Bike geometry and power generation.
I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this type of question.
I’ve been riding my drop bar gravel bike for a couple weeks now, and compared to other bikes I own, namely a vintage road bike and a hybrid bike, it feels like when I am sprinting on this gravel bike, sitting down, the bike really jumps out in front of me with every downward stroke.
When my leg is at the low point in the crank’s rotation, the bike has moved father forward than my body, so It sort of feels like I am not able to push into it as hard as I want to because the bike is moving away from me.
My seat and handlebar setup feel very natural and dialed in, so I’m not sure if this is related to fit, inherent to certain bike geometry or something else.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? I’m really not sure how to describe what’s happening, but I really want to be able to dig in and feel like I’m really putting all of my energy into the pedals.