Chi Running --> cycling?

[kelownagirl]

Hmmm, interesting and I was wondering if spinning easily at a higher cadence and "saving" your legs would be a more "chi-like" way to ride. I need read more of the book.

And PS my back is still good. It still goes out but I am able to make it go back pretty quickly now. Thank you, thank you, thank you....

[KnottedYet]

I guess it depends on what your legs want to do.

My chi-running stride is MUCH shorter than my regular stride. My favorite biking cadence is much slower than a racer's cadence. It feels easy and like "saving" my legs, to me.

Guess you should listen to your body, and let it do what it does best?

[kelownagirl]

Yes I agree Knot. Maybe the difference between you and I is that you have the strength to push a bigger gear. I am definitely a spinner, not a masher. The only time I do a cadence of about 60 is climbing big hills and even then I'm in my easiest gear.

[KnottedYet]

Or that I just don't have the fast-twitch fibers in my legs to spin easily.

When I was in track I absolutely s*cked at sprints and any distance less than a quarter mile, but I was good at the long distance stuff.

I just can't move my legs quickly. For someone who *can* move their legs quickly, I'd bet a faster cadence would be more efficient and more chi-running like.

In the great cycle of life, everyone must find their own cadence...

[Trek420]

In the great cycle of life, everyone must find their own cadence...

Ohmmmmmmm