General Cycling Discussion - Whoa! Now, THERE'S a HIGH cadence!

On my ride yesterday evening, I managed to do something that I thought was physically impossible, especially for ME. I was cruisin' along at a cadence rate of between 80-115 RPM generally. When I got home and checked my stats on the ol' computer (Vetta R-77), average cadence was recorded at 85 RPM. No problem. I'd believe that. :)

Get this... maximum cadence was recorded at 292 RPM! Whoa! I would remember something like that! I guess computers are funny things sometimes. (I may have gotten up to 120 RPM, but 292? Something's not quite right.) We'll see how the computer behaves tonight. :confused:

What's the highest cadence you've ever reached?

I never thought of paying attention to that before.I just went and checked and it was 154.THAT surprises me but nothing like yours.Man was you desending Mt Everest?:D

That is pretty high. That is about 5 rounds per seconds.

It may have been glitch, like an external source (magnet or something similar) affecting the readings sometimes.

I can do 168 on the trainer...but that's at a very minimal level of resistance. Will try to hit 170!

better check your computer guys, it must be mal functioning, I think it is humanly impossible for any body to pedal 170 RPM, if your looking t somebody pedalling that high RPM it will look like the blade of an Electric fan

I would rather do a 110 RPM for longer period of time, than do 170rpm (which I know I can not) for 5 second and recover for about 5 minutes, see if you can sustain your cadence at 110RPM for longer period, you can make a statement and possible win races, or club rides

The highest I ever got was around 160-170 for perhaps 5-10 seconds. I've been consistently trying to raise cadence in the winter of 1998-1999 as I knew it was the only way to increase average speed.

Ivana

OctoberBlue,

Did you ride under power lines? they have been
known to cause very misleading figures
(like a cadence of 292rpm).

Marty

I had a similar electronic device malady occur last night!

I went on a training ride and my heart rate monitor was averaging 145 - 155, not bad for a good pace. I turned into a head wind and was trying to keep my speed the same. I looked down and my heart rate was reading 236 WHOA!, I was pushing myself a bit, but not that much! The batteries must be going bad because I felt fine, but couldn't get it to lower below 200 for the remainder of the ride!

Must be something in the air!

L8R

i think my highest is like 132.. but i've never purposely just dropped down to a really low gear and try to spin the crap out of my legs.

Er, the highest cadence I made (160-170)was recorded on a stationary hometrainer.
On my travel bike I had a cadence meter for a while (it broke) and the highest there was prob around 120-130 rpm, also for a very short while..

Ivana

In one word, IMPOSSIBLE

Originally posted by OctoberBlue
Get this... maximum cadence was recorded at 292 RPM! Whoa! I would remember something like that! I guess computers are funny things sometimes. (I may have gotten up to 120 RPM, but 292? Something's not quite right.) We'll see how the computer behaves tonight. :confused:

What leg do you have forward when you coast? What side is the magnet mounted on?

Originally posted by bikerider


What leg do you have forward when you coast? What side is the magnet mounted on?

Usually, my left leg is forward when I coast. The magnet is mounted on the left side of the bike as well.

No, there weren't any power lines to be found. And weather was cloudy, but it wasn't raining.

The computer behaved correctly on my Thursday ride, showing max. of 118 rpm.

I guess that the 292 rpm reading on Wednesday was a total fluke... at least, I hope so!

292 RPM definitely sounds like a fluke/error/etc. to me. 120RPM is a pretty good clip, and I do not personally know anyone who can top 180 RPM. Your tachometer works either by counting magnetically-induced pulses per unit time (just as you might count your own arterial pulse rate over 10 seconds) or by taking the reciprocal of the time interval between two consecutive pulses. It may jump artifically to 292 if you exceed the maximum rate it can handle properly. To test this theory, see whether you can repeat the 292 reading exactly.

You can compute your own maximum cadence by dividing your maximum speed by your gear ratio, with the proper unit conversions thrown in, viz:

30mph = 44ft/s = 528in/s
528in/s / 100*pi gear-inches = 1.6 rev/s = 96RPM

292RPM would be 90mph in a 100-inch gear! (That's an even more impressive-sounding 150kph.)

I've hit over 200 on my ergometer, over 160 on the road almost every spring. Springs when I was healthy and serious about riding and wanted to work on my form etc. I have a friend who could regularly hit over 250 when he was riding, he can't ride much now, (injuries).

Ride To Spin, Spin To Ride
Pat

Okay guys, let's all go down to earth, were simply going out of hand here, what do you think you are Superman...

and for once lets be truthfull about this, and not start kidding ourselves, people tend to believe the impossible and if they continue to repeat this thing they will think is true, I am not trying to pick a fight here, I just want that our discussion and sharing of Ideas has a semblance of truth, right amigos and amigas let have a round of Ice Cold Beer:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

Oscar, it is possible to spin at 200+ rpm. Sprinters like Cipo spin at around that RPM.

I have tried going to mario,s website, i could not access it, however I was able to access Lance website and according to Chris Carmichael(Lance Coach) , Lance top rpm was at 100 Rpm, and were talking of Lance Armstrong, if the crank your spining is 175 and pedal it for 200 times a minutes, I can safely safe man you come from "Krypton" and Mario Cippollini is not called Super mario for nothing????:D :D :D

Well, I went on a nice 20 mile ride yesterday, the longest I've done at one time so far. It's nice to have free time on a beautiful Sunday afternoon for a change. (Most of my rides get squeezed in after work on weekdays.) :)

At my half-way point where I turned around to head home (after a 5 minute rest), I was really crankin' on the cadence. I maxed out at 137 RPM for real. I didn't sustain it for very long, but it was cool to see that number on the computer and to know that I'm capable of doing that at all. Overall, my average was 90 RPM yesterday, also my best to date. (Several times I was right around 100 RPM.) :D

Pretty darn cool! I finally feel like I'm improving. :beer:

Originally posted by OctoberBlue
Well, I went on a nice 20 mile ride yesterday, the longest I've done at one time so far. It's nice to have free time on a beautiful Sunday afternoon for a change. (Most of my rides get squeezed in after work on weekdays.) :)

At my half-way point where I turned around to head home (after a 5 minute rest), I was really crankin' on the cadence. I maxed out at 137 RPM for real. I didn't sustain it for very long, but it was cool to see that number on the computer and to know that I'm capable of doing that at all. Overall, my average was 90 RPM yesterday, also my best to date. (Several times I was right around 100 RPM.) :D

Pretty darn cool! I finally feel like I'm improving. :beer: will you be able to hit 200 RPM given all the things in favor of hitting 200 can you do it, just asking????

Yes, I am wrong but on a simulated condition I have just receive and email from a pro cyclist trainer, their trainors on a track bike can hit 200 RPM but on a very limited distance and limited time like 20 meters, and twenty sconds to 2 minutes, which ever comes, first

orguash

I read each of your posts 5 times and I still cannot understand what on Earth you are trying to say.

Try to clear up your grammer and writing so we can at least understand you.

Originally posted by Amir R. Pakdel
orguash

I read each of your posts 5 times and I still cannot understand what on Earth you are trying to say.

Try to clear up your grammer and writing so we can at least understand you.
Oh oh oh, I was talking in Krypton language, That's the Krypton grammar for you he he::D :D :D

Hey Oscar,

No problems with your grammar over here! I understand what you are saying.

Now that you've spoken to a coach, you now believe that we can hit the rpms we are hitiing? :D

BTW, I hit my top rpm while using a very light gear on a magtrainer. So I don't know if that counts. Lance spins at 100-110 rpm during time trials. I'm sure his top rpm is much more than that. If you check out coach Hauns' website, you'll see a guy who hit 260 rpm on rollers.

So try finding your top rpm on a low gear, then tell us what you hit.

Cheers! :beer:

Altwegg
You must also be from krypton,Pare, Salamat pinadalhan kita at your private messaging, hope you respond

Walang anuman DREPADS !

Don't forget to post how fast you can spin!

My computer doesn't have the cadence I have an HB 100 hearts monitor, and it doesn't have that cadence feature on it, so there is no way I will be able to know my cadence unless, I buy another bike computer, which I don't intend too, the odometer reading on my HB100, which I have been using for almost 3 years now is 27,000 kilometers, and the Crystals on the screen is about to give up so if that gives up I will surely buy a Bike computer w/ cadence and a separate Heart Rate Monitor.

Well you can count how many revolutions you make for 15 seconds, then multiply that by 4 to get your cadence. However, I think it would be very difficult to count while spinning at 160 rpms :rolleyes:

Cheers! :beer:

Life favours the simpler solutions to complex problems......the bloody thing is broken, ok!!!

Just my simple 2 cents

Originally posted by poululla
Life favours the simpler solutions to complex problems......the bloody thing is broken, ok!!!

Just my simple 2 cents
he he he he, you are indeed a very simple man Poululla, you just made my day, maybe your also from Krypton:roflmao: :roflmao: :thumbup:

its power lines giving weird readings.

Just this morning i rode under a string of Pylons and my computer speed jumped from 15 mph up to 88.88 mph as i passed under .

Hey maybe you were really travelling that fast, you just did not notice.....

On a couple of occasions my computer has gone a bit wacky and recorded bizarre cadences, sometimes bouncing around. Say I'm pedalling along at 90, suddenly it might read 40 then a couple of seconds later 280, then back to 90, I think I discovered a lose wire or something.

What kind of computer are you using? I am considering something that records max and avg cadence. Mine just does real time.
Thanks,
Raymond

Hi Raymond!

My comp`r is a "Cateye Wireless 2" Quite new, the pylons I am refering to are strung out over a section of road for appro 1/2 mile and have given me a couple of crazy readings when i have ridden under them .
On a previous occasion my computer screen just blanked out completly until i had travelled the section of road refered to.
Its a rather strange phenominum as on most occasions the comp`r functions quite normally, maybe the climatic conditions are a consideration also, as a couple of hours later we had an almighty thunderstorm!.
Regards Willic.

I maxed out at 222 last night, its not impossible but your legs really are a blur.

You've resurrected a 6.5 years dead thread. Impressive.

Which is a good thing, since I've not been active here for almost 4 years.. nor have I been cycling for the same time!!!

Started a new thread but apparently it's so blasphemic, nobody has responded to it yet. :D

You've resurrected a 6.5 years dead thread. Impressive.

What's your point? If you didn't want to read an old thread you didn't have to, I didn't force you to do it.
So stop wasting my time and yours with your immature comments.

What's your point? If you didn't want to read an old thread you didn't have to, I didn't force you to do it.
So stop wasting my time and yours with your immature comments.

Now calm down, young fella. Nothing wrong with raising the dead once in a while.

Which is a good thing, since I've not been active here for almost 4 years.. nor have I been cycling for the same time!!!

Started a new thread but apparently it's so blasphemic, nobody has responded to it yet. :D

It's been responded to.
You're one of the original posters to this thread! I don't know if any of the others still hang out in BF, at least not in the forums I frequent.

do you have another device like a GPS or blackberry nearby? or even a light..some lights i read can interfere with cyclo computers.

my avg rpm was 58RPM for 2 mins, i was pretty tired..these jello legs need to get stronger!

If it is wireless and your car has antilock brakes, the wheel sensors for the antilock brakes use guess what? a magnet on the wheel assembly. I once looked at my veta after a ride and everything looked normal. I checked it again when I got home, I forgot and left it on in the bike bag in the back seat, and low and behold I had gone another 200 miles.

torgrot