I went to a bike trail and did 20 miles to get used to how the gears work on my Fargo and to get a better idea of cadence. I have a cadence sensor coming in on Thursday for the Fargo.

I figured a flat trail would give me a better idea than going up/down crappy 1+ mile hills like I've done all summer on my Madone so I headed to Lincoln. I have a relatively good idea of what 80-90 cadence feels like as I've worked on cadence with my trainer and over the summer on the flat areas of the road. It's an odd feeling to spin and feel like you aren't going anywhere.

I worked through the gears, found some comfortable ones and about 8 miles in when it hit me how cadence works and how you can rest your legs while still riding. You can ride at a high gear at 15mph but you are still "mashing" even if it doesn't feel like it. Or you can ride at 15mph in a low gear spinning away once your brain/legs/gears coordinate the movements.

My brain still wants to mash gears. You feel like you get there faster even if it wipes you out. Mashing up hills seemed to get me up faster which probably explains why I could only do about a 6 miles a day over the summer.