Hey guys,
I recently bought my wife a bike and she has started riding. She's thoroughly addicted and wants to ride every day. I do not yet want her out on the roads alone, and I haven't even made her change a tire yet.
Here's my dilema. She's very new and her fitness level was basically non existant so we are just now up to about 13-14 mph for an hour. It's increasing quickly actually!! She's doing great.
This pace is very sloooowwww. I just took up riding again about 4 months ago, so I'm not back yet, but I can maintain a bit of power now and the recovery time is starting to come down a bit. I want to ride with my wife, but get some benifit out of it. Sure, an hour on the bike in itself is benificial to me as my body is still adjusting to the bike. But my solution has been an extremely high cadence when I ride with her. I'm talking as fast as I can to the very brink of bouncing in the saddle. I've been doing this for about a week just for the fun of it and my cadence is actually increasing. I can go faster without bouncing than I could a week ago. I can get my heart rate up a bit and feel that there is some benefit.
Is there? Is there any basis for an extremely high cadence for an hour most days? I go on and ride more after she has finished, but some days I only do the hour or so with her. I feel my pedal stroke is a bit smoother, and I know my top side cadence has increased.
Sould I just ride along with her and not waste my time with spinning like a baffoon?
I really couldn't find much on spinning like a mad man for training, and I doubt it's the best thing in the world, but any ideas how to ride with the wife? I would just ride along and be content, but if there is some way to help myself as I help her, why not?
thanks!
C-
I recently bought my wife a bike and she has started riding. She's thoroughly addicted and wants to ride every day. I do not yet want her out on the roads alone, and I haven't even made her change a tire yet.
Here's my dilema. She's very new and her fitness level was basically non existant so we are just now up to about 13-14 mph for an hour. It's increasing quickly actually!! She's doing great.
This pace is very sloooowwww. I just took up riding again about 4 months ago, so I'm not back yet, but I can maintain a bit of power now and the recovery time is starting to come down a bit. I want to ride with my wife, but get some benifit out of it. Sure, an hour on the bike in itself is benificial to me as my body is still adjusting to the bike. But my solution has been an extremely high cadence when I ride with her. I'm talking as fast as I can to the very brink of bouncing in the saddle. I've been doing this for about a week just for the fun of it and my cadence is actually increasing. I can go faster without bouncing than I could a week ago. I can get my heart rate up a bit and feel that there is some benefit.
Is there? Is there any basis for an extremely high cadence for an hour most days? I go on and ride more after she has finished, but some days I only do the hour or so with her. I feel my pedal stroke is a bit smoother, and I know my top side cadence has increased.
Sould I just ride along with her and not waste my time with spinning like a baffoon?
I really couldn't find much on spinning like a mad man for training, and I doubt it's the best thing in the world, but any ideas how to ride with the wife? I would just ride along and be content, but if there is some way to help myself as I help her, why not?
thanks!
C-