OPTIMAL CADENCE

PRO CADENCE is an algorithm to determine an optimal cadence based on your power output and FTP

This concept is similar to an automatic gear box in cars: power is the factor of torque and revolutions, so gears make the posibility to divde torque in the best amoung of torque per revolutions it can handle, i mean when you have more torque demand the gearbox automatically goes to a lower gear to divide torque in more pieces, and when you have a lower torque demand the gearbox goes to a higher gear for not burning the motor, so translated to the bike, the algorithm can calculate optimal revoutions for your optimal biomechanical body cadence.

Optimal biomechanical body cadence, is most effective way of making an effort for the human body, it can be realated for cycling, running, rowing, waking etc. and based on several articles your biomechanical optimal cadence is around 90 but this number is relative, 90 is the optimal cadence at your sweet spot FTP because your body has the optimal anaerobic and aerobic effort, lest think you have and FTP of 220 at 90 rpm your optimal cadence torque is 90/220=0.40, so what if you go below or above and want to mantain 0.40 optimal cadence so at 240X.40=96 so but how do we know if we are having a good day or a bad day, so maybe we can use Intensity Factor (NP/ FTP) to develop an algorithm.

In conclution the for optimal biomechanical cadence zones the torque you can sustain multipied for revolutions.

You can see the Power Wind Pro zones implentation on the xls table below on the

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49284193_Optimal_cadence_selection_during_cycling/download