any study out there on the typical cadence for beginners

ajmitchell

Hi can anyone help me out by providing any reference or website citing a large scale study of the typical preferred cadence of normal everyday (untrained) cyclists? I am working on a project that needs this info. Sadly personal observations are of little value without some kind of citation. thanks

gethinceri

1. Foss & Allen 2004
2. Google it like anyone else can.

mr_evil

You can find lots of studies once you know that what you need to search for is the phrase "freely chosen cadence".

pilot_pete

Too slow I would hazard as a guess...

That's not really from a study though, just my casual observances over the years.

PP