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Cadence question

  • 07-07-2009 10:36am
    #1
    briano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭


    Hi Everyone,

    I picked up a road bike a few weeks ago and am using it to cycle into work, I'm just starting to get it through my head that high cadence with a low gear (light? easy?, I'm new to this and am unsure of the words) is better than a slower cadence with a faster gear. I have a few stretches of long straight (ish) bike track (booterstown to blackrock, alfie byrne road) where I have been trying to work out exactly what my cadence is, but I find it difficult to focus on counting, watching the clock and cycling all at the same time. Is this something thatw will just come with practice, or are there some tricks for calculating your RPMs?

    Thanks

    Brian


Comments

  • #2
    scottreynolds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,001 ✭✭✭scottreynolds


    briano wrote: »
    ...........or are there some tricks for calculating your RPMs?

    Buy a cheap cycle computer with cadence. Supposedly Ideal cadence is around 85-95 and thats a fairly good guideline.


  • #3
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    This may sound bizzare, but it's what I did to avoid buying a new bike computer (I like my Aldi one :p)

    When I was in the gym, I went on one of the indoor cycles (I hate indoor cycles though). I started cycling and got the RPM indicator up to 90. I kept it there for about 2/3 minutes, getting a feel of how fast that was and how quickly your legs need to move to maintain it.

    Then when I went on the bike next I knew roughly how fast 90rpm without having any indicator of cadence.


  • #4
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Fill your iPod thing with playlists created using the BPM database.

    Please, please no discussion of safety of music on a bike.


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