Can you show me this evidence?
Lots of pages to dig through, help yourself. https://scholar.google.co.uk/schola...g&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_ylo=2011&as_vis=1
Can you show me this evidence?
Are you saying that a low cadence is definitely more economical? On re reading this, you definitely seem to be.
How low is low? How high is high?
There's a huge jump from saying that there is no evidence that a higher cadence is more economical (which I can fully believe) to saying that a higher cadence definitely promotes the opposite of economy.
Lots of pages to dig through, help yourself. https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=fast+slow+cadence+cycling&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_ylo=2011&as_vis=1
I see a lot of stuff there on oxygen uptake etc, but nothing which reinforces your claim that higher cadence is more efficient over a longer period. The link I posted earlier (http://myworldfromabicycle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/ideal-cadence-for-competitive-bicycling.html) provided a good summary of a lot of the studies which are slightly more relevant than some of the links you just googled.
Pick any pro race team (road) in the world and show me any cyclist averaging 60 RPM or less?
Improve cadence, and it seems you will get faster
I was under the impression that sportives weren't races anyway... If you want to train and get competitive, slap a race number on your back .
And you don't need a number on a screen to tell you when this is right?My quads do my riding if I think about it . When they start to hurt I drop a gear and spin faster .