what is spin to you?

Zebee Johnstone said:

What sort of cadence are you doing when you are "spinning" up a hill?

I used to be doing 90, I'm finding 110+ better as long as I can keep
it up. Is that the sort of rate people mean when they say spin?

Zebee

Hmmm, what should I do, or what do I do? I aim to do 90, and if I
concentrate that is usually achievable. But if I stop concentrating I
revert back to 70-80, or sometimes back to 60, and occasionally while
standing on the pedals down to 45 (with apologies to my knees).

DaveB

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:52:30 +1000

DaveB said:

Hmmm, what should I do, or what do I do? I aim to do 90, and if I
concentrate that is usually achievable. But if I stop concentrating I
revert back to 70-80, or sometimes back to 60, and occasionally while
standing on the pedals down to 45 (with apologies to my knees).

Heh I don't think I could keep upright up a hill at 45. THe whole
thing would sway so much I think it would fall over.

I really notice it if I fall below 70, it's hard work up hills then.

Zebee

Zebee Johnstone said:

I used to be doing 90, I'm finding 110+ better as long as I can keep
it up. Is that the sort of rate people mean when they say spin?

I won't swear to it, but every time I count pedal strokes for 10s (by the
computer) it comes out to around 15, or a cadence of 90. That's kind of a
default comfy cadence. If I'm feeling like it I'll up the cadence to
105-120. I do find that can be useful at the start of a hill, because then
when I start getting tired I can drop back to brute force and thuggery
(low cadence) for a bit longer. Being male, brute force and thuggery comes
easy. Ugh.

On the SS things get interesting. With a 52" gear I can ride from around
7km/h (a whopping cadence of 30) or even lower, and I think I've managed
to pedal somewhere around mid to high 30s (cadence 150-180). I keep
meaning to put a speedo or cadence monitor on it to find out just how fast
some of the spinning is.

Oh, and trying to keep up with roadies on a SS MTB hurts, particularly
when you're wearing long pants.

--
Dave Hughes | [email hidden]
There's no point in being grown up if you can't be
childish sometimes.-- Dr. Who

just us said:

Sillly question, but how do you find out what your cadence is? Do you count
it over a minute?

Use a computer with cadence, or count pedal strokes for 10s and multiply
by 6.

--
Dave Hughes | [email hidden]
We're standing there pounding a dead parrot on the counter, and the
management response is to frantically swap in new counters to see if
that fixes the problem. --Peter Gutmann 18/06/1998

Sillly question, but how do you find out what your cadence is? Do you count
it over a minute?
Kathy (the most uncycled of all cyclists)

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:39:01 +1000

just us said:

Sillly question, but how do you find out what your cadence is? Do you count
it over a minute?
Kathy (the most uncycled of all cyclists)

I cheat - I have a cycle computer that tells me.

I find it good to focus on, it reminds me to get it together and stop
slacking off, but also makes me feel good when I get the cadence up
high.

I think it's a very good toy for a beginning cyclist because it gives
me something to aim at, and keeps me honest.

Zebee

Parbs said:

I could have told you that and saved you the pain.

Since when have I listened to you, yuppie blinglespeed boy?

Quoted message said:

Parbs - who may have tried to keep up with the Turra B bunch at Homebush
on the odd occasion

Aaah. Yes, that'd hurt. Though the long pants bit (I was coming home from
Uni) didn't help.

--
Dave Hughes | [email hidden]
"Quantum materiae materietur marmota
monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?"

Random Data said:

Oh, and trying to keep up with roadies on a SS MTB hurts, particularly
when you're wearing long pants.

I could have told you that and saved you the pain.

Parbs - who may have tried to keep up with the Turra B bunch at Homebush
on the odd occasion

quote='Parbs'Random Data said:

Oh, and trying to keep up with roadies on a SS MTB hurts, particularly
when you're wearing long pants.

I could have told you that and saved you the pain.

Parbs - who may have tried to keep up with the Turra B bunch at Homebush
on the odd occasion[/QUOTE]

Heh heh - hopefully with a slightly taller gear than 52'' (!)

R