Originally Posted by
roadwarrior
I rode professionally. I ride, generally, at about 85% of my maximum sustainable heart rate. That's aerobic. I ride at about 85rpms. I've been doing that since I began racing at age 9. I still ride that cadence today, for fun and fitness. That cadence also applied to the days when I had five rear gears.
As far as the rest, you could start your own forum. But, honestly, I see no difference between here and what I see in the bike shop regarding "research" and misinformation. A few of us stick around every now and then to try to correct some of the things that get posted that are flat out incorrect.
I should have said "about 90 RPM." Obviously, physiological and training level differences can vary this number. If you have 89RPM, that doesn't suddenly become outside of the range. The point about high cadence still remains. Even if there are pros who are in a much lower cadence bracket, it doesn't mean that they don't train at least sometimes with higher cadence than the one on their race day.