Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Well, appropriate crank torque at an appropriate cadence (whatever that is) will be a function of watts, would it not? And thus such torque will be individual even if the cadence is specified, i.e. it doesn't matter and we have no way of measuring it anyway, except by calculating back from the PM which most of us don't have anyway. So I don't understand the reasoning behind your question. What do you think is the appropriate crank torque? Or are you implying that you have no strong feelings about appropriate climbing cadence for yourself or anyone else, much less crank torque, and therefore you don't it's appropriate for me in particular to advocate any particular cadence range for anything?
I have long wondered whether people who have a specific idea about appropriateness for cadence also had a specific idea about appropriate crank torque or appropriate power. If so, I wondered what that would be; if not, I wondered why cadence takes precedence over crank torque or power. You appear to have specific ideas about appropriate cadence so I thought I'd ask you. I am not trying to imply anything. I'm asking a pretty simple question (though if you don't have a specific idea about appropriate crank torque I guess the follow-up question could be a little less simple).