Is spinning that important?????

[looe]

Is spinning 100 rpm when cycling that important really? Grabsch from Germany came 4th in World Championship Time Trial by weightlifting his bike around the course !!!!!! I guess he was on 70-80 rpm if that

 

[PpPete]

I think Herr Grabsch is the exception that proves the rule !

 

[HLaB]

I think its important you can spin what is correct for you. I've seen quite a few fast riders in the 70-80rpm bracket but equally I've seen a lot of fast riders in the 90+ rpm bracket I guess that is right for them.

 

[Arsen Gere]

In the testing I have done, if your cadence is lower than your optimum speed your heart rate won't come up so you are probably not putting out your max power for the duration of the ride. For me it's around 94 rpm and I have read elsewhere 95rpm so the experiments I did fit with the guidelines.

You can prove this on a turbo trainer with a hear rate monitor over a series of tests; over time you build up a picture of what you can deliver at what rpm.


All the slow cadence blokes I have seen tend to be more chunky thicker set cyclists, a good guide is their wrist thickness. This gives an indication of how easy it would be for them to bulk up, put muscle on. Grabsch looks like one of this type.

 

[brockers]

All the slow cadence blokes I have seen tend to be more chunky thicker set cyclists, a good guide is their wrist thickness. This gives an indication of how easy it would be for them to bulk up, put muscle on. Grabsch looks like one of this type.

Christ. My optimum cadence must be about 130 then.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

In the testing I have done, if your cadence is lower than your optimum speed your heart rate won't come up so you are probably not putting out your max power for the duration of the ride. For me it's around 94 rpm and I have read elsewhere 95rpm so the experiments I did fit with the guidelines.

You can prove this on a turbo trainer with a hear rate monitor over a series of tests; over time you build up a picture of what you can deliver at what rpm.


All the slow cadence blokes I have seen tend to be more chunky thicker set cyclists, a good guide is their wrist thickness. This gives an indication of how easy it would be for them to bulk up, put muscle on. Grabsch looks like one of this type.

Sounds like a bloke's cadence depends on if they're in a relationship or not.

 

[Keith Oates]

Naughty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[coffeejo]

Sounds like a bloke's cadence depends on if they're in a relationship or not.

 

[oldroadman]

Cadence is important and very personal. The important thing is to be able to relax when you need to (e.g. rolling along in a peloton) and use a suitable gear for chases/attacks, when you might dip into the red. Overall being "on top" of the gear is the most important. Having seen testers struggling to get what they believe is a big gear to make them faster (wrong in most cases), what really matters is speed. So for most people in a road race the cadence around 90/100 works, slightly less in a TT where a slightly bigger gear is used. Best Grabsch may have a lower cadence, but he always does, and it works for him. We all have to find the right one for us, and apply the knowledge to best effect.

 

[Fab Foodie]

80 to 90 for me, always been more of a grinder. Spent 2 futile years of club cycling trying to spin faster as was the thinking at the time, I worked hard and got nowhere, when I returned to my natural cadence and a bigger gear I went like a train again. Am much more comfortable and effective riding at my natural rate.

 

[frank9755]

Graeme Obree broke the hour record with a cadence of (I think) 92, which was at least 10 lower than any other record breaker before or since.

Moser also did a record breaking ride with a similar cadence but it was not allowed to stand as he declined the drug test.

If you are strong enough to get the speed by pushing a lower gear, like Obree, or Moser with a bit of help, then you don't need to spin quite as fast!

 

[albion]

A higher cadence for me now I'm older.The knees say so.

 

[totallyfixed]

Sounds like a bloke's cadence depends on if they're in a relationship or not.

Priceless