Interesting gearing stats from my century yesterday

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My biggest surprise was that I spent over an hour on the 10T cog that got so much criticism.
This ride was with a group so there was a lot of drafting especially on the descents.
Ride stats for reference:
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What was your cadence? You spend a lot of time in the small ring.

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robbosmans wrote:What was your cadence? You spend a lot of time in the small ring.
Average cadence was 76. But 1 hour in the small ring on a ride with over 3000m of climbing sounds fine to me.

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you only did 70w in the 10t on average.. you could have done that in any gear. IE you didn't need it
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spdntrxi wrote:you only did 70w in the 10t on average.. you could have done that in any gear. IE you didn't need it
I would've needed higher uncomfortable cadence. It was my descending gear not sprinting gear.

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Ah only looked at the last picture, but yeah as I expected lower cadence and small chainrings lead to a lot of time in the 10t

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Pretty much the only time I’m pedaling in 50x10 on a descent is in a downhill sprint.

Berkeley Hills P12 state championship RR (very hilly) where I got dropped at 75/100mi

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Aryeh wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 8:55 pm
My biggest surprise was that I spent over an hour on the 10T cog that got so much criticism.
This ride was with a group so there was a lot of drafting especially on the descents.
Ride stats for reference:
Of course each ride is different, but if this is representative of a typical ride for you I would consider a 50-37, so that - regardless of the 10T - you spend more time in the middle of the cassette.

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robeambro wrote:
Aryeh wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 8:55 pm
My biggest surprise was that I spent over an hour on the 10T cog that got so much criticism.
This ride was with a group so there was a lot of drafting especially on the descents.
Ride stats for reference:
Of course each ride is different, but if this is representative of a typical ride for you I would consider a 50-37, so that - regardless of the 10T - you spend more time in the middle of the cassette.
This is more of a typical ride for me. Image

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robeambro wrote:
Tue May 23, 2023 10:10 am
Aryeh wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 8:55 pm
My biggest surprise was that I spent over an hour on the 10T cog that got so much criticism.
This ride was with a group so there was a lot of drafting especially on the descents.
Ride stats for reference:
Of course each ride is different, but if this is representative of a typical ride for you I would consider a 50-37, so that - regardless of the 10T - you spend more time in the middle of the cassette.
The guy spends most of the ride in cogs 5-7, the very definition of the middle of the cassette. Time in 10t not a concern if on steep descent.
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The above sawtooth gear selection seems so random to me. Typically my time in gears has a bell curve or at least some semblance of a pattern.

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TobinHatesYou wrote:The above sawtooth gear selection seems so random to me. Typically my time in gears has a bell curve or at least some semblance of a pattern.
Is this one better?Image

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Aryeh wrote:
Wed May 24, 2023 6:55 am
Is this one better?

It's still a bit odd (to me.) You spend a disproportionate amount of time in one cog, this time the 15t. You must not be very cadence sensitive.

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Aryeh wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 8:55 pm
My biggest surprise was that I spent over an hour on the 10T cog that got so much criticism.
You spending more time on that cog doesn't make it more efficient. It's still less efficient than the 11T.

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Nickldn wrote:
Tue May 23, 2023 4:16 pm
robeambro wrote:
Tue May 23, 2023 10:10 am
Aryeh wrote:
Mon May 22, 2023 8:55 pm
My biggest surprise was that I spent over an hour on the 10T cog that got so much criticism.
This ride was with a group so there was a lot of drafting especially on the descents.
Ride stats for reference:
Of course each ride is different, but if this is representative of a typical ride for you I would consider a 50-37, so that - regardless of the 10T - you spend more time in the middle of the cassette.
The guy spends most of the ride in cogs 5-7, the very definition of the middle of the cassette. Time in 10t not a concern if on steep descent.
In what world is this "most of the ride in cogs 5-7"? There's around 1h 20m between cogs 5-7 in a nearly 6h ride. That said, they clarified that the ride posted wasn't representative of their usual riding, so it doesn't matter really.

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