Cadence

Chiggy
Chiggy Posts: 261
edited November 2010 in Training, fitness and health
With reference to the BikeRadar article “Technique; Break your cycling bad habits.”
Bad habit 2. Climbing in wrong gears.

http://www.bikeradar.com/commuting/fitn ... bits-27997

What I’d like to know is “What gear should the bike have to ride at 90 rpm up a slope with 1 OS chevron on it?”

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  • joeyhalloran
    joeyhalloran Posts: 1,080
    depends how quickly you climb it.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    JoeyHalloran wrote:
    depends how quickly you climb it.

    +1... and who says you have to climb hills at 90 RPM's? Sounds a bit much to me unless you've really got some really low gears or legs of steel or a really, really, really, short hill.
  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    dennisn wrote:
    JoeyHalloran wrote:
    depends how quickly you climb it.

    +1... and who says you have to climb hills at 90 RPM's? Sounds a bit much to me unless you've really got some really low gears or legs of steel or a really, really, really, short hill.

    "Whatever gradient you’re on, you need a consistent cadence of 90-100rpm"

    Which is in the article OP linked to, http://www.bikeradar.com/commuting/fitn ... bits-27997
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Bolleaux
    -- Dirk Hofman Motorhomes --
  • Chiggy
    Chiggy Posts: 261
    For those with an active imagination.

    3 x the length of your crank.

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