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01-24-12 | 05:44 AM

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bud16415

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From: Erie Penna.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoxoLive

Wow that is an AWESOME chart, it went right to the favorite places... That would have put my cadence at right around 104 or 105 just peddling down hill. That seems more realistic. Thank You, Richard : )

You are welcome, I looked around a lot for gearing calculators and that is the one I liked best and have used a lot.

I have two bikes I ride the majority of the time one is a converted mtn bike that’s now more of a hybrid / commuter bike. It has lower overall gearing and I also have the speed run away from my max cadence about where you find yours does. Once I reach terminal velocity peddling I just enjoy the coast and tuck down.

My second bike is a touring bike that came with more of a road gear range and I did quite a bit changing ratios on that bike to get what I wanted. The large chain ring was a 52 tooth and I had plans on lowering it to a 48 until I was advised by some members here to try it a bit more and see if I didn’t find times I liked it. What I found is there are times I will ride the tall gear while going downhill and not try and make a super high cadence. Rather than coasting sometimes a slow cadence not forcing the speed up but just adding some resistance and a little speed on a long downhill or with a tail wind even will keep the legs warmed up for the next climb. I wouldn’t call it mashing at all and it’s not spinning also. Just a nice way to change up the pace.

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