Quote Originally Posted by Dogmama
Annie, we just gutted it out back then. Before women's cycling clothes were available & we had to make men's shoes fit. When women were ignored in bike shops like we were invisible - or worse - snotty nosed kids tried to fit us on bikes that had springs underneath the seats.

LOL!! You make us sound like dinosaurs! I prefer to think of us as "Sage and Wise Mentors."

On a more serious note, wasn't it you, DogM, that brought up on one of these threads, not only pedaling in circles, which can be difficult to visualize, but pedaling THROUGH the entire pedal stroke by thinking of a back and forth motion, instead of up and down? I know that works for me. It isn't easy........... I need to concentrate to do that. It has the effect of evening out the force of the pedal stroke. You described it very well. Perhaps you could do so again? And pass on your "wisdom" to the newer riders, oh wise sage?

annie