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Old 01-23-06, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by tehz
i'm feeling weird about my cadence/speed lately. i feel like i'm going at a comfortable pace, but know i could be spinning faster, but i'm not trying to put myself in a situation where i cant stop in time...does this mean i need a brake???@?!

or maybe just gear down and spin faster..
Spinning a big gear at 90rpm will be just as hard to stop (if not harder, for me) than a smaller gear at 120rpm. Does this sound right to anyone else?

OP: I sprint at around 140rpm on the street. At 28x16 that's about 33mph.

On the track I sprint at (ideally!) 160rpm, which at 52x14 is about 41mph.

Keep in mind that in either of these cases, I have not been known to do so for very long, and I'm in decent shape, and train specifically for cycling, so YMMV. I know target RPM for most roadies is around 110-120rpm. A little lower (90-100) is probably pretty good.
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