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Paul H said:
Since my crash at HM a month or so ago... havent ridden the bike on the trails. TBH.. i doubt it will ever see trail duty other than gravel... or possibly 6mr or Allaire. It is pretty fun on gravel and more comfy on the road.
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perfect bike for Allaire and Wharton.
 
Paul H said:
I hear... rigid MTB is fun on gravel because where ever you can find that little lip, I try to hit it to get a little bit of air. I can't do that on the Crux.
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And it was fun indeed on the Columbia Trail, so far the only ride by Elma (at least on my watch), I just wish I had those Teravail Sparwood tires, the gravel Maxxis didn't do it for me, too skinny. I'm almost finished with the build, got the 3 ded stem (hopefully @stb222 will approve of it, even though it's a little boxy), the right saddle and matchy-matchy grips (I temporarily borrowed the ones off the Mukky, but since I had to geta new set why not in red). I need to put fresh 3M tape on the frame and waiting on some matchy matchy red screws for the fork. I also fixed a big scratch the was right under the crown of the fork, filled it with epoxy, sanded and painted the patch semi-matte black, I dare you to find it (nit really, but it's good enough for me). Picture to follow on the serviceguy's angst thread...
 
Was bored and did another weigh-in on the bikes.
These are full riding weights with pedals, bottle cage/s, tube and etc. Hightower had some added dirt.

Crux: 22lbs 4oz
Talon: 23lbs 11oz
RDO: 24lbs 11oz
Hightower: 31lbs 9oz
 
Paul H said:
Was bored and did another weigh-in on the bikes.
These are full riding weights with pedals, bottle cage/s, tube and etc. Hightower had some added dirt.

Crux: 22lbs 4oz
Talon: 23lbs 11oz
RDO: 24lbs 11oz
Hightower: 31lbs 9oz
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how do you explain the talon being lighter than the RDO? I get the lighter fork, but the RDO is a carbon frame...or is it depleted uranium instead?
 
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good times
 
Always had an issue with cramping and thought that increasing my cadence would help with this. I have tried to increase my cadence once before but since I didn't have the means to measure cadence, I kinda gave up. Now that I have a Garmin and a cadence sensor, I thought I give it another go.

Starting pt... looks like my cadence was at 60-65rpm avg.

So far, have done 3 rides (excluding indoor rides) where I was keeping an eye out on cadence. Have done about 7 20-30min indoor rides where my avg cadence, per ride, were anywhere from 70 to 82rpm. First 2 outdoor rides, 16miles and 20miles, I averaged 73rpm on both and on the 3rd, 36miles, 77rpm avg. My avg speed, more or less, has not changed altho... I feel slower. I am feeling the burn more in my calves during the ride and my legs feel more tired for the rest of the day after the ride. I guess it makes sense. I felt a tingle of a cramp coming on in my left quad towards the end of the 36 mile ride but went away pretty fast.

Is an avg of 80rpm a reasonable goal?
 
Paul H said:
Always had an issue with cramping and thought that increasing my cadence would help with this. I have tried to increase my cadence once before but since I didn't have the means to measure cadence, I kinda gave up. Now that I have a Garmin and a cadence sensor, I thought I give it another go.

Starting pt... looks like my cadence was at 60-65rpm avg.

So far, have done 3 rides (excluding indoor rides) where I was keeping an eye out on cadence. Have done about 7 20-30min indoor rides where my avg cadence, per ride, were anywhere from 70 to 82rpm. First 2 outdoor rides, 16miles and 20miles, I averaged 73rpm on both and on the 3rd, 36miles, 77rpm avg. My avg speed, more or less, has not changed altho... I feel slower. I am feeling the burn more in my calves during the ride and my legs feel more tired for the rest of the day after the ride. I guess it makes sense. I felt a tingle of a cramp coming on in my left quad towards the end of the 36 mile ride but went away pretty fast.

Is an avg of 80rpm a reasonable goal?
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Absolutely. The roadies will harp on the 90+ number but not everyone is built to run those numbers.

I’m most comfortable on the road in the low 80’s (avg).
 
JimN said:
I would think nutrition/hydration is more important for not cramping than cadence. Also, just ride your bicycle more.
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I somewhat agree... the reason why I say this is that there were rides where I was overdosing on Clif Blocks with salt and gatorades and cramps hit pretty hard. As you said, its prolly more conditioning but I am trying to cut corners where I can.
 
I think Jim is correct. Hydration/nutrition would be more of an Issue.
maybe you’re going to hard for your fitness level? I have no clue, just bored and reading these posts.
80 rpm, depending on the terrain, would possibly kill me.
 
Norm said:
This is the answer. 100% of the time.
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There is a train of thought that cramping could be related to genetics as well. There are ppl I know who rides far less than I do who do not have issues with cramps as much as I do.
Too few rides to make a definitive statement but I do feel that my legs recover faster when riding with higher cadence. Plus... I have read that a higher cadence rides will burn fat faster... which I need lol
 
Paul H said:
There is a train of thought that cramping could related to genetics as well. There are ppl I know who rides far less than I do who do not have issues with cramps as much as I do.
Too few rides to make a definitive statement but I do feel that my legs recover faster when riding with higher cadence. Plus... I have read that a higher cadence rides will burn fat faster... which I need lol
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Well I will grant that some people won't even get cramps. That's not me nor you.

But I'd say that the best way to ride for 3 hours with your HR at 165 in 90 degree heat is to work up to that and do it routinely. As an example.
 
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