Cadence

Someone asked me where my blog update was yesterday... some days, like yesterday, I just run out of time... other days I have nothing to say, except for the same old boring, "rode my bike, did push-ups, learned some German." stuff that I usually blog everyday... I'm surprised I still have a reader or 2, LOL So if you don't hear from me for a couple of days, it was probably for one of the reasons above.... but I will try to update as often as I can.

Today I would like to bore you with cadence, or pedal revolutions... some say that the most efficient cadence when you're riding a bike is somewhere around 90rpm (revolutions per minute) or turning the pedals over 1.5 times every second... I usually average between 65 and 70 rpm's for most of my rides... so today's ride I concentrated on keeping a high cadence throughout the entire hour and 38 minute ride... I didn't focus on the speed as I usually do, but the cadence... my average cadence for today's ride was 81rpm, so I did spend a lot of time near the 90's... but guess what? my average speed was also one of the highest I've had 16.04mph, so maybe there is something to that bike ride efficiency theory.

But there are always a dozen or so factors that go into the results you get for any single ride... the wind, what you ate before the ride, your energy levels, tire pressure, how many hard rides you had earlier in the week, etc... so you take it all with a grain of salt... it's not like I'm a professional rider or anything...  I just love seeing results... speaking of which... I'm at 999 miles for the year, almost half way towards my goal of 2011 miles... but the year is more than half over, so I might have to ramp it up a bit.... where's my cheerleaders and motivators?