Originally Posted by my58vw
6'6", 63 cm bike.
I will have to work on the short bursts also it seems, like the bursts required to get on someones wheel or accelate through holes. In my first crit I was almost never out of the saddle, I seem to develop lots of power while sitting and pushing a hard gear. It really seems like what gets me is exactly short bursts.
I appricate the comment on staying in the front. As I gain experience I hope that becomes easier. I have good cornering skills which actually is the reason why I was able to hold on the the back so long after I got dropped. I guess in the next month I will then have to work on those two skills... The best way will probably to do LT intervals and to do spinups while in the middle of a standard interval to develop power over LT which seems to mimic most what happens in a race.
And of course on climbing...
The fact that you can't spin 120 for long periods of time, has nothing to do with your crank arm length, It's simply because you're not used to it. If you want to be able to do that, start doing it more often.
A triathlete friend of mine said "I can't go 25mph for very long, so I just go 22.5mph" My response was, if you don't go 25mph, you never will go 25mph.
That being said, 120 may not be your most efficient cadence either, everyone is different. Effecient pedaling is the basis of the sport, everything else is secondary.