Trainer cadence, or is it just me?
02-05-14, 07:37 PM
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Trainer cadence, or is it just me?
For a number of reasons, not least of which, it is pretty flipping cold in Colorado lately, I have been riding on the trainer for the past couple of months. Although I mix up the gearing and intensity a fair bit, do some timed intervals, and usually ride from 70 to 90 minutes, I'm having loads of trouble keeping my average cadence up.
On the assumption that an average speed of 20 mph on the trainer is the same wattage output whether the cadence is 75 or 90, why am I much more able to hit it at the lower cadence, higher gear, than the higher cadence, lower gear?
If it matters, the trainer is a CycleOps Fluid2.
On the assumption that an average speed of 20 mph on the trainer is the same wattage output whether the cadence is 75 or 90, why am I much more able to hit it at the lower cadence, higher gear, than the higher cadence, lower gear?
If it matters, the trainer is a CycleOps Fluid2.
02-05-14, 08:12 PM
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For a number of reasons, not least of which, it is pretty flipping cold in Colorado lately, I have been riding on the trainer for the past couple of months. Although I mix up the gearing and intensity a fair bit, do some timed intervals, and usually ride from 70 to 90 minutes, I'm having loads of trouble keeping my average cadence up.
On the assumption that an average speed of 20 mph on the trainer is the same wattage output whether the cadence is 75 or 90, why am I much more able to hit it at the lower cadence, higher gear, than the higher cadence, lower gear?
If it matters, the trainer is a CycleOps Fluid2.
On the assumption that an average speed of 20 mph on the trainer is the same wattage output whether the cadence is 75 or 90, why am I much more able to hit it at the lower cadence, higher gear, than the higher cadence, lower gear?
If it matters, the trainer is a CycleOps Fluid2.
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For a number of reasons, not least of which, it is pretty flipping cold in Colorado lately, I have been riding on the trainer for the past couple of months. Although I mix up the gearing and intensity a fair bit, do some timed intervals, and usually ride from 70 to 90 minutes, I'm having loads of trouble keeping my average cadence up.
On the assumption that an average speed of 20 mph on the trainer is the same wattage output whether the cadence is 75 or 90, why am I much more able to hit it at the lower cadence, higher gear, than the higher cadence, lower gear?
If it matters, the trainer is a CycleOps Fluid2.
On the assumption that an average speed of 20 mph on the trainer is the same wattage output whether the cadence is 75 or 90, why am I much more able to hit it at the lower cadence, higher gear, than the higher cadence, lower gear?
If it matters, the trainer is a CycleOps Fluid2.
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