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

[araapatlio]

Every time I try to pause Strava (that is to say twice...), it crashes and then I have to save that ride and start another one. It is also a bugger to upload, great App, I just wish it worked smoother. So again, my ride is broken into two segments... The first half was a little farcical - I wanted to ride to a local campsite to determine the feasibility of cycling there, but it is beyond the A127 and there is seemingly no way across it whatsoever in either direction, which is more than a bit of a pain in the arse. The entire road is not at all cycle-friendly, the cycle-path is broken up and strewn with litter and glass (glad I was on the MTB, I won't be going that way on my road bike!). When I got off of it, I took a turn up a lovely country road, which turned out to be a dead-end leading to a nature reserve (glad I was on the MTB) and the gravel path gave way to dirt, which gave way to grass! Took me a while to get out All part of the fun Not sure how I managed 13.6mph average though. Second half was less eventful - until a HGV tried to overtake me at the top of a hill - but 5/6 other HGVs and buses over-took perfectly, gave me a load of room.

http://app.strava.com/activities/69471271
http://app.strava.com/activities/69488984

Most important things are a) I enjoyed the ride b) my road bike is delivered tomorrow - hopefully.

 

[Mo1959]

@Nigelnaturist Sorry you're having continuing health problems. Glad you're getting tests/scans organised though. I still think our health service is pretty amazing.

Re the car drivers, they are so varied in their response to cyclists, I am never sure how some of them are going to act these days. You either seem to get the ones who are cautious in the extreme and hang behind you when there is plenty of time to pass or others that aren't prepared to hang back for a few seconds and try and squeeze past even on a corner when they can't possibly see what is coming

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SpokeyDokey
No wet suit, it was actually mild compared to fishing in the winter with a thin layer of ice on the sea loch, though I wouldn't have been in long due to loss of body heat.
I am sure this is a repeat of hepatitis, though the pain could indicate kidney instead, though the symptoms where almost indentical to those I had when i was 22 just not as severe.
The bike not sure, just didn't feel right at the front, maybe because I have been off it for two days

@RWright Yes SIR.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Every time I try to pause Strava (that is to say twice...), it crashes and then I have to save that ride and start another one. It is also a bugger to upload, great App, I just wish it worked smoother. So again, my ride is broken into two segments... The first half was a little farcical - I wanted to ride to a local campsite to determine the feasibility of cycling there, but it is beyond the A127 and there is seemingly no way across it whatsoever in either direction, which is more than a bit of a pain in the arse. The entire road is not at all cycle-friendly, the cycle-path is broken up and strewn with litter and glass (glad I was on the MTB, I won't be going that way on my road bike!). When I got off of it, I took a turn up a lovely country road, which turned out to be a dead-end leading to a nature reserve (glad I was on the MTB) and the gravel path gave way to dirt, which gave way to grass! Took me a while to get out All part of the fun Not sure how I managed 13.6mph average though. Second half was less eventful - until a HGV tried to overtake me at the top of a hill - but 5/6 other HGVs and buses over-took perfectly, gave me a load of room.

http://app.strava.com/activities/69471271
http://app.strava.com/activities/69488984

Most important things are a) I enjoyed the ride b) my road bike is delivered tomorrow - hopefully.

Just one thing to say, get a dedicated unit, though I am sorry to hear your misfortunes with strava on your phone, give endomondo a try to record your ride, you can then export from there via tcx and unload this to any site.

 

[araapatlio]

Looking again on Googlemaps, there is actually one crossing that I could use and go around the houses (well, country lanes) to get there... will try that route another day.

 

[araapatlio]

Just one thing to say, get a dedicated unit, though I am sorry to hear your misfortunes with strava on your phone, give endomondo a try to record your ride, you can then export from there via tcx and unload this to any site.

It'll do me for now, it is just a minor frustration really (and an incentive not to stop in the middle ).
I originally only got this smartphone so that I didn't have to pay for a proper unit when I was running.
It will definitely be something to put on my Christmas list though

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist Sorry you're having continuing health problems. Glad you're getting tests/scans organised though. I still think our health service is pretty amazing.

Re the car drivers, they are so varied in their response to cyclists, I am never sure how some of them are going to act these days. You either seem to get the ones who are cautious in the extreme and hang behind you when there is plenty of time to pass or others that aren't prepared to hang back for a few seconds and try and squeeze past even on a corner when they can't possibly see what is coming

Thanks Mo, yea so do I re. the H.S.

This road is like really wide easily make four lanes, but it is two because of parking ect but even then the lanes are wide I have taken the primary so he has had to think about over taking me, as he has had to make sure nothing was coming the other way then accelerator to over take, my speed must have been about 25-26 if you look opposite Silkstone House circled red the car came out there the sudden deceleration in speed correspondences with that.

The gps track was off a little at the top not that I strayed, see even garmins arn't perfect.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

It'll do me for now, it is just a minor frustration really (and an incentive not to stop in the middle ).
I originally only got this smartphone so that I didn't have to pay for a proper unit when I was running.
It will definitely be something to put on my Christmas list though

Give endomondo a try, it worked on a nokia n95 whilst strava didn't and whilst the gps chip wasn't the greatest, it di manage some good results.

 

[RWright]

I did a map my ride challenge during the Tour de France, they had drawings for different prizes. I got an email last night that read:
Dear MapMyRide Winner:
As the official judging organization administering the 2013 Le Tour Challenge powered by Mapmyride, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as a Prize Winner.

I was thinking ALRIGHT, I won something!!! I was hoping for the Powertap wheelset. I didn't get them but I did get a free one year premium membership at map my ride.

 

[Mo1959]

I did a map my ride challenge during the Tour de France, they had drawings for different prizes. I got an email last night that read:
Dear MapMyRide Winner:
As the official judging organization administering the 2013 Le Tour Challenge powered by Mapmyride, it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as a Prize Winner.

I was thinking ALRIGHT, I won something!!! I was hoping for the Powertap wheelset. I didn't get them but I did get a free one year premium membership at map my ride.

Well done Rocky. Yes, the wheelset would have been brilliant but a year's premium membership is still nice.

 

[Smotyn]

Every time I try to pause Strava (that is to say twice...), it crashes and then I have to save that ride and start another one. It is also a bugger to upload, great App, I just wish it worked smoother. So again, my ride is broken into two segments... The first half was a little farcical - I wanted to ride to a local campsite to determine the feasibility of cycling there, but it is beyond the A127 and there is seemingly no way across it whatsoever in either direction, which is more than a bit of a pain in the arse. The entire road is not at all cycle-friendly, the cycle-path is broken up and strewn with litter and glass (glad I was on the MTB, I won't be going that way on my road bike!). When I got off of it, I took a turn up a lovely country road, which turned out to be a dead-end leading to a nature reserve (glad I was on the MTB) and the gravel path gave way to dirt, which gave way to grass! Took me a while to get out All part of the fun Not sure how I managed 13.6mph average though. Second half was less eventful - until a HGV tried to overtake me at the top of a hill - but 5/6 other HGVs and buses over-took perfectly, gave me a load of room.

http://app.strava.com/activities/69471271
http://app.strava.com/activities/69488984

Most important things are a) I enjoyed the ride b) my road bike is delivered tomorrow - hopefully.

Dont pause it it deducts any stopped time when it sincs and try to use wifi if it fails the first time good luck x

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Every time I try to pause Strava (that is to say twice...), it crashes and then I have to save that ride and start another one. It is also a bugger to upload, great App, I just wish it worked smoother. So again, my ride is broken into two segments... The first half was a little farcical - I wanted to ride to a local campsite to determine the feasibility of cycling there, but it is beyond the A127 and there is seemingly no way across it whatsoever in either direction, which is more than a bit of a pain in the arse. The entire road is not at all cycle-friendly, the cycle-path is broken up and strewn with litter and glass (glad I was on the MTB, I won't be going that way on my road bike!). When I got off of it, I took a turn up a lovely country road, which turned out to be a dead-end leading to a nature reserve (glad I was on the MTB) and the gravel path gave way to dirt, which gave way to grass! Took me a while to get out All part of the fun Not sure how I managed 13.6mph average though. Second half was less eventful - until a HGV tried to overtake me at the top of a hill - but 5/6 other HGVs and buses over-took perfectly, gave me a load of room.

http://app.strava.com/activities/69471271
http://app.strava.com/activities/69488984

Most important things are a) I enjoyed the ride b) my road bike is delivered tomorrow - hopefully.

If your on about the stretch you went along try either the B186 (which you had turned off) crosses the A127 with a bridge or pickup the A128 and it also crosses the A127 as a bridge (roundabout)

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Dont pause it it deducts any stopped time when it sincs and try to use wifi if it fails the first time good luck x

It only deducts on segments well tcx and fit files, it might upload as gpx in which cases yes it does, but in any event it doesn't matter whether you pause it or stop it has the same effect on a gpx, tcx and fit files have a pause flag in which is used to take that time away from the overall time.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Even though I had to slow up for that car I still got a p.b. and a K.O.M.
http://app.strava.com/activities/69534607

 

[Biggler]

Another 'longest ride yet' post... 17 miles, previous best 13. Split 40/60 through woodland parks/roads. I was beginning to regret buying a hybrid but it was amazing riding through Wynyard Woodland park... I still want a road bike though!

http://app.strava.com/activities/69525341#