Originally Posted by Hermespan

I don't know what those words, 'masher' and 'spinner' mean. But by the way you describe 'cadence' and the sound of the words, they sound like riding in either a high gear or a low gear respectively. If '1' the easiest gear for uphill is a low gear then I prefer high gears. I don 't like spinning my legs, I prefer too 'hard' (fewer rotations) to too many. But in general I think I strike a balance of whattever feels comfortable.