| All cyclists should learn to pedal at a fast cadence, | | | | Physiology, March 2006). Once again athletes and |
| whether you are an experienced racer or a novice | | | | coaches find new training and competing methods and |
| recreational rider. Muscle fatigue and damage are | | | | years later, scientists tell them that they are correct. |
| caused by excess pressure on the pedals, not by how | | | | After you have been riding regularly for a time, try to |
| fast you pedal. Pedaling at a faster cadence with less | | | | spin your pedals 80 times a minute. In the beginning, |
| pressure allows you to pedal longer and harder. | | | | you will put so little pressure on your pedals that you |
| However, several researchers have expressed | | | | will ride very slowly. However, after several weeks of |
| concern that pedaling very fast could decrease blood | | | | pedaling at a cadence of 80, you will become more |
| flow to muscles and thus decrease athletic | | | | comfortable and be able to move fairly well at this |
| performance. A study from Kansas State University | | | | pace. As you become stronger, you can maintain this |
| shows that pedaling fast does not decrease a | | | | high cadence while using higher gears and pressing on |
| muscle's flow of blood or ability to extract oxygen | | | | the pedals with more force, so you will be able to ride |
| from the blood (European Journal of Applied | | | | faster and longer. |