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By Joe Beer | Thursday, May 15, 2008 12.00am Learning what cadence works best for you can significantly improve your efficiency (Robert Smith Photography) <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/fut.gb.br/.news.article;tile=2;pos=1;sz=300x250;ord=409579188;kw=mtb;kw=road;kw=world" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/fut.gb.br/.news.article;tile=2;pos=1;sz=300x250;ord=409579188;kw=mtb;kw=road;kw=world" width="300" height="250" border="0" alt="" /></a> Cycling is a simple sport really. To break it down into its simplest controllable factors you can vary your effort (heart rate), gearing (front and rear combination) and pedal cadence (revolutions per minute). There are the obvious additional controllable factors of whether you ride on- or off-road and the hilliness of the terrain you choose to cover, but the principle still applies - speed is a function of your effort, your choice of gear and how fast or slow you decide to spin.
