At the end of the bike segment, triathletes also often cycle with a higher cadence (revolutions per minute), which serves in part to keep the muscles loose and flexible for running.

Geared wheels, with an effective diameter larger than the wheel itself, tend to use longer cranks to increase torque as they are not required to achieve such high cadences as direct-drive wheels, but demand greater force per pedal stroke.

A flat bar denies the rider the use of the lower drop handle bars, which may be beneficial to cyclists who want to focus on high cadence, faster riding.

On either style, higher cadence reduces leg strain and fatigue when climbing.

Sullivan, who writes about plenty of non-musical subjects, has such a strong voice-a compelling, lyrical blend of high cadences and low diction-that you'd likely be enthralled if he writing about paint-drying supervisors.

High Ten: A set of strokes done at a high cadence immediately after the start.

Ben Swift has problems adjusting to the high cadence of track racing, because he habitually pedals too slowly when he's road-racing and can choose to change up anytime he wants to pedal at a lower cadence.

One of the reasons - probably the major reason - that riding fixed tends to improve one's pedalling stroke is that it forces one to spin at high cadences.

BMX is more explosive, with a higher cadence on the gears.

With this higher cadence, SWAP will monitor events in the low solar corona that might be relevant for space weather.