Post #2, but there is this: true, everyone is different but there is a 'mean'. Training narrows the mean even further. Among a large pelton of (presumably) trained riders you won't find too much deviation in cadence. Cadence is an issue of gearing. Most cyclists ride in way too high a gear and hence their cadence is too low, it isn't the other way around. Lower your gear. If you have a triple you should be on the middle ring most of the time, you should always be in your very small ring when climbing. Don't be ashamed to use the granny gear when climing long or steep hills. Keep your pedal speed high no matter what your actual road speed becomes. And, yes, the downhills separate the __________ from the ___________. If I lived in hilly country I would be using them to make up for the time lost climbing. You can make up a lot of time there and get that total time down to 40 minutes or so.

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