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>Hi guys, >A little background...I'm a 51 yr old retired Marine. >I still work "on base" (Camp Lejune NC) which affords >me the company of enough hungry Marine cyclists to >keep me on my toes. After getting into sprint tri's a >couple of years ago, I found myself gravitating more >and more towards bettering my time on the local 10mi >(actually 9.8) TT's, at the expense of my swim and run >training, and that's fine with me because I somehow >have fallen in love with the pain of training for TT's > It's hard to explain the lure, but if anyone can >understand the obsession, I figure you guys can. Last >year my best time was 25:14. This year I can do that >on a hard training day, and I've cut my "all out" >effort down to 24:07. I have a lot of questions, and >I figure this is the place to ask, so here it goes.... >First, everyone says I ride to big of a gear. I know >their right, because my saddle is set high enough to >make my hips rock...but it feels comfortable to me? >I've read tons of stuff advocating higher cadence, but >I just don't "feel" the power. Is there a compromise >available here? Secondly, You'd figure that "mashin' >the big gears would produce a plum line that was rear >of my center pedal (at horizontal); however my knee >line is an inch or so forward?...Also if there is such >a thing, what would a "ballpark" HR percentage be for >interval traing and/or actual TT? Thanks, Jimmy

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