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UK Gearmuncher
Jul 17, 08 14:19
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Re: "...Jan Ulrich-like cadence..." [trinewby]
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I'm not sure what this means but I have found i 'release' more power at some cadences more than others. For me it was 88rpm having used 95+ for some time. Maybe a muscle biopsy would shed some light but could be it be possible that really is person specific ?
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Andrew Coggan
Jul 17, 08 14:26
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Strength endurance is the main benefit of big gear work. "Strength endurance" is scientific maybe hard to define, but it is there. Put a runner on a bike, and you know what I mean.
Sorry, but I'm afraid that I don't know what you mean.
big slow mover
Jul 18, 08 7:27
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VO2 max or capacity to ride a high cadence doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t push a big enough gear. That’s what I mean. It’s a strength endurance sport. Runners have endurance but no strength.
Triathletes in winter tend to focus on running instead of biking indoors. And than after a winter with a bit of indoor spinning, they start with easy small gear, normal to high rpm riding in spring. The idea is to build a cycling base, so they get stronger after a while. But they already have a high aerobic base from all that running they do. What they lack is simply strength to push a big enough gear for a long time. I think they would be a lot faster if they start doing big gear work in spring, or even better, during the winter.
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Jul 18, 08 7:34
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VO2 max or capacity to ride a high cadence doesn’t mean a thing if you can’t push a big enough gear. That’s what I mean. It’s a strength endurance sport. Runners have endurance but no strength.
No, what runners are lacking (relatively speaking) is the muscular metabolic fitness needed to "push a big enough gear" for any length of time. Lack of strength (properly defined) is not the issue at all.
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Jul 18, 08 8:56
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I am interested. What do you call "muscular metabolic fitness"? And what is the most important training to improve it? It can't have something to do with big gear riding because otherwise runners should do my big gear idea. Is there a better way of training according to you, to keep bike fitness at a decent level, while cycling low volume combined with high volume run training?
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