Originally Posted by
63rickert
So instead imagine we are on a flat. I am riding next to a guy who is doing 70rpm and I am doing 120rpm. I am not doing 150W of internal work my partner is avoiding.
The difference wouldn’t be 150W, but this stuff has been measured, and higher cadences do require more internal work for a given speed.
The experimental results show a difference of 0.7 W/kg comparing 70 rpm to 110 rpm and it would be somewhat more comparing 70 to 120. Possibly about 1.0W/kg, but I haven’t seen published data on cadences above 110.
Otto