[quote]What if we try to dial in the cycling cadence by using our running cadence as reference[/quote]


FFS it's been discussed about 75x on here. I'm pretty sure Coggan has answered you exact question at least 15x, at least

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There may be a little truth to this but I suspect although engineers may have made these discussions common on ST, it's not the engineers who do it badly..... except H2O (but I think he was a software quality "engineer")

Thank you for putting that in "air quotes." Very few things chap my hide more than the dumbification of the term "engineer". Everybody wants to be an "engineer" whether they have the chops or not.

I'm with you there.
You don't see many people going around calling themselves doctors or lawyers without the qualifications to back it up. But idiot employers live calling people engineers. I mostly see it with US multi-nationals here in Ireland but it's not confined to them. I was once asked my occupation by my doctor and when I said I was an engineer she said "Ok, so you work fixing cars?"

If you want any recognition as an engineer, go to Korea or Japan!

There might be a reason cyclists hold 90-100rpm when they do. However, this isn’t cycling, but rather triathlon. Having to run well, especially for an extended period of time after cycling, changes things.

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You're right. That's why I said "those guys" in reference to cyclists vs triathlon.

The stuff someone posted earlier about being able to jump on attack or respond was part of it. The other is that if you have something like multiple timed climbs in a fondo or something, let's say, you'd want to stress the CV system instead of grinding 60rpm up each climb.

For my knowledge, why would one cadence on a bike affect your running cadence? If we ignore whatever physiology we're stressing (CV vs. muscular).

I'd like to learn.

"play with", sir. not "drive".

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No. That would assume that taller people always have longer stride lengths, which is not true. Stride length is mostly determined by strength of propulsion, not length of legs :-)

Agreed. I’m 6’4”and have a 180 cadence, but I’m just a 19-20 minute 5k guy. Little baby steps...

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Hey! When I was 16 (back in the modern stone age), I was a highly qualified "retail petroleum distribution engineer" And, damn proud of it. (that's a fib, mostly, I was embarrassed - I did feel slightly better than my peers who were sous chef's at fast food dining establishments). But, I do like a cadence of 90 RPM's.

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