What is your cadence?
#76
I assume you're sitting on climbs? I do a lot of standing on climbs just to change things up and my cadence is in the 50's then.
I have made a concerted effort over the last couple of years to increase my cadence on other terrain. Best way has been to do a lot of zone 2 training rides on an indoor bike where I can simulate flat terrain and ride a steady 90 rpms for an hour plus. Was 80 rpm's when I started.
I have made a concerted effort over the last couple of years to increase my cadence on other terrain. Best way has been to do a lot of zone 2 training rides on an indoor bike where I can simulate flat terrain and ride a steady 90 rpms for an hour plus. Was 80 rpm's when I started.
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Climbing out of the saddle, I’ll click up 1-2 gears and maintain a cadence in the high 60s or low 70s.
#78
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My happy spot cadence-wise is 85. But I had to work up to that, as I was a low rpm masher type. I find it much easier on my knees, and I like that I can spin faster if I need or want to dial things up a bit. I may have put too much emphasis on cadence, so now I work too on putting out power instead of always dropping gears to spin.
#79
I ride single speed so I reckon the range is about 40-150. Back calculated from a typical speed on a flat trail, I spend a lot of time in the low 90s with a 42/17. It would be upper 80s with 42/16.
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#80
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I was doing a Zwift workout yesterday that called for 110 cadence at a low wattage and it made it feel easy. At higher wattage it didn't specify cadence but I kept it 90-100. Only during recovery intervals did it drop to 80. But when I ride outside I generally have no idea about cadence even though I have it displayed on my computer. I just never give it much thought anymore.