Metronome a crazy idea?

Pat Fleming <[email hidden]> wrote:
: I'm considering using a metronome on my training rides. The digital device has cadences from 40 to
: over 200. Any usefulness in this?

I've used it and it works. But a cheap bike computer is really easy to set up for measuring your
cadence as well, so I nowadays use that approach. The metronome could be more accurate and
convenient if you have a major point about keeping the exact cadence.

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Pat Fleming' from Optimum Online said:

I'm considering using a metronome on my training rides. The digital device has cadences from 40 to
over 200. Any usefulness in this?

No. I'm a musician, so I have a digital metronome. One day I took it out on a ride. Trying to match
cadence to a beat takes all the fun out of riding, and it's irritating. Instead, just get a bike
computer with a cadence indicator.

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Kevan Smith said:

Pat Fleming' from Optimum Online said:

I'm considering using a metronome on my training rides. The digital device has cadences from 40 to
over 200. Any usefulness in this?

No. I'm a musician, so I have a digital metronome. One day I took it out on a ride. Trying to
match cadence to a beat takes all the fun out of riding, and it's irritating. Instead, just get a
bike computer with a cadence indicator.

I agree. If you need a rhythm, listen to some jams. For me its like dancing on the bike.

CRM

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I'm considering using a metronome on my training rides. The digital

device

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has cadences from 40 to over 200. Any usefulness in this?

One Mississippi, Two Missippippi

Cadence counts, especially for casual cyclists.

or for me, I find myself counting in groups of four.

And how do you get the pendulum to swing accurately. It sems to me that road surface would effect
regularity.

Tongue in cheek,

Bart

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Quoted message said:

I'm considering using a metronome on my training rides. The digital

device

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has cadences from 40 to over 200. Any usefulness in this?

If you practice by running in place (at home) at various cadences, you'll probably find that you
soon just "know" them by feel.