As a flat pedal rider (and also clips) and someone who has trained fairly extensively in pedaling form here is my 2c. The form of the stroke is to increase the

As a flat pedal rider (and also clips) and someone who has trained fairly extensively in pedaling form here is my 2c. The form of the stroke is to increase the length of the downstroke. So making power transfer happen as early as possible and to maintain it as much as possible at the base. This translates into pushing forward and then down at the beginning and down and back at the end. This efficiency simply means getting a longer ‘glide’ Its very, very telling when climbing and also trying to attack as when applying extra good form will eek out benefits.