Originally Posted by Thomas15

I believe you are correct that more resistance will give more speed on climbs. That is my experience anyway. Of course you have to expend more energy also.


I have a difficult time maintaining anything over 85 RPM for very long, on the long slogs like the Alpe my cadence is in the 60s with a power of about max 2.8-2.9 w/kg., adv. 2.6-2.7 w/kg. I weigh 65.8 kg and 61 years old, FTP 176. My HR if I'm riding with others will be 170-180+ which can be scary I will admit. I've only been riding for about a year, I wasn't in terrible shape before but not tone either. I seem to do better climbing rather than sprints, which is great as I live in the mountains.


I have a Tickr and also an inexpensive optical arm HRM. I use the optical way more than the Tickr.