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

[BrianEvesham]

No cycling this week for me, I've been busy at work, driving trucks for an Italian firm, I had a rubbish day yesterday multi dropping around the West Midlands until I came to my last drop:

Delivered them into the importers "Yellow" hidden behind some farm down a long gravelly track.
Nearest I'll probably get to one!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@BrianEvesham closer than me ever unless they overtake me.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Right, My Edge 500 had several set elevation points i could set, home hospital ect.. If the the unit has not reached ambient temp by the time you set off usually it will over the coarse of a ride lose elevation, load one of your rides to Garmin Connect and look at the temp and see how quickly it falls initially this is usually what causes the main differences if you allow the unit to get to the ambient temp usually its better, next if you take the unit and put it in your pocket or go into a building the same thing happens also air pressure can change rapidly not enough to notice, but if you think these units measure you going up a 10ft climb it doesn't take much. if you look at a time graph instead of distance there will usually be a gap where the change is, loss due to the drop in temp is a gradual things and usually show up as when you finish a loop for instance instead of for example me at 172ft, it might show 162ft after a 15 mile ride.
Those have been my experiences but I have only had the Rider 35 for a month in 2012 the Edge 500 as you know till it was stolen, and the rider 20 since Dec, so my overall experience with different units is not great ( the 35 did the same as the 500)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn Right, My Edge 500 had several set elevation points i could set, home hospital ect.. If the the unit has not reached ambient temp by the time you set off usually it will over the coarse of a ride lose elevation, load one of your rides to Garmin Connect and look at the temp and see how quickly it falls initially this is usually what causes the main differences if you allow the unit to get to the ambient temp usually its better, next if you take the unit and put it in your pocket or go into a building the same thing happens also air pressure can change rapidly not enough to notice, but if you think these units measure you going up a 10ft climb it doesn't take much. if you look at a time graph instead of distance there will usually be a gap where the change is, loss due to the drop in temp is a gradual things and usually show up as when you finish a loop for instance instead of for example me at 172ft, it might show 162ft after a 15 mile ride.
Those have been my experiences but I have only had the Rider 35 for a month in 2012 the Edge 500 as you know till it was stolen, and the rider 20 since Dec, so my overall experience with different units is not great ( the 35 did the same as the 500)

I guess that says my house is a lot colder than my mother's house!
I shall have to look into the set elevation points, but I have taken to preventing the system from going to sleep at times to resolve this issue... so if we have lunch out on a longer ride, then stopping it auto-sleeping prevents this problem which is what I don't understand because the only difference would be the system being asleep, not its temperature or locations.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Finally broke the 60mph barrier

http://www.brytonsport.com/mapTrackView/2?id=5474194

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I guess that says my house is a lot colder than my mother's house!
I shall have to look into the set elevation points, but I have taken to preventing the system from going to sleep at times to resolve this issue... so if we have lunch out on a longer ride, then stopping it auto-sleeping prevents this problem which is what I don't understand because the only difference would be the system being asleep, not its temperature or locations.

No only a few degrees can make a difference, it should be less noticeable the temp thing at this time of year but it varies, what I usually do if i want to post a long run like today is just stich two tcx files together corrected for elevation on garmin, or just correct the whole thing on garmin download that and post that on strava, to be honest I think the barometer things are not what they are cracked up to be, from the outset I have used RWGPS and i have always used the corrected elevation from that for my own data, if nothing else it gives consistency for ride to ride, I am only really interest to see how others are doing on strava, and how I compare on my cheap Viking with others around here on more expensive bikes.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well uploading the two files to Garmin and then downloading stitching them together seems to have given me the total I rode this evening.

http://www.strava.com/activities/133787895

Ignore the 46 mph max I only ever do on this ride is 32-36mph.

 

[50000tears]

Sorry not posted on here for a while. Ride today was nice, perfect conditions apart from the normal stops for lights and roundabouts. Best average speed I have done over this kind of distance. Not going to be challenging those 20 miles in an hour lads but still progress for me.

http://www.strava.com/activities/133820393

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Sorry not posted on here for a while. Ride today was nice, perfect conditions apart from the normal stops for lights and roundabouts. Best average speed I have done over this kind of distance. Not going to be challenging those 20 miles in an hour lads but still progress for me.

http://www.strava.com/activities/133820393

Me neither, well at least not on this bike.

 

[Stonechat]

Afraid I Wimped out this morning
It is raining and has poor visibility, had a very hilly route planned, back home tomorrow, so no ride until back home

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Afraid I Wimped out this morning
It is raining and has poor visibility, had a very hilly route planned, back home tomorrow, so no ride until back home

Sorry to hear that Bob, its a bit overcast here, but I have to go to the group therapy for 10:30 its not far, but i usually tack a ride on after (20-30 miles).

 

[Harv]

Rain predicted all weekend where I am.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yea but only light showers, certainly here, not checked the full picture.

 

[MattMM]

Must be something about Fridays... Cool, overcast and headwind on way back, but managed probably my best ride of my near 5 month newbie career. Decided to do a long undulating out wards leg, then a serious-ish climb back over Eaglesham Moor. Was swithering over whether to do the moor give the wind, however glad I did. 18PRs and about 20 top 3s on the route. Delighted.

http://www.strava.com/activities/133971072

 

[welsh dragon]

Well what can I say. Weather forcast was 8c but feeling more like 4c and they were right. Dam cold out there, damp overcast and pouring down with rain so no bike ride today.
best to stay inside and look at the miserable weather through the window. Hope everyone is having a good day regardless of the weather.