Cadence, Road versus gym

BigStu2
BigStu2 Posts: 794
edited March 2009 in Training, fitness and health
At a recent training ride we were all discussing the maximum cadence for sprinting, we normally ride around 85 - 110rpm and someone thought 125 might be as fast as possible due to air resistance ect, but at the gym after a good warm up I raised the resistance to near max on a stairmaster recumbent with flat pedals and hit 166-175 for 30 second bursts, no more than 3 attempts however, the gym instructor thought it was impossible.
Anyone know what is the fastest recorded cadence on the road is?
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  • DomPro
    DomPro Posts: 321
    I can get 300, but only if I count the revolutions from both pedals.
    Shazam !!
  • floosy
    floosy Posts: 270
    Ive clocked the cateye v3 a couple of times on the road now..... (only goes up to 199)

    last weeks cycling weekly there was a british youngster on rollers ane he clocked 254 rpm if i recall correctly...

    Dave.
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,715
    I can hit 150 pretty easily, and could probably go higher if I wanted to.
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    floosy wrote:

    last weeks cycling weekly there was a british youngster on rollers ane he clocked 254 rpm if i recall correctly...


    What???!!

    That's 4.23 Revolutions Per Second!

    Was his name Clark Kent, by any chance? :shock:

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