Originally Posted by
elTwitcho
Are the only two speeds you can go at full stop and full sprint?
I don't exactly understand how some of you guys seem to be confusing the statement "you should be easily able to spin more than 140rpm during a sprint or down a hill" with "you should ride 140rpm all the time, dur dur dur". Either you're deliberately trying to misread things, or you need to slow down, read the post two or three more times, then give a couple minutes for the information to digest before posting.
I think it's the fact that you repeatedly say "anyone who can't spin 170RPM is an utter failure of a human being and should kill themselves."
That makes it sound like spinning really high cadence (140+) is a totally normal thing that everyone should do every day unless they are still riding a bmx with streamers and training wheels.
If you agree that the only people who need to spin 140+ are the sprinters and track racers, then I think we're all on the same page.