Originally Posted by
RShantz
Agreed. I'd need to test the data on some intervals & compare to RPE. I'm with you that I think I'd be OK with a cadence as low as 80, but I'm thinking I've got problems if it drops much lower. That's what I'm wanting to quantify & work to improve at least for short durations.
For it to be meaningful though you need to do a specific test at a particular cadence. Just collecting the data from a random ride and examining power in different cadence bands won't answer your original question.
I think you'll probably surprised at the power you can put out even as low as 50-60RPM. I occasionally do low cadence work and don't have any problem putting out between threshold and VO2Max power at 50-60RPM. On a recent trip to Spain I got stuck going up a 20% climb at 54rpm and 480W (briefly) because I was overgeared.