Got my new cycling computer with the cadence meter, and I really like it. I wasn't sure where mine would be, I was surprised to see on my first few short trips (10 min only, towing the kids once too) that my cadence was arround 80 -85.
The next time I went on a longer compute, about 30 minutes and found that on the flats I was most comfortable between 90 - 100. Hills I would drop sometimes to around 80 - 85, but found them easier if I could gear down and bring my cadence back up to around 90.
So I was wondering what is a good range to be in, and is it common to vary by 20 -25 rpms?
On relatively flat runs my variance tends to be around 10 rpms.
Got my new cycling computer with the cadence meter, and I really like it. I wasn't sure where mine would be, I was surprised to see on my first few short trips (10 min only, towing the kids once too) that my cadence was arround 80 -85.
The next time I went on a longer compute, about 30 minutes and found that on the flats I was most comfortable between 90 - 100. Hills I would drop sometimes to around 80 - 85, but found them easier if I could gear down and bring my cadence back up to around 90.
So I was wondering what is a good range to be in, and is it common to vary by 20 -25 rpms?
On relatively flat runs my variance tends to be around 10 rpms.
Sounds like you are spinning at a good rate. I usually go out in the 75-80 range, but I'm a masher. I'm working on improving to keep it up over 85.
I appreciate pushing a big gear sometimes, but I find my rides and racing to be more efficient if I consistently train in the 90-110 range. On a lot of big group road rides the hard core roadies always say, "you must be a mountain biker". 😄 I don't mind that comment, because at heart I am.
Thanks for the feedback. I am finding that a cadence of 90 - 100 seems to work best, and feels the most comfortable for me.
Getting more accustomed to spining and to unweighting my feet on the up side of the pedal stroke. I find that it feels better and is less tiring if I just unweight the foot rather than trying to pull the foot up (unless I am standing, then I pull up hard and push down)
