Twiddling, from Dave Moulton: https://davesbikeblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/twiddling.html
On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > 5’11” with shortish legs. I used 170s when I was more comfortable at > cadences well over 100 (21-23 on windless flats was comfortable in a 64” or > 65” gear) and also when I became a masher comfortable below 90 rpm. I find > 175s comfortable on my one derailleur bike but compensate with the gearing, > riding 1 tooth smaller in back in similar conditions. I think part of the > change was aging, part of it obeying Grant’s suggestion to move from > radically and in retrospect unnatural radically forward position to a > way-back position that favored torque and of course discouraged twiddling — > last technical term from old-time Brits. > > Funny, now if I have to pedal well over 90 I quickly run out of breath — > annoying. So I’d guess that riding position and perhaps age are at least as > much factors as body type and crank length. > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM Eamon Nordquist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I wonder if there is any correlation between the crank length that works >> best for people and the cadence they prefer to ride? I have a suspicion >> that some people with longer legs who favor a slower cadence might do >> better with long cranks. > > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguxE2vwPDwyUqsFPLWcVeQPMzkE54F2PpOzSOV5ZEotBg%40mail.gmail.com.
