Originally Posted by
vega2614
Haha, thanks. I like the pain hills provide
. My legs just don't want to spin at 80+ RPM. They'd rather lean towards mashing. When I go off-the-saddle, I am probably rocking a cadence of about 40-50 RPM. Fortunately I can't go off-saddle when towing otherwise the carrier swings around with every pedal stroke.
Judging from the sound of this, I should ask if you've ever minded your pedal stroke for a couple of months or so... it takes concentrated practice to build the muscle memory necessary to turn stomping into a nice smooth spin, which uses less effort once you have the muscle memory.
Obviously the bigger guys are going to move slower, but
AFAIK there's no reason you couldn't be quite happy at say, 75-80rpm.