DaveyM
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I think I am doing the same ride (in june) and live about 1 mile from you if you fancy a ride out sometime. I am actually doing some of the route this Sat if you fancy?
Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]
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I think I am doing the same ride (in june) and live about 1 mile from you if you fancy a ride out sometime. I am actually doing some of the route this Sat if you fancy?
Nigelnaturist
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You should manage that without to much trouble.Thanks Nigel,
Getting easier each time I head out
Aiming to break 100 for the week, fingers crossed!
This maybe true, but at the end of the day as Chris says, the only times that are important are your own, as it really is a personal progress and fitness, some of the riders have been riding years, and there are some dam fine female riders around.I am comparing with others on Strava but to be inspired not to compete. If a lady can climb that hill in half my best time, there's certainly room for improvementAnd if another 500 out of 510 can ride faster than me, I can certainly do better so it helps me push forward and not focus on finding excuses
The last time I got miserably wet, was on the way to London in 2008, I was doing a little bit of a charity ride for missing people, (and to do the W.N.B.R. in London), as it was for missing people I decided to sleep rough, (under bushes in open field ect.), I had no way of drying things out properly, it wasn't so bad during the day, but it wasn't so great if you woke up wet, it took ages to get going, but it was June so it was hardly cold.
Try exporting from garmin connect as a tcx and re-uploading to strava, I think strava may have problems with the fit file format, it might explain differences in elevation, but then again that could just be strava.
J4MIE_P
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J4MIE_P
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Out of curiosity is it worth buying these Garmin devices, not a good example here, but does it offer anything special over my smartphone and cycle computer?
Peter Armstrong
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Yay, still getting better
First ride http://app.strava.com/activities/14771205 14.4mph Av
Same ride last night http://app.strava.com/activities/54200137 18mph Av
First ride http://app.strava.com/activities/14771205 14.4mph Av
Same ride last night http://app.strava.com/activities/54200137 18mph Av
Convenience mostly since it gathers all data in one place. I personally use the iPhone in the back pocket with wireless HR and Speed & Cadence sensors attached via BT. It syncs data wirelessly to Strava, Daily Mile, Facebook etc. so no messing around with cables. Can't think of any reasons of why I would need a Garmin ... I'm sure someone around here could provide more insight.
Nigelnaturist
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Easier to mount on the handle bars/Stem, easier to connect H.R. and Sp/Cad sensors (though I believe not impossible on some phones)
Using a speed sensor helps with some wayward readings whilst stationary, also no excessive speed readings i.e. 50mph+, timings are also a little more accurate on segments on strava, but as a general how you've done for average speed and distance very little.
I don't utilise mine as much as I could, but I can see from my H.R. readings since Jan how much fitter I am, in that I never reach the same H.R. for any of the rides I did then to now.
Nigelnaturist
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The garmin connects to the computer as an external device, so files are easy to transfer and back up. I keep two copies of my rides on separate hard drives. It's as simple as drag and drop, that way you have a copy of the unaltered data, which all website change to some degree, especially if you export it.
I was up for buying a garmin, nearly did but I ended up going to Iphone direction, bought a wahoo blue sc, connected it via bluetooth, mainly using cyclemeter app, but I also have strava.. last night did my first turbo training sessions using app + sensor and It was brilliant, could finally see what i was upto.. only downside is when I uploaded the data into strava from my cyclemeter gpx file it was completly wrong.. so next time I will run both apps and see what the outcome is ;-)
but all in all i knocked out the following
37.43 ride time
9.41 miles
av spd 14.97
top spd 19.88
ascent 68ft
descent 69ft
max cadence 106 rpm
avg cadence 83 rpm
I can tell you it felt like 37.43m of riding through treacle or a bloody long hill ;-)
but all in all i knocked out the following
37.43 ride time
9.41 miles
av spd 14.97
top spd 19.88
ascent 68ft
descent 69ft
max cadence 106 rpm
avg cadence 83 rpm
I can tell you it felt like 37.43m of riding through treacle or a bloody long hill ;-)
Nigelnaturist
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GPX files don't generally contain H.R. data, T.C.X. files do.
I forgot battery life, the 500 will last easily 12 hours with the light on low, and upto 18 hours without.
I forgot battery life, the 500 will last easily 12 hours with the light on low, and upto 18 hours without.
Like Nigel said, GPX has only GPS coordinates, not may when you train inside but Cyclemeter can export / send ITX files by email which you can upload to Strava and they will provide all the sensor data you need.
On the iPhone you don't need all that. I only have one device to take with me and charge, and I always have the phone for emergencies and such. I don't need to connect the phone to the computer since it's uploaded automatically to final destination from the phone and no need to backup either since the cloud provider takes care of that and offer historical access to all original data. It's a free service too and the app is £2.99.
There is the cost of the iPhone to consider but if you already have that, then it's difficult to justify Garmin. Battery can last several hours, I'm guessing 3-4h maybe but for those longer trips, an external battery pack can get easily over 10-12h if not more.
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No progress today - it is raining, very windy and the garden weather station thingy is showing 6C.
Accuweather radar just shows a great swirling vortex over the North of England.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/kendal/la9-4/weather-radar/322476
Awful day!
hope some of you had better ones!
Accuweather radar just shows a great swirling vortex over the North of England.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/gb/kendal/la9-4/weather-radar/322476
Awful day!
hope some of you had better ones!
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