Originally Posted by
DaveSSS
If you're spinning 97 rpm up hill, you're in the wrong gear. Try a smaller sprocket that requires a cadence of 75-85. On minor slopes, I get out of the saddle and keep a cadence of 60-75.
Depends on the individual. Watch the pros, and some spin a tiny gear, some mash a huge gear, and most are in the middle .... but they are all different.