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08-08-10, 03:12 PM
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the help, coasting. I think I will pick up a bike computer that measures cadence, then, as my old cheap computer from Wal-Mart is starting to malfunction. When I pedal, my speed starts to drop on the computer, and when I stop, the speed raises up right away. If I'm going 40km/h+, down a hill, and I start to pedal, the speed immediately drops to about 20km/h, which affects my avg speed, etc.
Do you recommend the Cateye Strada Cadence, and the Cateye brand in general? My budget is about $60 (I know, not much).
Thanks for the help guys.
Do you recommend the Cateye Strada Cadence, and the Cateye brand in general? My budget is about $60 (I know, not much).
Thanks for the help guys.
i know virtually nothing about cycle computers. for a long time my legs were my computer. i just got the blackburn delphi wireless with wired cadence. it was cheap and i like it. before that i had a cheapo supermarket speedo which i really like. simple.
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08-08-10, 03:14 PM
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that's exactly what i found myself doing. changing gears more often as road conditions changed.
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08-08-10, 03:14 PM
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08-08-10, 03:15 PM
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08-08-10, 03:15 PM
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I'd agree cadence can be very useful to a newbie . . . helps you learn your target rythym.
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08-08-10, 03:16 PM
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does that have cadence? i nearly got that. i eventually went for the blackburn for its hrm and altimeter.
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08-08-10, 03:16 PM
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08-08-10, 03:16 PM
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It is still done by habbit forming. Once spinning becomes second nature you wont need it, or bother to look at it. I say spend the extra $on a nice wireless 'puter. They have clocks on them so you can count and time at first, so you can get a feel for proper cadence by counting. but thats my opinion. ymmv.
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08-08-10, 03:17 PM
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i paid about £70 i think but that is including 17% VAT.
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08-08-10, 03:20 PM
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I found when I upgraded to a computer w/cadence that I confirmed what I already knew... by counting my pedal strokes for 15 or 30 seconds while holding a cadence I could figure it out. For 1-2 years, I'd finish rides, look at Average Cadence and it was ALWAYS between 80 and 85...max was typically in the 115 range. I got a second bike, installed a "second bike" kit for the same computer so I could use the same head unit but didn't get cadence, figuring if I wanted it, I could just move the sender over from my first bike. The cadence sensor is still on the first bike.
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What does that mean? Sometime I think people are trashing the mods . . . . it DOES have two m's in it.
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08-08-10, 03:24 PM
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I found when I upgraded to a computer w/cadence that I confirmed what I already knew... by counting my pedal strokes for 15 or 30 seconds while holding a cadence I could figure it out. For 1-2 years, I'd finish rides, look at Average Cadence and it was ALWAYS between 80 and 85...max was typically in the 115 range. I got a second bike, installed a "second bike" kit for the same computer so I could use the same head unit but didn't get cadence, figuring if I wanted it, I could just move the sender over from my first bike. The cadence sensor is still on the first bike.
i kept losing count.
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I have to get in my car and drive somewhere to find a nice, quiet, flat stretch.
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08-08-10, 03:25 PM
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no one likes a show off.
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08-08-10, 03:29 PM
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08-08-10, 03:30 PM
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thats an easy one. ride now. you'll throw it up and lose more weight. i did that on a ride once. i stopped at a bakery at the bottom of the worst hill on the route. ate a sausage in a bagette and immediately started the climb. Half way up the sausage came out.
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08-08-10, 03:31 PM
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08-08-10, 03:32 PM
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All I know is that I find myself checking my cadence all the time. If I'm trying to push myself to get a little stronger, I find that after a while, I sometimes drop off. It's nothing more than a tool. Can't hurt to have it, but can be used when wanted. There are a lot of ways to use cadence in training. For example, I find myself slowing down on hills. So, I sometimes do this thing where I pick a marker part way up and see if I can hold my cadence to it. That isn't a time I want to be counting. When I get so that I can do it, I pick a point farther up the hill. After a while, the hill is easier.
