CopperCyclist
Veteran
My average cadence is 215rpm at the moment...
My cadence sensor doesn't seem to work when you mount it next to the Di2 battery...!
My cadence sensor doesn't seem to work when you mount it next to the Di2 battery...!
Eh no. vo2max has a bigger part to play. If you can't get the oxygen to muscle,it can't work. It makes little to no difference if you can for example leg press 130kg, it won't help you climb a hill in any way.Really?!?!? Granted technique has an equal part to play but I'm pretty sure the strength to turn a bigger gear at a high cadence is just as important.
You may need to take a look on ITV4 or indeed Eurosport this afternoon. Bradley Wiggins does not have massive thighs.If strengh doesn't play a part then why do Wiggins and co have massive thighs?!?
Compared to who? The likes of me and possibly a lot of others on here - or the other professional riders? I have been watching Wiggins on ITV4 and am aware he looks like a gangly piece of string. I suspect in person it's all solid muscle.You may need to take a look on ITV4 or indeed Eurosport this afternoon. Bradley Wiggins does not have massive thighs.
Compare to whoever you like it doesn't change anything. It probably is solid muscle,lean muscle from endurance training not mass from strength training.Compared to who? The likes of me and possibly a lot of others on here - or the other professional riders? I have been watching Wiggins on ITV4 and am aware he looks like a gangly piece of string. I suspect in person it's all solid muscle.
Really?!?!? Granted technique has an equal part to play but I'm pretty sure the strength to turn a bigger gear at a high cadence is just as important. If strengh doesn't play a part then why do Wiggins and co have massive thighs?!?
Okay simpler ones.Well you've lost me now. His theory (not mine) is that you should keep the cadence the same and gear up/down accordingly in order to keep it smooth. So, in a class situation, if we put more load on the spin bike and can't keep the same pedal speed we need to drop back, but on a road it would equal to going uphill -if you can't keep the same cadence you gear down until you can.
It makes sense to me, but maybe I'm not explaining it right.
To have more muscle fibres to distribute load across. The more fibres you have the less work is done by each so the risk of strain injury is reduced. Also the fibres can work faster under lower load so you can spin faster.Really?!?!? Granted technique has an equal part to play but I'm pretty sure the strength to turn a bigger gear at a high cadence is just as important. If strengh doesn't play a part then why do Wiggins and co have massive thighs?!?
The problem with cycling on the roads (or at least for me) is that you tend to stay in your comfort zone and your improvement stagnates until you alter your training in some way.
It's like if you come to a hill you have the choice of staying in a high gear and going slower, or gearing down and going up it faster without feeling it so much in your legs - but after a few times (definition of few is anything from 3 to a hundred!) of going up that hill you'll be staying in a low gear and going up it at speed.
I have a Garmin Edge 800 and VR partner - same thing.1 word for you. STRAVA
Adds motivation !
Exactly. I'm pretty sure if I was to compete with Wiggo in a legpress contest, I would win though.OK - so Wiggins has legs no stronger than mine
Unless you have the backing of a highly profesisonal team,coaches and scientists then yes his certainly is better.but a superior cardio vascular system
It will add very little,but what it does add will be highly functional and relative to the sport. IE: Slow twitch fibre = enduranceAnd all his training adds no muscle at all - and when I talk about muscle I'm not talking about bulk.
And the reduced period of time will be because of sustainable power output which you nor I will likely ever come close to matching.So in theory I could hop on his bike (after altering it to my personal specs obviously) and cruise along at his sort of speeds in his gear ratios at his cadence for a (significantly!!) reduced period of time.
Of course it has but the gains compared to weightlifting for example are minimal.I say this as his training has obviously had no impact on muscular structure - just his circulatory system and energy storage.I don't think so.