A few times I week a hop on the indoor trainer and work on my cadence,
spinning for an hour at low resistance. Since my indoor trainer doesn't
monitor cadence, this has been a matter of trying to figure out what my
rpms are at each imaginary velocity displayed by the computer readout.
I counted the number of revs it takes to tick over 1/10 of a mile
(another imaginary measurement when you're stationary...) and did some
calculations for approximate rpms at various velocities, but I could
tell they weren't as accurate as I needed.
One day I happened to be ruminating about this while staring blankly at
my piano.
*lightbulb* Use my metronome!
Warmup speed, about 70 rpm or so -- Adagio.
Working on it: 80 to 108 -- Andante
Sub-Armstrong: 108 to 118 -- Moderato
Armstrong insanity: 120+ -- Allegro
If you can manage 170+ (is it even physically possible?) -- Presto
Currently I can spin indefinitely at 84-88 rpm. Once my legs adapt to
that and my heart rate starts dropping, I can usually kick it up a notch
or two and do 92 rpm for a while.
This is fun. :-)
-km, giving new meaning to the term "tempo riding"
--
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