Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
Adorable.
Would you then be happier perhaps with "self selected cadence?" Prettied up way of saying the same thing.
You're gonna have to define what number qualifies as "spinning," BTW. Then let us know what horrors await if we do not regularly maintain that number.
There are no horrors. If riding at a low cadence you are riding your bike. Riding your bike is a good thing regardless of the details. Cadence is a detail. Maybe I stepped in where only desired input is an amen chorus.
Cadence is in your mind. Anyone can ride at a high cadence. If they want to. There is just not any physical barrier. Back when 100 rpm was normal anyone with any type of body and reasonable good health could do it and did do it. In a lot of cases riders with plain bad health did it. There were a lot of benefits to that. If you don't see the benefits or just don't care then ride at any cadence you want. When the group mind says high cadence is not possible, or statements are made that racers pedal fast because they are are genetic freaks , someone who has a longer memory might just respond.