What's your optimum cadence?
Generally speaking, I think most people experience a rise in their cadence as they take up cycling seriously until it reaches a plateau or their optimum cadence.
I think I'm quite normal in that in an average training ride I record an average cadence in the mid 80s. In races this is usually 90 plus, perhaps due to drafting benefits. In HC races I aim for 80 and a specific HR. This winter I've done rollers for the first time and have found anything less than 100 to feel a bit slack.
Incidentally, after hours of spinning high cadence on the rollers all winter I was expecting to be doing the same on the road but have found the opposite to be true, turning heavier gears at a lower cadence.
So the question is, "What's your optimum cadence?"
Andy
www.jyonnobitime.com/time
Generally speaking, I think most people experience a rise in their cadence as they take up cycling seriously until it reaches a plateau or their optimum cadence.
I think I'm quite normal in that in an average training ride I record an average cadence in the mid 80s. In races this is usually 90 plus, perhaps due to drafting benefits. In HC races I aim for 80 and a specific HR. This winter I've done rollers for the first time and have found anything less than 100 to feel a bit slack.
Incidentally, after hours of spinning high cadence on the rollers all winter I was expecting to be doing the same on the road but have found the opposite to be true, turning heavier gears at a lower cadence.
So the question is, "What's your optimum cadence?"
Andy
www.jyonnobitime.com/time