"They" say a higher cadence is good... however, we have a huge range of cadences in this house.

My 17yr old spins usually at about 90-100rpm pretty much all the time, but higher when he races. My 15 yr old about 90. They have both had to race on restricted gears because of their ages, so have had no choice but to learn to spin.

My partner tends to push big gears even when racing or climbing hills, and his cadence is often lower than the guys in his grade. He has tried spinning and finds it hurts his knees.

I have a cadence of about 60 when climbing a hill, about 80-85 when training or road racing, about 75-80 when time-trialling.
I would like to spin more, but training myself to do so is hard.

I would particularl;y like to have a higher cadence when time-trialling as this means i could go faster in the same gears...