Increasing one's cadence

John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence?

practice makes perfect and simply selecting one gear lower than you
would normally choose will get you into the swing of it. I am not sure
if there are any cleverer methods

best wishes
james

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John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence?

practice makes perfect and simply selecting one gear lower than you
would normally choose will get you into the swing of it. I am not
sure if there are any cleverer methods

And if you don't already have a computer with a cadence function, fit one at
your earliest convenience.

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Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
It is impossible to eat a banana without looking like a tw*t.

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Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Drop a gear or two. What you're doing is cycling faster in the same gear,
rather than just increasing your cadence. It won't feel like your legs are
pushing much with a cadence above 70 at 17-21 mph, but I suppose that's the
point :-)

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Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Drop a gear or two. What you're doing is cycling faster in the same gear,
rather than just increasing your cadence. It won't feel like your legs

are

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pushing much with a cadence above 70 at 17-21 mph, but I suppose that's

the

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point :-)

Ride a fixed wheel that will increase your cadence no end especially down
steep hills (only joking)

but it does do wonders for the cadence.

cheers
Jon_H

John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Why do you want to do this?

John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Install shorter cranks.
I went from 175mm to 155 mm cranks and my cadence went up from 85-90
to 100-105, wich is helping my knees a lot.
( Used to cycle in the highest possible gear at all times and promptly
knackered both knees; took a lot of time to get up to 80-90 rpm and
still had knee problems in cold weather).

Mark van Gorkom.

John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

When I used to ride an ATB, I found that my cadence increased when I
started using tri-bars. Curiously, it remained at the higher rate when
I wasn't using the tri-bars.

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
<URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/>
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John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence
is between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Why do you want to do this?

Better for your joints. Low cadence -> knackered knees, in the long
term.

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Simon Brooke said:

Better for your joints. Low cadence -> knackered knees, in the long
term.

And in the shorter term, on a single ride you can keep going for
longer without finding out your legs have stopped working. Which
is really, really [censored] 10 miles from home the wrong side of a Big
Hill...

Pete.
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John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence?

practice makes perfect and simply selecting one gear lower than you
would normally choose will get you into the swing of it. I am not sure
if there are any cleverer methods

If you have will power -- ban the big ring.

If not, tweak the front derailieur such that you cannot get the big ring.

John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence
is between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Being comfortable on the bike helps -- in particular: saddle not too high
(of course not too low either).

But my Number One tip is to use a closer-ratio cassette if dropping a
single gear too often makes too much of a difference and feels like nasty
crazy-spinning. This will enable you to ride at an ideal cadence more of
the time. Did the trick for me. (Perhaps chainrings could be changed to
make up for loss in overall range, although it's worth making a sacrifice
at the top end to have more middle and low gears, IME).

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But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

What about 70 rpm at lower speeds? 25 mph takes a lot of power for most
people, at any cadence, unless being assisted by gravity or wind. (I am
presuming that your tourer does have gears!).

~PB

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John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence
is between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Why do you want to do this?

Because Lance Armstrong does it and wins. If Ullrich had won the last
few T de F then it would be fashionable to power a big gear.

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John Burns said:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence
is between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Why do you want to do this?

Better for your joints. Low cadence -> knackered knees, in the long
term.

I've also discovered I'm rather less likely to get an attack of cramp if I'm
spinning a smaller gear.

--
Duncan Gray

The Mountaineering Council of Scotland
www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk

Tony W <[email hidden]> wrote:

: If you have will power -- ban the big ring.

Well, I could, but then I wouldn't go fast 🙂

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Peter Clinch said:

And in the shorter term, on a single ride you can keep going for
longer without finding out your legs have stopped working. Which
is really, really [censored] 10 miles from home the wrong side of a Big
Hill...

Wot Pete said. I made a conscious effort to keep my cadence in three
figures on last weekend's Audax, and not only was I a lot less knackered but
I was faster to boot than when I'd been downshifting at 90 rpm on the
previous weekend's event.

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