Originally Posted by legot73
This might be a stupid question, but how do you go about measuring your cadence? Do you count revs for 10 seconds and multiply? Do you have some fancy computer that counts it for you?
I tend to spin more than mash, but I have no idea where I'm at on the cadence range, just by feel and overall performance. Having some numbers to gauge by might be helpful.
Count the number of revs in 6 seconds and multiply by ten. After a while you don't need to count. Try this, sounds stupid, but it works:
Find a cadence that you are comfortable at. As you are spinning, "sing" a song in your head, a song that you know like the back of your hand, that matches your cadence. (classical works well) To check your cadence at any time, just sing the song in your head in beat with your cadence. If the song is dragging, pick up your cadence, if the song is racing too fast, shift up a gear.