Originally Posted by
rschleicher
My feeling is that eventually, cadence drops very abruptly, to zero....
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Actually, I think that it does decline somewhat with age, but that at any age, cadence can be raised with training.
When I look at my cadence graphs
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/38673
I see that my cadence drops to zero at every stop light!