At our club swap meet last night, someone brought in a Fuji Track in my size, 58cm and flush with cash from just selling two saddles, I couldn't resist. Been thinking everyone needs to try one of these at least once, and that the J.C. Higgins and Western Flyers of my youth really didn't count
The bike only has a cog on the freewheel side now, with 42/16 gearing, which was fine until coming up my home hill. The climb is 200 ft vertical gain in about 2500 ft, with the main section at around 13-15%. The gearing had me alternating on/off of the saddle, pulling hard on the bars, ~ 6-8 mph with a cadence around 30. This is a far cry from my triple 30/25 gearing which I use on lazy days getting up the same climb at a cadence of around 75.
Conversely, on the flats tomorrow with a couple of buddies, I'll probably be spinning 110+ in places to keep up (20-22 mph).
Given that my main goal is doing faster hilly centuries, does it help to train on this thing at the forced high/low cadences, or should I just stick to the triple for my "serious training" rides?
The bike only has a cog on the freewheel side now, with 42/16 gearing, which was fine until coming up my home hill. The climb is 200 ft vertical gain in about 2500 ft, with the main section at around 13-15%. The gearing had me alternating on/off of the saddle, pulling hard on the bars, ~ 6-8 mph with a cadence around 30. This is a far cry from my triple 30/25 gearing which I use on lazy days getting up the same climb at a cadence of around 75.
Conversely, on the flats tomorrow with a couple of buddies, I'll probably be spinning 110+ in places to keep up (20-22 mph).
Given that my main goal is doing faster hilly centuries, does it help to train on this thing at the forced high/low cadences, or should I just stick to the triple for my "serious training" rides?