Originally Posted by
Doge
High cadence is not limiting use, it increases it. The joint moves more for the same power. Many recent articles (inc the one I quoted above) blame repetitions. So you could argue a kid riding 300 miles a week is more likely to get hurt than those doing 200. I agree that is true. And we saw some over use (cause he loved to ride) tendon fatigue in junior. The solution was not ride so much.
My point about the pitch counts wasn't to point out the number of times they throw the ball, but rather they number of times they throw the ball
really hard. Bigger gears are, in many, but not all, cases, harder to turn than smaller gears. I can see the argument that a developing body is more likely to sustain injury from repeatedly slamming a big gear.