[SIZE= medium]I have over the last 4 years has my left knee and right hip replaced and now I am back riding however, I never really got the bend back in my knee so I had shorter cranks made (115mm) and jacked up the seat to match so all is good. [/SIZE]
[SIZE= medium]I am back to a reasonable level of fitness and have been at the 2 x 20 minutes and by increasing my cadence by ~ 10%, I seem to have got back to similar speeds than I was doing before the operations. However, I seem to have built a “Japanese†motorbike engine!! I seem to have no low down torque, I can be flying along but as soon as I hit any small hill I am down to a crawl. [/SIZE]
[SIZE= medium]Over a measured hill I used to be able to climb in 6.6 minutes, I am down to 7.45 minutes despite losing 10lb in weight. My question is, I have lost a third of my crank length, does this equate to a third overall power/torque loss?[/SIZE]
[SIZE= medium]What’s the best way to tackle this problem? Just ride the hills, perhaps repeating intervals up my local hill or is there some other way to develop some more low down torque? [/SIZE]
[SIZE= medium]I am back to a reasonable level of fitness and have been at the 2 x 20 minutes and by increasing my cadence by ~ 10%, I seem to have got back to similar speeds than I was doing before the operations. However, I seem to have built a “Japanese†motorbike engine!! I seem to have no low down torque, I can be flying along but as soon as I hit any small hill I am down to a crawl. [/SIZE]
[SIZE= medium]Over a measured hill I used to be able to climb in 6.6 minutes, I am down to 7.45 minutes despite losing 10lb in weight. My question is, I have lost a third of my crank length, does this equate to a third overall power/torque loss?[/SIZE]
[SIZE= medium]What’s the best way to tackle this problem? Just ride the hills, perhaps repeating intervals up my local hill or is there some other way to develop some more low down torque? [/SIZE]