Guest colonel Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 My mother is Dutch and I have the passport to prove. So you a Dutchman? That explain sooooo much! I tell you it drives my nuts at work. EVERY decision has to be debated again and again! At the cycling club AGM I thought the guys were going to moer each other but apparently they were just having a good time! Sorry bud but I have a Brittish Passport aswell from my dad who was born and lived in Liverpool so that is the passport I travel on.
Guest Agteros Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 So you're not a Dutchman, but a Pommie?
Slave Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 WH. For what it's worth, I used to grind the big gears and power my way up the hills. In my earlier interactions on this hub, some dufus suggested I change my riding style and learn to spin. When I joined the group for the group rides on Saturday, I started to use easier gears and spin more. Did this for a couple of weeks and it seems to have stuck with me. Going up the steps solo a few weeks ago, I came across some chap who had tree stumps for legs. (Really thick and muscular). Anyhoo, he was grinding his way up and I caught him and passed him easily enough. As I went past, I remarked that I used to do the same thing and spinning helped me climb better. It really did. It'snot to say that you have to go up a hill in granny gears, just do as the bouncing bunny suggested and go uphill one gear lighter. My average speed on most rides has increased and I feel far better after rides than I used to. I'm still pretty slow, but a fair bit faster and I find that spinning at 100 is a mission, but it's easier to go uphill at 65 t0 70 in an easier gear than the same hill at 30 in heavy gears. Recovery at the top is so much faster and you can really go at it sooner because of speedier recovery.
javadude Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 According to Harald Zumpt you should vary your cadence in your training, making sure you do intervals at a specific heart rate with differing cadences. Kind of makes sense, but i'm a fat slob at the moment so can't give a very experienced opinion.
Willehond Posted February 9, 2009 Author Posted February 9, 2009 Slave2love if you go up a hill at a cadance of 30, you are Superman! I try not going uphill below 70, but my normal comfy cadance is abour 85. The old blokes even complain about that and I just ignored them Luckily racing is about to start (as soon as the snow goes away), so the old cronies can go hibernate again! Bring on the crits!!! BTW, one of the young guys on the ride apparently snapped back when he was told what to do. Got a public dressing down before the next ride I just ride my bike now! 80-90 is now my cadance. You don't like it, tough!
Guest Agteros Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 In a book somewhere cadence was likened to lifting a 1000kg rock in on go (1 rpm) vs lifting 10kg one hundred times (100 rpm). Kinda makes it easy to decide which to go for, ain't it?
Willehond Posted February 9, 2009 Author Posted February 9, 2009 In a book somewhere cadence was likened to lifting a 1000kg rock in on go (1 rpm) vs lifting 10kg one hundred times (100 rpm). Kinda makes it easy to decide which to go for, ain't it? Yes, but for some of us powerful okes it just feels like lifting a 100g a million times!
Slave Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I need to get a cadence meter on my bike 'cause like I have no idea what cadence I ride at. All I know is I'm slow and battle to get high cadence. Thus, I have always tried to ride hills in heavier gears and get the speed that way. I seriously battle to get cadence of around 100 (which is roughly calcualted at doing 50 to 55 downhill on my 12 tooth. I'm trying to work on it though.Maybe old dogs can learn new tricks.
el condor Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 First of all I would like to say hi to everyone here in the forum, I've been lurking around for some time-so here I am.I found the thread about cadence interesting and like to share my experience:Over here in Switzerland at the beginning of the season (around January-February)-still very cold and snowy outside we have every weekend fixed gear races to train the ability of riding with a higher cadence. During the winter some have a break and need to get the muscular-nervous system back on the cycling rhythm and this is a way to very effectively train coordination and stay quite in the saddle without bumping around.After a month or two of high cadence training (between 100 and 120), your riding style will become more efficient and less energy consuming due to a better coordination. When racing at say 90-95 rpm you will benefit from the high cadence training, and as mentioned before, the blood flow is better since the muscles are not contracted that long.Just my 2 centsPascal
SwissVan Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Welcome PascalWhere abouts do you do the fixed gear training, on an indoor track?
SwissVan Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Oops double postedSwissVan2009-02-12 14:18:23
el condor Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Oops double posted Hi Swissvan, no, the races are on the outside with the own racingbike converted to a singlespeeder ad hoc.
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