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Old 02-14-10 | 11:26 PM
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Yeah, because your average speed thread went over so well.

Again what is average? Each person will have a cadence set-point of sorts, a cadence at which they are comfortable pedaling at if they don't think about it. You can raise this set-point through training. But it's not a single number either, because many people prefer to climb at a lower cadence even when gearing to have a higher cadence is available. On top of that, it is somewhat dependent on effort. When cruising at an "easy" pace many people will have a lower cadence than when they are working hard. It's all about the relationship between power, torque (force) and cadence.

Anyway, I won't give you a number because it won't mean anything, but I will show you this, it may be more informative. And I see I am not the only one with this train of thought

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