hi all whilst browsing the net looking for some software etc to calculate / understand cadence a bit better , as my modest cycle computer only gives mph and distance found this programe by MACHINEHEAD SOFTWARE GEAR CALC PRO to be informative and is avaliable as a demo download.
my cycle weighs 30lbs trying the other day to roughly guess what my cadence acctually was by looking at watch/peddaling and counting approxamately rpm
speed was around 15-17mph nice flat surface cadence which i could only keep up for about 1 minute anyway was about 45 rpm.
so was a bit uncertain how it was possible to do say 30 mph
entering tire size/chainring sizes/sprocket sizes into above software it gave a reading of about 15-17 mph cadence 45-50 so my cycle computer is not at fault.
however by inputing a higher cadence say 100rpm the speed of cycle goes up quite a bit nearer 30 mph .
so i can now see how cadence relates to speed .
but to be honest at least for the time being if i will ever be able to get a lot higher than 45rmp and sustain for any length of time is another matter.
thought this programe might be usefull for other novices like myself.
thanks all
my cycle weighs 30lbs trying the other day to roughly guess what my cadence acctually was by looking at watch/peddaling and counting approxamately rpm
speed was around 15-17mph nice flat surface cadence which i could only keep up for about 1 minute anyway was about 45 rpm.
so was a bit uncertain how it was possible to do say 30 mph
entering tire size/chainring sizes/sprocket sizes into above software it gave a reading of about 15-17 mph cadence 45-50 so my cycle computer is not at fault.
however by inputing a higher cadence say 100rpm the speed of cycle goes up quite a bit nearer 30 mph .
so i can now see how cadence relates to speed .
but to be honest at least for the time being if i will ever be able to get a lot higher than 45rmp and sustain for any length of time is another matter.
thought this programe might be usefull for other novices like myself.
thanks all