Originally Posted by
zymphad
Well considering the craze over power-meters, it seems the trend in cycling is training with power. Maintaining speed, heart rate etc, is in the garbage shoot, now it's all cadence and power.
- I ride by neither, I just maintain cadence. And when I look down and see I'm on a larger cog than I like, I feel a little ashamed. Whatever.
I wouldn't say heart rate is a garbage shoot--there are plenty of effective training plans that rely on HR only. Power is better, but also much more expensive.