Increasing one's cadence

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

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John Burns wrote:
Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence?

practice makes perfect and simply selecting one gear lower than you
would normally choose will get you into the swing of it. I am not sure
if there are any cleverer methods

best wishes
james

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John Burns wrote:
Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence?

practice makes perfect and simply selecting one gear lower than you
would normally choose will get you into the swing of it. I am not
sure if there are any cleverer methods

And if you don't already have a computer with a cadence function, fit one at
your earliest convenience.

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Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Drop a gear or two. What you're doing is cycling faster in the same gear,
rather than just increasing your cadence. It won't feel like your legs are
pushing much with a cadence above 70 at 17-21 mph, but I suppose that's the
point :-)

"Mark Thompson" wrote in message
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Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Drop a gear or two. What you're doing is cycling faster in the same gear,
rather than just increasing your cadence. It won't feel like your legs
are
pushing much with a cadence above 70 at 17-21 mph, but I suppose that's
the
point :-)

Ride a fixed wheel that will increase your cadence no end especially down
steep hills (only joking)

but it does do wonders for the cadence.

cheers
Jon_H

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:07:43 +0100, John Burns
wrote:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Why do you want to do this?

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:07:43 +0100, John Burns
wrote:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Install shorter cranks.
I went from 175mm to 155 mm cranks and my cadence went up from 85-90
to 100-105, wich is helping my knees a lot.
( Used to cycle in the highest possible gear at all times and promptly
knackered both knees; took a lot of time to get up to 80-90 rpm and
still had knee problems in cold weather).

Mark van Gorkom.

John Burns wrote:
Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence is
between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

When I used to ride an ATB, I found that my cadence increased when I
started using tri-bars. Curiously, it remained at the higher rate when
I wasn't using the tri-bars.

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:07:43 +0100, John Burns
wrote:

Anyone got any good tips for increasing one's cadence? I do about 100
miles a week on my tourer in fairly hilly terrain. My average cadence
is between 55-65 (17-21mph roughly) with bursts up to 70. But above 70
(25mph) I run totally out of steam.

Why do you want to do this?

Better for your joints. Low cadence - knackered knees, in the long
term.

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Simon Brooke wrote:

Better for your joints. Low cadence - knackered knees, in the long
term.

And in the shorter term, on a single ride you can keep going for
longer without finding out your legs have stopped working. Which
is really, really Crap 10 miles from home the wrong side of a Big
Hill...

Pete.
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