Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
That would be Lance/Froome country - which doesn't exactly make it right for me (even if I had the gearing and/or strength to pull it off).
I came to that conclusion (for me) based on an observation of what I do when I am riding indoors on a spin bike (with power pedals) trying to ride for 15 to 30'ish minutes at 95% to 105% of my ftp. On a spin bike you kind of have infinite gears and when I do those rides I tend to gravitate toward 95 or so rpm.
But that is hardly a scientific analysis. Even though Froome and Armstrong climbed at high cadence, I believe that Quintana is more of a 75 RPM guy.
Of course I was not looking for the optimum cadence, but looking for the cadence (when pedaling in the vicinity of your ftp) that things kind of fall apart.
dave
Well really you have one gear & variable resistance. Crank that thing down another 5 or 10 turns, and something will fall apart.
Now for an interlude- quote from "The Hardmen":
"Lance Armstrong said, 'Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever', proving that even *******s can be insightful."