Higher or Lower Gear

[nickyboy]

IMO, spinning the lower gear will increase your heart rate and increase the calories burnt, not everyone will agree.

I'm 5' 10" weigh 11st and a spinner, if that helps.

On the premise that a high gear set up has the same mechanical efficiency as a low gear set up, it will take the same amount of power to travel at the same speed. Hence same calories burned

Whether high/low gear set ups have the same mechanical efficiency (including the body's efficiency in converting energy into motion) is a different matter entirely

 

[albion]

Yes, plus the force put on the knee will be in direct proportion to the speed of crank rotation.

Jut try 4th or 5th gear in your car at less than 20 mph to get a sense of things.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Yes, plus the force put on the knee will be in direct proportion to the speed of crank rotation.

Jut try 4th or 5th gear in your car at less than 20 mph to get a sense of things.

That's not using a "higher gear". It's using a "stupidly inappropriate gear".

(I think you mean inverse proportion btw)

 

[Montydog]

well done on the weight loss...fantastic.....am sure with a healthy diet and plenty of miles on the at whatever gear/speed you feel like will help you lose/maintain your weight.....go out and enjoy the

 

[Milkfloat]

Back to the high gear and knee pain discussion. IMO it may not be that a high gear is responsible for bad knees, but it could be that a high gear together with another problem (tracking, alignment, injury etc) exacerbates knee problems.