Resting Heart Rate

‘Resting heart rate’ refers to your heart rate in beats per minute when you are completely at rest.Your resting heart rate is often a good determination as to how fit you are, as well as indicating if you’re either over training or unwell - showing up as unxplained increases in resting heart rate.

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Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index(BMI) or Quetelet Index is a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height.

As a measure, BMI became popular during the early 1980s as obesity started to become a discernible issue in prosperous Western society. BMI provided a simple numeric measure of a person’s “fatness” or “thinness”, allowing health professionals to discuss over- and under-weight problems more objectively with their patients. It is meant to be used as a simple means of classifying sedentary (physically inactive) individuals with an average body composition. For these individuals, the current value settings are as follows:

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Cadence

In High Cadence We Trust

Cadence is the speed at which you turn the pedals measured in revolutions per minute. There have been extensive studies done on which cadence rate is the most efficient and the general current, common wisdom is that a cadence of 90-100 rpm is optimal. If you’re new to cycling this may seem fast - the reasons this speed has been determined the most efficient over time is linked to the bio-mechanics of the sport. Cycling, in most instances is an endurance sport with a need for consistant and on going energy output over extended period. A higher cadence will ensure your muscles will tire less quickly and will work at their peak efficiency over a period of time.

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Cycling Software Overview

The Cycling Software is designed to be as simple to use as possible. You may enter data to log and track your Rides, Health and Maintenance. The kind of data being displayed is selected with the third row of buttons.

The way the data is represented is displayed is changed with the second row of buttons.

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Cycling Software First Use

When you first open the Cycling Secrets Cycling Software you should first check and, if needed alter the Preferences under the File menu. Then add yourself as a new rider.

Click on the ‘Add’ button and choose ‘New Rider’ to open the New Rider Dialogue Box.

Click on the ‘New Rider’ button and enter your details. Your height will be used in some of the health calculations. When finished click ‘Add Rider’. And then close the dialogue box. [Read more]

Cycling Software

We’ve developed simple, easy to use software for cyclists like ourselves. An uncomplicated way of recording our rides and training that can give us the feedback we need to go that little bit further. It has been developed with ourselves as the end users and input from cyclist and gear heads world wide - driven by wanting a simple solution that we could then share with as many people as possible. Just register your interest below and we’ll send you the link to download the software immediately.