Gear ratios / mind games?

[Johan Bornman]

  Feathering doesn't require any energy and therefore won't warm you up.

 

 

 

 

Feathering meaning turning the pedals without excerting force on them? Please explain how turning your pedals with your legs dont require any energy? Even when just moving slightly your muscles still uses some form of energy system' date=' and it will cause a rise in body temp.

 

 

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Yup, that's what feathering means. Mud, yes, your muscles do use energy when you blink, twitch a finger or flap your ears, but not enough to keep you warm when being cooled down by a 90kph wind.

 

Feathering down a hill does not keep you warm.

 

 

[Johan Bornman]

 

Hog' date=' there are two other factors to keep in mind - if you are on the bigger chainring you may have more control over a smooth push/pull stroke when coasting at a comfortable cadence. - your muscles may also be more comfortable at the lower cadence (ATP breakdown)
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Not so. No matter how you obtain a given gear, whether it is with the granny gear in front or the big blade, your cadence will be the same for pedalling in that gear created by any other chainring combination.

[Mellow]

 

 

 

 

Hog' date=' there are two other factors to keep in mind - if you are on the bigger chainring you may have more control over a smooth push/pull stroke when coasting at a comfortable cadence. - your muscles may also be more comfortable at the lower cadence (ATP breakdown)

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Not so. No matter how you obtain a given gear, whether it is with the granny gear in front or the big blade, your cadence will be the same for pedalling in that gear created by any other chainring combination.

 

Johan, you are right in correcting me. Didnt read the initial post all that well with gear combination to keep cadence the same. thanks

 

Mellow2008-09-13 12:15:44

[Mudsimus]

  Feathering doesn't require any energy and therefore won't warm you up.

 

 

 

 

Feathering meaning turning the pedals without excerting force on them? Please explain how turning your pedals with your legs dont require any energy? Even when just moving slightly your muscles still uses some form of energy system' date=' and it will cause a rise in body temp.

 

 

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Yup, that's what feathering means. Mud, yes, your muscles do use energy when you blink, twitch a finger or flap your ears, but not enough to keep you warm when being cooled down by a 90kph wind.

 

Feathering down a hill does not keep you warm.

 

 

 

No it wont.  But it will keep your muscles from cooling down to much and getting stiff. If they go down that mountain for 15min without pedaling and then suddenly come to a point where they must pedal at 100rpm they will take some strain.