Show us your.......newbie progress!

[Berk on a Bike]

I think that's about all I am missing to make my day complete! (may have to be a pit stop on-route to work maybe)

Here. Have mine.

Erm... I may have eaten some while composing this reply... soz...

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Did a mid-afternoon dash along the ribbon of tarmac that is the Spen Greenway. Soaking wet, covered in leaves and a bit dismal. But enough about my arse. The ride I quite enjoyed!

http://www.strava.com/activities/223874945

 

[bpsmith]

Faulty unit !!, I shouldn't worry about the elevation to much it all wacky, even the same route with the same unit will give different elevations
Elevgain, corrected on rwgps, unitelevgain, from the bryton site for the R20, and 705 unit elevation, ftmile as corrected for either the r20 or 705, 705 if I have data r20 otherwise. These are for the same ride to the hospital Friday mornings, it the only route I do thats the same every time.

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I had mine replaced and still the same. Must be his unit I guess. Or some glitch on the GPS near his house. There is one near work which shows a 450ft gain over half a mile...and it's perfectly flat in the real world.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I had mine replaced and still the same. Must be his unit I guess. Or some glitch on the GPS near his house. There is one near work which shows a 450ft gain over half a mile...and it's perfectly flat in the real world.

I have the same problem setting off from my mates, no matter what I do I can't get to set to the correct elevation, today I was like 300 ft higher than it should be, the other day I was in a sub.
Today, the blue is the recorded, the green the corrected.

Tuesdays

Its always the same, and the unit only shows about 3ft gain, no matter how far, be it 8 miles or 22 miles.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

As for the latest climbing challenge I would have been close were it not for the cold I had, so hardly a challenge, I got to 43% in 9 days riding.
Edit and the 20 hr one, well 3 days riding has me on 43%

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

Everything fitted... Resistance on the Gatorskin's are not too bad. just a few fine tuning to get the guards right and brakes aligned again and to get back to it Happy Chappy!

 

[moo]

@Nigelnaturist, have you tried adding manual locations to the Garmin? When you get within GPS range the unit self-corrects to the given elevation. I've added a few near my home, work and local hills. Without these the starting point would always be 300ft too high.

 

[Eribiste]

Hooray, first ride this week today for various reasons and a pleasure to be out, even if it is only to work and back. About time too!

A bit more than 40 klicks, a bit more than 25kph.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nigelnaturist, have you tried adding manual locations to the Garmin? When you get within GPS range the unit self-corrects to the given elevation. I've added a few near my home, work and local hills. Without these the starting point would always be 300ft too high.

Yep, even went right next to one at my friends house, it works fine at home and the hospital.

The gain and loss is right (well depends on the figures) it just doesn't set right, even the 500 was wobble there.

 

[Stonechat]

When I stop at one location (usually Chertsey ) and start again after an hour, air pressure change is shown as a jump up or down in elevation, as I am stopped this does not get added to overall figure, but the graph looks odd

 

[Leescfc79]

@Stonechat I have the same with my 810, stop for cake and it's looks like I've cycled off/up a cliff!

First ride for 10 days yesterday, 20 miles on the mtb with about 7 of them at Kent Cyclopark practising technical stuff like rock gardens and tight turns....loved every second of it!

 

[Leescfc79]

P.S - is it normal to be cleaning your bike at 6:30 am on a cold Friday morning and actually enjoy doing it?!?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

P.S - is it normal to be cleaning your bike at 6:30 am on a cold Friday morning and actually enjoy doing it?!?

Don't matter what time of day, yes as it makes your next ride enjoyable.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

P.S - is it normal to be cleaning your bike at 6:30 am on a cold Friday morning and actually enjoy doing it?!?

yes - don't worry about it. I used to do it earlier than that if it needed it when I cycled to work 5 days a week.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

When I stop at one location (usually Chertsey ) and start again after an hour, air pressure change is shown as a jump up or down in elevation, as I am stopped this does not get added to overall figure, but the graph looks odd

Temp also effects the unit. this is why sometimes you can lose height quickly at the start of a ride.