Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[NorvernRob]

Todays ride corrected for elevation in RWGPS was 1239ft the same on strava's route planner was 1271ft what I actually got from strava was 925 ft an error of 27% .

So what's the consensus with this, is strava robbing elevation from rides? I've noticed that it always adds time on too compared with the Garmin, I'm assuming the auto stop function isn't as good.

We went on a ride today, Garmin said over 5,100ft (1600m or so), Strava says 1,256m, a difference of around 20%. I'd be massively suprised if a 75 mile ride in the Peak District was only 4,000ft of climbing.

I was absolutely knackered at the end, there's a 2km climb back to my mates house that pretty much finished me off!

https://www.strava.com/activities/137256155

 

[stevey]

How do you mean Steve

Not to sure to be honest...lol went out first thing this morning great intentions of a 50+miler got to the end of the road,chain skipping all over the place so went back spent most of the afternoon tinkering got it to a place where it all seemed ok changing up and down the cassette.

Just back and the RD seems like it is jumping its not sitting right even the Mrs said it doesn't sound right.

So its locked up in the garage till tomorrow.

Sorry cannot be more specific nigel as i am not to sure myself.

 

[Nomadski]

I started with the Defy 2 and had avec me very well but thew are better spec for money around and save having to upgrade.

I wish I knew about these when I bought the Defy.

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/bike/ros...orcedefaulttemplate=true&bikevariantchanged=1

Lovely looking bike there, was looking at that and getting n+1 itches until I saw...

or about a Carbon with Ultegra for less than a £1000.
http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPULT6800/planet-x-pro-carbon-shimano-ultegra-6800-road-bike

Holy crap. I'm looking to see where the cost saving is. There is always a cost saving. Always. Where is it on that bike? Its a full carbon, ultegra specced for £999! How?? Dayum.

And this was quite an inspirational story from the Scottish press for us 40 something fat newbie blokes

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/health-fitness/chris-hoy-inspires-man-bike-3480411

Brilliant story, great to see a positive article about cycling in a local rag for once. Not too dissimilar to me either (not in weight loss, but rather being inspired by Hoy etc to get off my arse and doing some exercise, giving up cigs, buying a bike and doing something!)

Not that I can ride my bike at the moment but for the record it is misty and raining here!

Hope your recovery goes well Spokey, you expecting to get back on June / July ish?

I'm slowly getting a little bit faster. Average of 11.4 mph today over 23 miles. I'm still slow up the hills but my fitness is definitely improving.
http://www.strava.com/activities/137205380

I can only dream of being as fast as some of you.

Good ride that, and some segments you were well up in the times. Keep doing it and the mileage will just come. Don't dream of being as fast as anyone else, dream of being as fit and fast as you can be. There is only one competitor here - you.

I think progress for me is now being in the upper half of the rankings in most of the Strava segments I've ridden compared to when I first started 4 months ago where I was firmly in the bottom half!

I started at 5 mile routes and ached afterwards but can now do 40 miles with less aches so definite progress there

I'm never going to be a racer but just want to be able to maintain a reasonable pace over a decent distance

Next target is to get into the top thirds on Strava!

In the larger populated segments, the cool people actually hang around the bottom half. True story.

I am getting brave, it's all in pieces. Chain off, cassette off. Right @Nigelnaturist now the dam thing will keep still there are twenty five teeth on the lowest gear and twelve on smallest.


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Well once I had come out of my Pinot Grigio'd state I realised my planned Hills Hills & Damned Hills route was silly. I will have to do it, but maybe next Saturday, or the following week.

So I went to my local haunt (Richmond Park) under pressure from the missus who told me I would just moan if I didn't go out (she's right, as always) and like usual loved it once I was out. Warm, but not hot, nice and sunny with a bit of cloud to take the edge off the day.

Only problem was its Bank Holiday Weekend. Who would have believed bank holiday Sunday would have led to everyone in South West London with a car suddenly heading to Richmond Park! Ok I should have expected it, but each car park there had a jam of about 30 cars queueing up to get in, with a one in one out policy in place. There are about 5 car parks on the lap so time was never going to be good.

Added a little section in the middle and took a break for a little photo opp...

Given the amount of slow moving / stopped cars, cyclists were generally more bunched than normal, and in one instance was behind a pretty good female cyclist who had a slight wardrobe issue regarding her choice of lower body garment and the obvious g-string she wore beneath. Wanted to mention something but...well there really isn't a good way to approach that subject so made my way past her as soon as I could catch her.

At least the critical mass gathering of automobiles meant the ride home was a lot faster than normal.

Got a much better than recent average speed of 14.6mph, but really would have been well over 15mph had RP not done its impression of the M25 on a Friday afternoon.

http://app.strava.com/activities/137367236/segments/3114444074

Hope everyone is having a great bank holiday weekend, and happy

 

[Nigelnaturist]

So what's the consensus with this, is strava robbing elevation from rides? I've noticed that it always adds time on too compared with the Garmin, I'm assuming the auto stop function isn't as good.

We went on a ride today, Garmin said over 5,100ft (1600m or so), Strava says 1,256m, a difference of around 20%. I'd be massively suprised if a 75 mile ride in the Peak District was only 4,000ft of climbing.

I was absolutely knackered at the end, there's a 2km climb back to my mates house that pretty much finished me off!

https://www.strava.com/activities/137256155

From what I remember using the Garmin 500 strava should include the auto pause, but I think it takes a slightly different start point, though not a 100% sure, it manages pretty well with the Rider 20, bryton website moving time 2:15:32 strava 2:16:36, trip time ( or elapsed) bryton 2:31:32 strava 2:31:07, so my moving time on strava is slower than it was but overall quicker than it was. Strava is just a bit of fun, use either rwgps or veloviewer, that will give you a lot of nice stats.

@stevey I have never found what should be right on a stand actually works (maybe its just my level of kit), it usually take me a week or so to get it nice after I have changed things, however I digress, have you changed anything like cassette or has the R.D. took a knock perhaps the hanger is out slightly (maybe thats whats wrong with mine)

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nomadski even the RT58 at £600 is good value given its weight of a claimed 8.8Kg and both come with a reasonable set of wheels

 

[Stonechat]

From what I remember using the Garmin 500 strava should include the auto pause, but I think it takes a slightly different start point, though not a 100% sure, it manages pretty well with the Rider 20, bryton website moving time 2:15:32 strava 2:16:36, trip time ( or elapsed) bryton 2:31:32 strava 2:31:07, so my moving time on strava is slower than it was but overall quicker than it was. Strava is just a bit of fun, use either rwgps or veloviewer, that will give you a lot of nice stats.

@stevey I have never found what should be right on a stand actually works (maybe its just my level of kit), it usually take me a week or so to get it nice after I have changed things, however I digress, have you changed anything like cassette or has the R.D. took a knock perhaps the hanger is out slightly (maybe thats whats wrong with mine)

YEs I have Garmin 500 and the auto pause work well and Strav takes the same time
Yes Strava robs elevation

 

[Nomadski]

YEs I have Garmin 500 and the auto pause work well and Strav takes the same time
Yes Strava robs elevation

It also robs average speed! Garmin has me down 14.8mph av moving speed / 15mph av speed so Strava nicked .2mph from my ride. Maybe a deer ate it.

 

[NorvernRob]

From what I remember using the Garmin 500 strava should include the auto pause, but I think it takes a slightly different start point, though not a 100% sure, it manages pretty well with the Rider 20, bryton website moving time 2:15:32 strava 2:16:36, trip time ( or elapsed) bryton 2:31:32 strava 2:31:07, so my moving time on strava is slower than it was but overall quicker than it was. Strava is just a bit of fun, use either rwgps or veloviewer, that will give you a lot of nice stats.

@stevey I have never found what should be right on a stand actually works (maybe its just my level of kit), it usually take me a week or so to get it nice after I have changed things, however I digress, have you changed anything like cassette or has the R.D. took a knock perhaps the hanger is out slightly (maybe thats whats wrong with mine)

I don't have a PC to upload rides from the Garmin, so use the strava app on my phone. Next time I'm at my parents I'll upload all my rides and see how it goes.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Holy crap. I'm looking to see where the cost saving is. There is always a cost saving. Always. Where is it on that bike? Its a full carbon, ultegra specced for £999! How?? Dayum.





Maybe I shouldn't say this, but the easy part is taking things apart... Hope you took photos / have a good memory!


Hope everyone is having a great bank holiday weekend, and happy

That Planet X pro carbon looks unbelievable value, I would want to see one in the flesh first though. I did come close but chose to spend on upgrades for the Triban3 ( for now! ).

I'm not to worried about putting it back together I have @Nigelnaturist to guide me through anything I have forgotten.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

That Planet X pro carbon looks unbelievable value, I would want to see one in the flesh first though. I did come close but chose to spend on upgrades for the Triban3 ( for now! ).

I'm not to worried about putting it back together I have @Nigelnaturist to guide me through anything I have forgotten.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@NorvernRob I keep my own data in an access database I created, I started using rwgps elevation data when I first started using just a norm bike comp and the elevation from the mapping, so I have stuck with that for consistency from ride to ride ever since even though it differs from strava garmin bryton ect.... for xample I know I did 33.45ft/mile yesterday and 35.36ft/mile today (which isn't a lot really, but about as much as you get on a ride around here, I can get it upto 45ft/mile).

 

[stevey]

@BrianEvesham saw a blue planet x bike earlier it looked sweet and very quiet as it flew pass me.....lol

 

[BrianEvesham]

@BrianEvesham saw a blue planet x bike earlier it looked sweet and very quiet as it flew pass me.....lol

The pale baby blue would be my choice

 

[Deleted member 18052]

Nothing wrong with the PX Pro Carbon

I'll get a couple of better pictures of mine when i'm out tomorrow

 

[stevey]

I'll be happy with my Dolan l'etape when it finally gets here though it was a close call between this and the px