. Not that they are weak, (and guys like Moser certainly couldn’t be described as weedy) but any unwanted motion is considered wasted energy that could be channeled straight to the pistons rather than used for waving one’s head around outside the sunroof.
There’s no need to break down this most obvious of techniques into bullet points, it’s elementary: just move the legs, keep everything else still**. Class begins at 1:12:30.
*Turns out he’s David Saunders, and you can find out about him here…
**Don’t even try to emulate that back flatness. We take no responsibility nor compensate for damages.
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@fenlander
Which club is that then?
Did someone say smooth? Hypnotic?
The only thing moving is his hair...
...and considering the cadence he's holding behind the moto...
I'm just not worthy.
@Mikael Liddy
So fucking awesome!
@sowtondevil
Sounds like Ely and District Cycling Club
Are you from the fens as well?
@MangoDave
Agree
@Mikael Liddy
So far beyond causally deliberate yes? Wiggo... would love to see him crush a race this spring.
@wilburrox
watching that was the moment I started to come around to Wiggo (and tbh, I only ever was off him due to Cuddles worship). I could watch that climb all day long.
@sowtondevil
Ely and District CC.
@Chris
Yep,live in Ely and regularly go out on the Saturday rides;not succombed to TT's yet though.
Where are you based?