Can you "load" your head with some favorite music that can bring you to a good cadence (please don't use headphones) and help keep you steady? That helps me some. I'm also rhythm-impaired. I blame the Baptist church...
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11-04-2006, 04:16 AM #1
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11-04-2006, 06:46 AM #2
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Hi Jen....
For a bike leg of a tri, you are basically doing a TT. Do you already know the course you'll be riding?
Anyway, most, but not all, TT's are taken with a fairly high cadence, say 90-110 in the flats, and obviously lower in the hills.
Not everyone is the same though, as you'll find a cadence that tends to 'feel' better, more natural than others. If I were doing a tri though, I'd attempt to keep it higher than lower in hopes of saving something for the run - rather than pushing a big gear.
A cadence sensor would be useful to tell you where you are though in time I bet you will start to almost know what it is, w/o looking.
Some of this whole desired cadence thing, is practice but some is just mental and being focused.
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