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What cadence (RPM) do you ride at?
I used to ride at about 70 RPM. Today, I tried raising it to 90-100 RPM because I read that that's supposed to be better and instantly increased my average speed about 1 kmh.
(Mind you, I only rode 25 km today, so I don't know what the effects on longer distances look like. I'll report back once I've done a little more testing)



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 >>/5/ reporting back in.
Increasing my cadence improved my average times but made riding harder overall (increased avg heart rate, labored breathing).
I also don't have the endurance I'd normally have (40km seems to be the limit of how far I can go, it used to be >70km).
I guess I'll keep training to improve my technique and stroke and report back in a few weeks if I made it back to my normal endurance level.

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