J
Michael Press wrote:
> In article
> <[email protected]>,
> "Mike Reed" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Great links! The last one mentioned Kautz and Hull, which I googled and
> > produced this, which may be the paper John and Jason are referring to.
> > I still need to read it though...
> > http://www.me.utexas.edu/~neptune/Papers/job32(10).pdf
>
> One point:
> They think and have evidence that at a high cadence some
> negative muscular work in pedaling is inevitable because
> of the finite time it takes to fully activate our muscles.
>
The authors touch on the fact that these competitive cyclist may be
used to using 90 RPM and that perhaps with training at a higher cadence
the differences may not be so pronounced. I think this is a very
important point. I would have been interesting to know what average
cadence these riders use when riding, and perhaps have subjects who
have settled upon a variety of different cadences. IE a spinner, a
masher, etc. Perhaps this finite time to activate the muscles is
somewhat training related.
Joseph
> In article
> <[email protected]>,
> "Mike Reed" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Great links! The last one mentioned Kautz and Hull, which I googled and
> > produced this, which may be the paper John and Jason are referring to.
> > I still need to read it though...
> > http://www.me.utexas.edu/~neptune/Papers/job32(10).pdf
>
> One point:
> They think and have evidence that at a high cadence some
> negative muscular work in pedaling is inevitable because
> of the finite time it takes to fully activate our muscles.
>
The authors touch on the fact that these competitive cyclist may be
used to using 90 RPM and that perhaps with training at a higher cadence
the differences may not be so pronounced. I think this is a very
important point. I would have been interesting to know what average
cadence these riders use when riding, and perhaps have subjects who
have settled upon a variety of different cadences. IE a spinner, a
masher, etc. Perhaps this finite time to activate the muscles is
somewhat training related.
Joseph