Originally Posted by
rowerek
I am curious about cadence/RPM that cyclist in 50+ group maintain, prefer or target, I am 60+.
Am 60+, myself. Old injuries. Have never been a "performance" cyclist, instead mostly A-to-B journeys incl commuting. My own cadence is
typically in the 70-80rpm range ... 80 and a bit, when the legs are feeling fine, and a touch below when not. Going uphill, I can drop below 70 if it's a bit too steep, but the bike's got pretty low gearing and higher cadence normally gets me through.
I suppose that, back in the day, I used to zip around with cadence approaching the mid-90s or so, but often less. (Wasn't on a bike, then, that had decent gearing for 'spinning' and maintaining higher cadence.) On
that bike, trudging up the tougher hills was often a long, slow slog at disgustingly low cadence. Should have altered the cassette and rings, but never did.
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