max cadence

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Max cadence?

80 :p

great . 50 🙂

frenk said:

Until today the max speed I reached on my fixed gear (39x16) was a little less than 46km/h.
Today I set my new record at 52.8 km/h which makes 172 rpm.
I was spinning like hell on a short downhill.

I guess I could do better with some more fixed gear training, but 200rpm seems very hard!

What is the maximum cadence you ever hit?

Glad to hear that the bike is holding together. Are you using the QR or did you put a solid axle in?

180ish ... evil clown spin.

180ish ... evil clown spin.

200+, momentary, stationary bike trainer.

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200+, momentary, stationary bike trainer.

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Don Shipp said:

Glad to hear that the bike is holding together. Are you using the QR or did you put a solid axle in?

Actually I'm still using the QR. No problems so far.
In fact I cannot see why a fixed gear should pull the wheel with more force than a geared/freehub bike.

Seems to me that solid axle comes from the track world, where they are mandatory for historical reasons (the alternative was "butterfly" nuts which are dangerous in case of a fall).

Don Shipp said:

Glad to hear that the bike is holding together. Are you using the QR or did you put a solid axle in?

Actually I'm still using the QR. No problems so far.
In fact I cannot see why a fixed gear should pull the wheel with more force than a geared/freehub bike.

Seems to me that solid axle comes from the track world, where they are mandatory for historical reasons (the alternative was "butterfly" nuts which are dangerous in case of a fall).

frenk said:

Actually I'm still using the QR. No problems so far.
In fact I cannot see why a fixed gear should pull the wheel with more force than a geared/freehub bike.

Seems to me that solid axle comes from the track world, where they are mandatory for historical reasons (the alternative was "butterfly" nuts which are dangerous in case of a fall).

It might be because the chain drive also has to act as a brake.

frenk said:

Actually I'm still using the QR. No problems so far.
In fact I cannot see why a fixed gear should pull the wheel with more force than a geared/freehub bike.

Seems to me that solid axle comes from the track world, where they are mandatory for historical reasons (the alternative was "butterfly" nuts which are dangerous in case of a fall).

It might be because the chain drive also has to act as a brake.

frenk said:

Until today the max speed I reached on my fixed gear (39x16) was a little less than 46km/h.
Today I set my new record at 52.8 km/h which makes 172 rpm.
I was spinning like hell on a short downhill.

I guess I could do better with some more fixed gear training, but 200rpm seems very hard!

What is the maximum cadence you ever hit?

On a stationary bike wit SRM cranks i hit 242 :eek:

Just like hypnospin i maxxed a stationery trainer to just over 200. It had a dial so it was more amusing than digital. Interestingly I had been drinking so maybe that is why I decided to spin my legs in a moment of blurred madness.

174 is what the cyclocomputer says for the max. but that's obviously a fleeting number. On the flats, I'm usually in the mid-90's to ~100 in the middle of the cassette(12-25) with the big ring(50). I have blasted down a long descent(avg. 5.8%grade) at over 125rpm for over two miles in the 50-12 gear; that'll wear you out almost as much as the climb up.

Yesterday new personal best - 191 rpm.
Always with 39x16 fixed gear, downhill.
I was hearing the "swhoosh" noise from the feet cutting air :-)
There were nobody on the road except for a car coming in the opposite direction. Don't know what she thought :eek: LOL

As I'm a runner, my cadence is nearly always 120 - 140 RPM on the flat (in the smaller gears), drops on sustained hills, downhills I am not concentrating on what cadence I'm doing, though using a TT in a lactic endurance session I managed to turn 54/11 at 140RPM for one minute with the trainer set on the least resistance. Hurt like hell though, and definitely couldn't do that on the roads I think.

Have noticed if I build up momentum and turn 140RPM in the easier gears, I can shift up into the bigger ones and maintain the same cadence, though this goes to pot as soon as I hit the first hill.

Keep a cadence over 100 for a half cen. I've done over 90 for a half but i'm not up to a 100 for 50.