elliptical RPM's

I was wondering something along the lines of this too, whats the optimal rate to simulate running?

I'm not an expert but I've been doing quite a bit of ellipticalling lately and this is what has worked for me.

I assume that setting vary on elliptical machines; I believe that the one I've been using has incline setting from 1-20, but yours may be different. I always set it at 10, but vary the resistance. I believe that the resistance on the machine I use also goes from 1-20. I set it at 8-11 depending on what I'm doing. When I'm doing more of a "cruise" pace my RPM is about 180. If I'm doing a tempo pace the RPM is more like 190. I've done quite a few pretty intense interval workouts such as 5x3 minutes hard with 60 seconds rest. Even when I do this my RPM is never much above 200, but I ramp up the resistance. Doing this I've gotten my heart rate up to 197 on intervals and have been able to hold around 180 on tempo efforts.

This is a good thread for the information you are seeking :)

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=2950603