Proves the point about everyone having their own natural cadence.I saw her ride once and I could not believe how low her cadence was. It didn't slow her down, though.
Proves the point about everyone having their own natural cadence.I saw her ride once and I could not believe how low her cadence was. It didn't slow her down, though.
If you believe this thread, they used to race on single speed, when 3 speed was available. Who needs more than 1 gear anyway?So what we've established is that back in the olden days people used to race using the equipment that was available at the time...
<Yorkshire> 3 speed? You were lucky. </Yorkshire>If you believe this thread, they used to race on single speed, when 3 speed was available. Who needs more than 1 gear anyway?
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Exactly!<Yorkshire> 3 speed? You were lucky. </Yorkshire>
And the very best that was available too. Were the likes of Burton, Engers, Simpson and the other greats riding today they'd all be on carbon framed bikes with electronic shifting and all the other high tech kit.So what we've established is that back in the olden days people used to race using the equipment that was available at the time...
I saw her ride once and I could not believe how low her cadence was. It didn't slow her down, though.
Actually, it just shows that she was very determined and powerful; for all we know, she might have been even quicker with a different setup. Just look at her position on the bike, for instance. That was how top riders rode then but no top riders do it like that now.Proves the point about everyone having their own natural cadence.
Yes, but based on the knowledge we had at the time that was seen as the most efficient riding style for speed. Had someone demonstrated a better method to those riders they'd have been on it like a shot.Actually, it just shows that she was very determined and powerful; for all we know, she might have been even quicker with a different setup. Just look at her position on the bike, for instance. That was how top riders rode then but no top riders do it like that now.
That’s fair enough, unless someone can chime in with information we don’t know.Actually, it just shows that she was very determined and powerful; for all we know, she might have been even quicker with a different setup. Just look at her position on the bike, for instance. That was how top riders rode then but no top riders do it like that now.
He might have re-popularised it, but I remember high cadence being touted as the thing to do back when Lance was still only on aspirin. For example, my 1979 edition of Richard's says "Generally, novices run from 60 to 85 strokes per minute, experienced tourists approach 100, and racers run 120-30 and up. Most people gear too high and pedal too slowly."I read somewhere it was Lance Armstrong who popularised high cadence riding, inasmuch as other riders saw him winning doing it - and other things, but that's not important right now.
It would be interesting to know such things but unless somebody has meticulously documented the details of such experiments we are unlikely to ever find out.That’s fair enough, unless someone can chime in with information we don’t know.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that she didn’t try any other gearing and just rode solely with what is shown.
I think that like most of us she grew up copying what the top riders of the day did. You tend to think that if they are all doing it then it must be the right way.That’s fair enough, unless someone can chime in with information we don’t know.
Personally, I find it hard to believe that she didn’t try any other gearing and just rode solely with what is shown.