andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share What is the optiomum cadence to be training and racing at??? Did a ride yesterday and only averaged 66 is this alright or chould it be higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted October 28, 2007 Share depends what kind of training you're doing. i don't know if average cadence is a great target on its own. but then i'm a lazy slob, what do i know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share on the hills was struggling at 50rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdretard Posted October 28, 2007 Share Road riding you should average round 85 -100 on flats and 70-85 on hills MTB i cant say Today i averaged for the first 30km 110 because of restricted gearing smileys/smiley7.gif" align="middle" /> amdretard2007-10-28 08:09:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share Am only interested in road cycling at the moment. Does one get better the more one trains, what is the best way to train to get to the higher cadences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdretard Posted October 28, 2007 Share ah here is where i cant really say much the likes of bikemax or bruce could help you ! windbreaker might also be able to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted October 28, 2007 Share Am only interested in road cycling at the moment. Does one get better the more one trains' date=' what is the best way to train to get to the higher cadences?[/quote'] was it the cannibal who said simply: "ride more"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted October 28, 2007 Share spinning will help. although i don't do that either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share that is the plan, but was wondering if there was anything in particular that i should look at doing when training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted October 28, 2007 Share that is the plan' date=' but was wondering if there was anything in particular that i should look at doing when training[/quote'] seriously, buy a copy of mens health. work on intervals. lunges to strengthen the legs. put in loads of base kilos. not scientific, i know, but get a personal trainer and tell them what you want and get them to tailor you a plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted October 28, 2007 Share Self selected cadence is almost always the optimum (within reason) so don;t worry about it too much. If you are down at the low end on the climbs you do then maybe consider a compact chainset to get up to ~70+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share what is a lot of base kilos? 1000km or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share Already have a compact chainset, is the first ride after the shova, legs felt heavy for the first half of the ride, but have felt that i really struggle to keep the cadence high on hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted October 28, 2007 Share triple chainring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted October 28, 2007 Share what is a lot of base kilos? 1000km or more? hard to say. how much do you ride a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewbell Posted October 28, 2007 Share double 34/50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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