Originally Posted by
JohnJ80
Besides fit, what is the gearing on your bike? How many revs per minute your pedaling cadence?
J.
11-28 cassette and 50-34 compact crankset. No computer yet, so I won't speculate on actual cadence. I try to spin on any flats with minimal pedal pressure in big gears, but I'm definitely mashing on some of the bigger hills especially the larger ones that max out my gearing. I often find that I'm riding the smallest gears trying to just make it up the hill.
I was surprised to find that this is NOTHING like running and it seems like it's twice the effort to climb the same hills I normally run on. Only carry-over seems to be the cardio.