Foot position on pedal

What's the correct position to put your foot onto the pedal? Do you use
your heel for riding or more the middle or front part of your foot?
Sometimes it seems to me like it's easier if I use the middle part of my
foot (especially when riding backwards) but I'm not quite sure. What's
your preferred position?


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Usually, I put the ball of my foot just just in front of the middle of
the pedal.
This allows me to absorb shock, feather, and stay on the pedals
better.
The caveat is that if I am not paying attention, I can hurt my right
ankle.

It SEEMS like I can pedal faster with the arch at the center.


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Usually, I put the ball of my foot just just in front of the middle of
the pedal.
This allows me to absorb shock, feather, and stay on the pedals
better.
The caveat is that if I am not paying attention, I can hurt my right
ankle.

It SEEMS like I can pedal faster with the arch at the center.


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Usually, I put the ball of my foot just just in front of the middle of
the pedal.
This allows me to absorb shock, feather, and stay on the pedals
better.
The caveat is that if I am not paying attention, I can hurt my right
ankle.

It SEEMS like I can pedal faster with the arch at the center.


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Usually, I put the ball of my foot just just in front of the middle of
the pedal.
This allows me to absorb shock, feather, and stay on the pedals
better.
The caveat is that if I am not paying attention, I can hurt my right
ankle.

It SEEMS like I can pedal faster with the arch at the center.


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'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/3j7ha)
was about the same topic.


I have to confess I can't use the ball and I must put the arch
of my foot over the pedal.
Reason: too bad for my tendons (but probably due to bad overstretching
...) I even have to pedal by pointing always my foot downwards as much
as I can


but expert advices seem to differ ..... I have seen lately another post
on under-the-arch advocacy....


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'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/3j7ha)
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I have to confess I can't use the ball and I must put the arch
of my foot over the pedal.
Reason: too bad for my tendons (but probably due to bad overstretching
...) I even have to pedal by pointing always my foot downwards as much
as I can


but expert advices seem to differ ..... I have seen lately another post
on under-the-arch advocacy....


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'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/3j7ha)
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I have to confess I can't use the ball and I must put the arch
of my foot over the pedal.
Reason: too bad for my tendons (but probably due to bad overstretching
...) I even have to pedal by pointing always my foot downwards as much
as I can


but expert advices seem to differ ..... I have seen lately another post
on under-the-arch advocacy....


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'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/3j7ha)
was about the same topic.


I have to confess I can't use the ball and I must put the arch
of my foot over the pedal.
Reason: too bad for my tendons (but probably due to bad overstretching
...) I even have to pedal by pointing always my foot downwards as much
as I can


but expert advices seem to differ ..... I have seen lately another post
on under-the-arch advocacy....


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"michael7" writes:

What's the correct position to put your foot onto the pedal?

Experiment and find a position you like.

In general, I feel better in control with my foot back (i.e. ball of
the foot close to the pedal), but safer doing drops with the foot way
forward (heel near pedal). I need to step up on my toes (actuall ball
of the foot) to transition to seat out on my freestyle unicycle. For
the most part, I ride with my foot slightly further back than I would
on a bicycle.

Ken