another stupid question from a newbie....

[mwilson84]

So I have the general idea of most of the "lingo" that is used by riders. But honestly I have no idea what cadence is (as it pertains to cycling). I could google this, but you ladies seem a heck of a lot more insightfull and entertaining than google, so that is my question. Thank you in advance...

[martinkap]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_%28cycling%29

There is pretty good explanation.

[Kalidurga]

Sheldon Brown also explained it nicely in his article on How to Shift Your Bicycle's Gears (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gears.html) (read the sections "Cadence" through "Pushing vs Spinning").

And this is definitely not a stupid question.