how do you spin/mash

I’m just fishing for some stats…

Three questions…

1: What’s the fastest you’ve spun?

2: What’s a high but maintainable cadence?

3: What’s your preferred cadence?

Answer in speed/gear ratio if you like.

for me it’s about:

1: 140 (going under the boat bridge at dromana)
2: ~120
3: 102

1: What’s the fastest you’ve spun?

171 bike, 194 ergo

2: What’s a high but maintainable cadence?

110ish

3: What’s your preferred cadence?

low-mid 90s

  1. 187rpm @ ~80km/h on a geared roadie.
  2. ~120ish
  3. ~100

1: 194
2: 125
3: 105 - 115

my fastest is 178 rpm, reached 200km into my last audax ride. This is 55.6km/h on a 42/17.

100-120

80-110?

221 (according to my old astrale)

105

100

the 221 was one of those times when you go over a stupid steep hill, roll down the other stupid steep side without changeing gears and try to pedal at 60km/h in a 39-21… i remember seeing it pop up and then researched what it meant. it means whoop de dooo

221!

thats more than seven knees a second! Must have looked a scream :slight_smile:

just got out the good ol’ rabbit calculator.

200rpm @ 65kph!!!
lost the muesli bars and sunnies out of the back of my helmet, luckily gypsy picked them up for me. i think without a backpack and its weight wobbles 210-220 is doable. even with a brake however, slowing down felt really sketchy. of course, i imagine high cadences are easier to achieve on a fixed gear?

Is there a site where you can type your gear ratio and speed and it works out your cadence? I only know I’ve done 201rpm on the exercise bike at work, it’s a high end one but I don’t think its too accurate. I used to really hate spinning, but I’m getting better at it.

dragging up threads from 2007? liam, are you going for double trading access?

  1. 216 rollers, 199 road.
  2. 110
  3. 100

Yes Rabbit

BikeCalc.com - Speed at all Cadences for any Gear and Wheel as well, can get really accurate as well.

184 downhill a bit and tailwind on 47x18
~120 for a few minutes
~90

Last week I looked at my shadow while doing 140 and laughed. Too busy at 180 to look around.

  1. 211 (Foote St, Templestowe)
  2. 110
  3. 95-100

someone should’ve come to roller racing!

I was thinking about it, but didn’t feel too well and had to organise uni some stuff…excuses :stuck_out_tongue:

I reckon I hit 150 down a hill in heathmont today, which on 28s and 48x17 is 54kph. Makes sense I was keeping up with a car on there.

Estimate I have got to 160 before, slight downhill past the speed camera at Centennial Park. Was about 50kph in 48x19 gearing. Seems pretty tame compared to 200 odd.

Happy spinning at 100-110 based on the same speed/gearing calculation.

finally managed to check my speed tonight after weeks of wanting to know.

maintained 60kph for a bit going down a steep hill with my brother on the motorbike beside me reading out the speed. works out to be 170rpm on 48-17 gearing on 23c. have probably gone a few kph faster before, but i expected low 50s was my top. was stoked to find out i got to 60.