Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
For me I would guess that, for a long and steady (and hard) effort, somewhere around 95 rpm would be my ideal cadence.
I haven't seen many riders doing climbs at 95 cadence.
A cadence of 90 is a rough average for flat time trials or flat road races, but for mountain stages, the average is closer to 70.
Here's a decent article about "
optimal cadence", with references.