Gee wrote:Cheers everyone, when people talk about spinning a light gear. What does 5hat mean in real terms. I tend to think of anywhere over 90rpm is spinning coming from df. Is that still the same #ort of range?
My average cadence is north of 90rpm, drops to the 70s when I've run out gears at the bottom end, but..
Note -- everyone's biomechanics are slightly different, there is no way MickF and I could possibly ride a conventional tandem, my preferred cadence is 50% higher than his!
On a DF people stand on the pedals and heave the bike from side to side pulling madly on the bars.... don't do that.
Just keep the legs turning over at a comfortable (probably fairly high) cadence and adjust the gearing to suit.
Whilst you *can* push harder on a bent (since you have a seat to brace against) your knees won't thank you for it.