>>1052929Never using your small ring might be an issue, or it could just be that you live somewhere flat and your gearing with the big ring is low enough that you never need anything else.
As far as the cadence though, pretty sure that everyone has a natural cadence (especially when climbing) and it's perfectly okay to stick to that as long as it's not so slow that you're constantly straining your knees to push a gear that's too heavy.
