Originally Posted by
reverborama
During the summer I ride a gravel bike w/ SRAM Apex 1x. 40 tooth chainring, cassette is 11-42. Prior to that I rode a 50/34 paired with 12-26. Winter is mainly fatbike riding 36/22 11-36. A lot of guys here are pretty fast. I'm not terribly fast but I certainly enjoy myself.
I'm really just working my way back up after several years of not much riding. I was used to spinning 80 to 95 most of the time with a 50/34 in big/big or small/small combinations. At the moment I'm about 70 rpm using the 34 most of the time. The focus now is retraining my legs and building aerobic. I usually have a short burst up to 90 in a higher gear every few rides. It's one of the side benefits of a Wahoo Elemnt and Kickr, since they want to be recalibrated (pedal up to 23 mph and then coast down, it won't let you get away with zero HIIT.