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Nomadski

I Like Bikes
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Mine has been 32ft/mile for the year and just under 40ft/mile over the last 2 months, at the beginning of the year I was going out a lot with a friend who had just started cycling and was heading to the coast where I'm lucky if I get 20ft/mile.

Hills are funny old things, I'm probably the slowest person in the world going up them but still love them!

Ditto. Useless at the vertical things, but really like doing them anyway. Its the feeling of Rocky you get at the top of one, even if your only mentally pumping two fists in the air.

I'm on 43.97ft/mile for the year. (Garmin itself reckons 42.35 ft/mile).
 

Leescfc79

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Essex
Are we talking Strava feet or real feet?

Strava, I know it's not great but as long as I use the same source I can compare rides etc.
 

matth411

Veteran
Location
Liverpool
Whilst cleaning my bike the other day, I (again) realised what a pain in the backside it is to clean my chain rings. Just done some research but all I can find is MTB/Trails bikes "needing" the plastic guard for protection of the rings, but I mainly use roads. Bike is Spesh Sirrus with a triple. So the questions are, is there any need for the plastic guard on a (mainly) road faring bike? Are they difficult to remove?
 

Supersuperleeds

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Leicester
Whilst cleaning my bike the other day, I (again) realised what a pain in the backside it is to clean my chain rings. Just done some research but all I can find is MTB/Trails bikes "needing" the plastic guard for protection of the rings, but I mainly use roads. Bike is Spesh Sirrus with a triple. So the questions are, is there any need for the plastic guard on a (mainly) road faring bike? Are they difficult to remove?

No you don't need them (or so my lbs told me).
 
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Mine has been 32ft/mile for the year and just under 40ft/mile over the last 2 months, at the beginning of the year I was going out a lot with a friend who had just started cycling and was heading to the coast where I'm lucky if I get 20ft/mile.

Hills are funny old things, I'm probably the slowest person in the world going up them but still love them!
Can't be any slower than me.
 

Eribiste

Careful with that axle Eugene
I've been a bit lazy just lately, nursing a trapped sciatic nerve! Tell you wot, it 'urts. Anyway, another couple of rides to work nailed down now, and the pain has gone, thank goodness. Just in time for this weekend's Shakespeare 100! I'm anticipating a slower average for this, as I'm accompanying a work colleague who reckons he's a bit slow and steady. Mind you, that well describes my rides so we'll see. I shall of course be sporting my CycleChat jersey, de rigeur for these occasions. Anyone else going on this ride out?
 
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I've been a bit lazy just lately, nursing a trapped sciatic nerve! Tell you wot, it 'urts. Anyway, another couple of rides to work nailed down now, and the pain has gone, thank goodness. Just in time for this weekend's Shakespeare 100! I'm anticipating a slower average for this, as I'm accompanying a work colleague who reckons he's a bit slow and steady. Mind you, that well describes my rides so we'll see. I shall of course be sporting my CycleChat jersey, de rigeur for these occasions. Anyone else going on this ride out?
Dont talk to me about a little bit of pain ;), I had bad sciatica a couple of years ago for about a month, best place was on the bike.
I am getting better but still can't get near the bike (well I can but....), middle of next week I reckon, actually managed the shops today, all of 120m . This has been a terrible Aug and Sept, Jan & Feb, April, and July, I dont feel like i have done much riding at all this year.
 

Supersuperleeds

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Leicester
Dont talk to me about a little bit of pain ;), I had bad sciatica a couple of years ago for about a month, best place was on the bike.
I am getting better but still can't get near the bike (well I can but....), middle of next week I reckon, actually managed the shops today, all of 120m . This has been a terrible Aug and Sept, Jan & Feb, April, and July, I dont feel like i have done much riding at all this year.

4000 miles isn't to sniffed at
 

Nomadski

I Like Bikes
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LBS, Usually
well multiply it by 1.3 and it might be closer to being right.

Hmm not sure about that. As I posted above my Strava reckons I'm on 43.97ft/mile whereas Garmin straight from the Edge 800's air pressure barometricmagicgizmo sensor gave me 42.35ft/mile. Not too far off, which surprised me given Strava seems to generally work out hills (it seems to me) by looking at google maps and going "ooh that looks high!" / "ooh that looks flat" > throws a dice > records elevation on ride.

Both figures, as it turns out, are in the same ballpark, so long as your not wanting to get all scientific with the figure accuracy.

Anyway, tried to push myself a little as I do tend to coast some when I've been riding this year, so did my loop of Richmond Park and got some decent clear(ish) roads for a Friday evening in London. Indeed the main blockages on the road was the Friday night Deer rush hour all the way round the park.

Got 15.2 average moving time on Garmin / 14.9mph on Strava (which I don't think is a moving average?) which isn't superfast but considering the traffic, lights and deer I was very happy with.

http://app.strava.com/activities/193559902

Haven't got back the same feeling of ability I had last year prior to RideLondon with hills mind, still puffing like the MAMIL I am up most of them.

Have a pleasant and safe weekend everyone.

:bicycle::bicycle::bicycle::bicycle::bicycle::bicycle::bicycle::bicycle:
 
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Hmm not sure about that. As I posted above my Strava reckons I'm on 43.97ft/mile whereas Garmin straight from the Edge 800's air pressure barometricmagicgizmo sensor gave me 42.35ft/mile. Not too far off, which surprised me given Strava seems to generally work out hills (it seems to me) by looking at google maps and going "ooh that looks high!" / "ooh that looks flat" > throws a dice > records elevation on ride.

If I do that with the edge705 on strava I tend to get higher elevation, its more for units without, strava takes that data as being more accurate, this is why I use rwgps corrected, units without the barometer i.e. Rider 20 I know this gives up to a difference of 40%, the edge 200 and most pones, though I believe the newer R20/21 may be different.

@Supersuperleeds I wasn't, just doesn't feel I have done much.

@Eribiste :thumbsup: wish I could, not sure I could sit on the saddle as yet.:sad:
 
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Got 15.2 average moving time on Garmin / 14.9mph on Strava (which I don't think is a moving average?) which isn't superfast but considering the traffic, lights and deer I was very happy with.
Its generally not the overall time either, even using the same data file from garmin and starva, the amount of time is generally different, not sure why.
 
If I do that with the edge705 on strava I tend to get higher elevation, its more for units without, strava takes that data as being more accurate, this is why I use rwgps corrected, units without the barometer i.e. Rider 20 I know this gives up to a difference of 40%, the edge 200 and most pones, though I believe the newer R20/21 may be different.

@Supersuperleeds I wasn't, just doesn't feel I have done much.

@Eribiste :thumbsup: wish I could, not sure I could sit on the saddle as yet.:sad:
I have often gone on about it
When you plan a route, the clibing is shown as e.g. 2000 feet. If I were to do the route, it would show say 1500 feet, and some would loose more than others
HOwever no matter what I did - accepting altitude corrections , you never get near to what the planned route said in the way of feet
 
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