Are You a Masher or a Spinner?

I hope that was just joking cuz you are very much welcome here! Am I missing something?

 

I'm a masher.....but I don't have to stand up to mash a big gear. Those that have ridden with me have seen me climb seated on the SS.

 

@mike figured it out.

 

Clearly, everyone is some of each depending on the angles/required momentum/blah-blah-blah.

The question is, which one are you the most of.

 

Its gonna take you all night to mash those potatoes if you dont pick up the cadence.

 

Paging @mtnbikej

 

I think I'm a spinner, and that's what my vote was, but it's more that I stay seated and pedal, vs. standing and pedaling. But it's cuz' I'm lazy.

 

I start off mashing and end up spinning....after 2 hours.

 

mostly spin, occasionally mash.

 

Wait... you’re supposed to pedal?

 

For now.

 

Spinner mostly since having a full suspension bike does not seem natural to mash unless I'm trying to get over an obstacle.

 

Splinner - I spin slowly.

 

75% spinner
20% masher
5% glider

 

It's the meds talking.

 

First off: I give 0 thought to cadence. I spin and let my body figure out what feels good at any given point in time.

That said, after Ben started adding both of our data to his race videos and I was able to watch my cadence telemetry during my races, I found I am a spinner. I noticed that my average race cadence was usually around 90, with a lot of time spent over 100-110 in high speed, high power conditions.

 

I just ride my bike, sometimes lately.

 

I spin - at a slow cadence.

I have found myself standing and mashing a harder gear for short, punchy and/or chunky climbs. Better traction that way.

Otherwise I would say I prefer whatever gear dishes out a 65-80 cadence.

 

I used to pay a lot of attention to cadence and pedal force and eventually it became 2nd nature. Had a heart rate monitor, too, but learned that cadence could be tied to respiration just as easily. So counting pedal revolutions per breathing cycle tells me what HR zone I'm in, and experience tells me how long I'll likely to be able to sustain it.

 

I do both, but more spinning than mashing.

 

Mashed and spun the hell out of this run. Soon to fall down the leader board, but I sit on the thrown with pride for the moment. This is Snow Valleys top to bottom run.

 

I'll bet you got the 13 seconds by wearing your speedo skinsuit....

 

Ha, I was wearing baggies. Did not want to taint the results. XC gear is grounds for protest.

 

Hey I protest that you said that!

 

That's what I was thinking. Except the Pusher part, never heard of that.

I've mostly been a sit and spin rider. But I've also tended to push a harder gear (early 1x adopter). On steeper climbs this often requires frequent stops to catch my breath.

 

Why am i craving mashed potatoes

 

That's where you actually push your bike up the hill... So, I guess I'm a pusher.

 

JordanHMay
U r very welcome here...

Hope u were just joking..
Ur brother

strava name k may
Just realized im kona kc here...
This would be funnier if we were on strava

 

In the few weeks of the year that I'm in shape, I become a masher (this year I was a masher between CC to Whiskey) the rest of the year (especially in the summer) I'm a Havey Weight Spinner.
When I pick up the intensity of my training I tend to ride my SS more...................... That transformation is always a painful process.


That reminds me it is time to start training for the Grassley 100, damn it.

 

Silly rabbits? I ride my bike.