Timeline for What's the lowest safe cadence on a climb?
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| Feb 6, 2019 at 9:17 | comment | added | Andy P | Most training literature suggests not dropping below 50rpm during 'big gear' efforts. There is no need to worry about long steep (~15%) sections on Cat1/HC climbs as very few have sections like this. I was REALLY glad I had MTB gears to do Mortirolo though! | |
| Feb 6, 2019 at 4:10 | answer | added | Criggie♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 9:28 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackBicycles/status/491515098322989056 | ||
| Jul 21, 2014 at 20:00 | comment | added | Kibbee | If you are just doing this for "fitness/fun" why not pick a different route that doesn't have 15% climbs on it until you get into better shape? | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 16:53 | answer | added | paparazzo | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 16:19 | answer | added | Justin Hancock | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 15:09 | answer | added | Daniel R Hicks | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 12:49 | comment | added | sjakubowski | @DanielRHicks has the jist of the question exactly, I updated the question as per the requests for clarification | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 12:41 | history | edited | sjakubowski | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 21, 2014 at 7:59 | comment | added | R. Chung | BTW, from the information given in your question, it appears your max pedal force will be around three-quarters of your body mass (i.e., less than your body mass). | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 7:08 | comment | added | R. Chung | Does the section labeled "Cadence and knee strain" in this bicycles.stackexchange answer address your question? bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/12518/… | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 4:36 | answer | added | Eric Gunnerson | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 2:04 | answer | added | mattnz | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 0:25 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Of course, if you had a lower gear ratio then you would be able to maintain the same speed at a higher RPM. But my impression is that the concern about low cadence (with high effort) is more about sustained riding vs relatively short intervals. How long did it take you to do the climb? | |
| Jul 21, 2014 at 0:21 | comment | added | Móż | Is that your lowest available gear? I suspect the reason for lack of keen pain is that at that power level the forces on your knees are not high enough to cause immediate problems. | |
| Jul 20, 2014 at 23:55 | history | asked | sjakubowski | CC BY-SA 3.0 |