speed and cadence and quads, oh my!

[indysteel]

I don't think so...if anything, I think I have a long torso. I don't know how/if that would affect things. Again, thank you.

I have a long waist and short legs, but my femurs are long relative to my leg length. That basically means that my saddle needs to go way back to put me in an optimal power position.

But in rereading your op, I see why you think your lower cadence is wearing your legs out. Forgot about speed and focus on efficiency by gradually increasing cadence. Who cares how fast you're going if you're wearing yourself out and sore after rides. As you get better conditioned and stronger, the speed will start to follow.