Originally Posted by
Hermes
I have you by 9 years (61) and my cadence stats are about the same. Climbing 70 to 85, off the front 90 to 100, sitting in 100 to 115, sprinting 140, pursuit 105 to 110 and motor pacing at the track 110 to 120 rpm (47/15 172.5 cranks). I use a compact with an 11/26 or 11/23 cassette on my road bike.
Back in the day (1980s) I was told that I couldn't spin with a 175mm crank, but I did! When I started track racing in 2007 I started with a 165mm cranks, but switch the next season to 170mm (felt like a humming bird on the 165). I'm still learning to spin up climbs, got those bad hablits from the 53/42 13x21 in my youth
