Originally Posted by
dBill
Not to overly simplify this, but the higher cadence "saves" the legs but places stress the heart & lungs. The racers boys have tremendous aerobic capacity & cadio fitness so they can get away with that.
So, in simple terms, someone who's not a racerboy like me, could get a bike with gearing above 100'', and as I could peddle it at 50-60 RPM I could still go very fast, it'd just tire my legs out (and maybe wear my gear teeth haha) as opposed to giving me more of a cardio workout? If so I will start considering bikes again
Thanks for the extra opinion.