What is my cadence? No computer
02-18-09, 07:35 AM
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What is my cadence? No computer
Yep. I have no cyclocomputer which has the cadence feature. My cateye micro wireless doesn't have this. So how can I determine I am doing the proper cadence whatever that is? Sure do not want to spend another 100 bucks for another puter.
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02-18-09, 07:41 AM
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1. ) count the number of times you pedal in a minute
2. ) calculate the speed obtained at your desired cadence in each gear of your bike; print it out and put it on your handlebars. Google "bicycle gear inch calculator"...
3. ) ride around opinionated, experienced riders. if you're doing anything wrong, they'll let you know.
2. ) calculate the speed obtained at your desired cadence in each gear of your bike; print it out and put it on your handlebars. Google "bicycle gear inch calculator"...
3. ) ride around opinionated, experienced riders. if you're doing anything wrong, they'll let you know.
02-18-09, 07:43 AM
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https://www.panix.com/~jbarrm/cycal/cycal.30f.html (be sure to use proper wheel diameter. 700x23c is 668 (622+23+23)
https://sheldonbrown.com/gears/
https://sheldonbrown.com/gears/
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Or count for 10 seconds and multiply by 6. Easy way to count is just count the number of times one knee comes up.
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Cateye Strada Cadence
$32.95 w/ free shipping
https://www.treefortbikes.com/493_333...-Computer.html
You can thank me later.
(I have these on all of my bikes, fwiw.)
$32.95 w/ free shipping
https://www.treefortbikes.com/493_333...-Computer.html
You can thank me later.
(I have these on all of my bikes, fwiw.)
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I thank you now Sushi Joe but I need a wireless!
I hate wires. They get dirty and hangy!!
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I hate wires. They get dirty and hangy!!
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Cateye Strada Cadence
$32.95 w/ free shipping
https://www.treefortbikes.com/493_333...-Computer.html
You can thank me later.
(I have these on all of my bikes, fwiw.)
$32.95 w/ free shipping
https://www.treefortbikes.com/493_333...-Computer.html
You can thank me later.
(I have these on all of my bikes, fwiw.)
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If you want to try and maintain or exceed a certain cadence sheldon's gear calculator (linked above) lets you choose MPH at a set RPM. Just enter your gears and you'll be able to tell what gear you should be in, and what speed to maintain that RPM.
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You can use my cadence calculator online for FREE =)
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If you know your speed and the distance your the gear you are in takes you with revolution of the cranks then you can figure out your cadence.
Pretty sure that is how shimano computes virtual cadence on their computers.
Pretty sure that is how shimano computes virtual cadence on their computers.
02-18-09, 01:06 PM
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If you know the tempo of some music, and especially if you've ever had any marching band experience, you can get your cadence pretty quickly. The standard march tempo is 120 beats per minute (think "Stars And Stripes Forever"), which, if you moved your feet as a marching band would, you'd get 60 rpm at the crank. Faster songs, like this one from Metallica, correspond with faster cadence -- in this case, about 108 rpm.
02-18-09, 01:07 PM
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ding! means 8, add 0 = 80 rpm.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ni... ding! means 8, add 5 = 85 rpm.
I find this much easier to do when trying to get a reasonable cadence number +/- 5 rpm (10 rpm spread).
repaying my oxygen loans,
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1. Count your crank revs for 10 secs and multiply times 6 -- $0
2. Wired computer with cadence -- $30+
3. Wireless computer with cadence -- $90+
It's like the old argument for wanting driveline components that are strong, light and inexpensive -- you can only pick two...
02-18-09, 02:13 PM
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4. Buy an ipod and find a song whose tempo matches your cadence. Send the song to NASA and they will calculate the tempo.
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Darn!
I agree; wires do suck. I have a Cateye Double Wireless around the house somewhere.
$25 and it's yours. I just like the simplicity of the Strada Cadence. Wires suck but don't bug me too much.
I agree; wires do suck. I have a Cateye Double Wireless around the house somewhere.
$25 and it's yours. I just like the simplicity of the Strada Cadence. Wires suck but don't bug me too much.
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or if you're mathematically challenged like me. 15 seconds x 4, cause you can just double and double the count to get the rpm number. i don't have cadence on my tt bike that spends a lot of time in the trainer and use the count method somewhat exclusively.
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Or, if you're math challenged (easy to be when in oxygen debt, and on the bike I always seem to be in this state) and want a rough number, count for 6 seconds and add a zero. If between numbers, add a 5.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ding! means 8, add 0 = 80 rpm.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ni... ding! means 8, add 5 = 85 rpm.
I find this much easier to do when trying to get a reasonable cadence number +/- 5 rpm (10 rpm spread).
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ding! means 8, add 0 = 80 rpm.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ni... ding! means 8, add 5 = 85 rpm.
I find this much easier to do when trying to get a reasonable cadence number +/- 5 rpm (10 rpm spread).
repaying my oxygen loans,
cdr
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Watch the ATOC on Versus and see how you compare to the pros. they are doing about 100-110.
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Or, if you're math challenged (easy to be when in oxygen debt, and on the bike I always seem to be in this state) and want a rough number, count for 6 seconds and add a zero. If between numbers, add a 5.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ding! means 8, add 0 = 80 rpm.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ni... ding! means 8, add 5 = 85 rpm.
I find this much easier to do when trying to get a reasonable cadence number +/- 5 rpm (10 rpm spread).
repaying my oxygen loans,
cdr
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ding! means 8, add 0 = 80 rpm.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, ni... ding! means 8, add 5 = 85 rpm.
I find this much easier to do when trying to get a reasonable cadence number +/- 5 rpm (10 rpm spread).
repaying my oxygen loans,
cdr
02-18-09, 10:56 PM
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Cadence in one second:
If you pedal left-right-left while saying "one mississippi", specifically on the syllables "one mississippi", you're doing 90 rpm. That's an acceptably high-ish cadence.
Where I got that from was my marching experience. We'd sometimes have a tempo of 180 beats per minute, which conveniently worked out to 3 footfalls per second. Cycling cadence, though, is based on each whole revolution of the crank, so it's just one foot moving through the stroke.
If you pedal left-right-left while saying "one mississippi", specifically on the syllables "one mississippi", you're doing 90 rpm. That's an acceptably high-ish cadence.
Where I got that from was my marching experience. We'd sometimes have a tempo of 180 beats per minute, which conveniently worked out to 3 footfalls per second. Cycling cadence, though, is based on each whole revolution of the crank, so it's just one foot moving through the stroke.
