Wondering about cadence?

[maggiedatongue]

I didn't buy this capability when I got my computer -- how do they measure cadence? Is there a separate wire for that? I wouldn't think it would work right to use the same hardware that's measuring how fast the wheel is going around!

Yes, there is a separate wire and sensor that you install by your pedal to measure the revolutions. I have this one.

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_d...=1152283292828

Maggie

[betagirl]

I'm most comfortable around 85 rpm. I know you're supposed to spin, so I try to keep it above 90 whenever possible. I think the highest I ever went was 108 rpm, but that was kinda crazy for me.

[Geonz]

On my bikes without the cadence thingy (which indeed, has a different wire and goes with speedometers that hook up to the rear wheel; I got it so I could see how "fast" I was going on the trainer, and that's *really* a meaningless number except compared with itself!), I don't try to do fifteen seconds and all that (though it would be good anti-Alzheimer's training, I'm sure)... I do figure that one full cycle (left-right) in one second is 60 rpm, and left-right-lefgt is 90 rpm, and try to get a little closer to 90 than 60. If I am really getting carried away I see how quickly I can "lap" myself, and then try to figure out what ratio to use to calculate rpms from that... but that's getting dangerous...