Originally Posted by
cyclezen
If you mean cadence 'tempo' (used often in the quite older days of racing) or the more modern usage regarding 'tempo' as high effort, steady state riding - as "David Formolo riding tempo for Pojacar"; or 'Tempo training" - that being a hard effort, steady pace.
Yuri
I used "tempo" in the sense that it's an effort level that can be maintained for the duration of a long ride. For me, "tempo" is not 90%. That's much too high. 75% is probably closer.
We can also discuss what me mean by a "long ride", but for me, it means several hours. Definitely more than 3 and probably less than 8 including rest stops.