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[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Switch to metres per hour - will sound better still!

I think I might work on just maintaining this 'speed' for the time being.
I do have to take into account that this is a trike and it's off road, not on road and if that muddy section which is at least 1/2 mile long was a little drier...

I know excuse, excuses

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well I did it, I have ordered the 12-23 cassette, lets see now what are the chances it will rain everyday next month, apart from shifters which should last a while, this is the most expensive single item I have bought for the bike, (chainset was bought as individual parts) that has a finite lifetime (how far is dependent), I have got this a head of next week, as whilst the 105 seems fine on the road, there is when its on the stand a little bit of rumble as you rotate the cranks and it more noticeable in the 15-17 range usually where I ride, so I am presuming there is a little bit more wear than I thought.
Also its time to see if what I have been saying about the triples and a closely grouped cassette is true, as since I changed from the 30-40-52 chainset my avg sp has been down, not entirely sure why, and its not solely the weather, though some could be fitness as my cad is down, I was also quicker on the 9sp 30-40-52 13-25 setup, however neither setup did a climb as much per mile, its only slightly different however a couple of feet/mile. The average HR seems to backup up the fitness thing, also the rides have been more difficult

Edit the bad shift might also be the cassette is a little lose I will look at it later, not sure if new I didn't tighten it enough on the new wheel or I missed a spacer, former I think.

 

[Stonechat]

Slightly shorter version of normal Weds Chertsey outing
Forgot to restart Garmin on the way back
About 17.3 miles at about 16.5 mph
433 feet climbed on the bit I did record and the rest was pretty flat
Recorded part here
vhttps://www.strava.com/activities/270120798

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

today's ride - once again the Whitegate way... 13km or 8 miles. at 10.1kph... slowly improving
https://www.strava.com/activities/270109975
I may soon have to come up with ideas for extending this route, given I can't go much further along it before an obstacle I can't get through!

 

[spooks]

Felt like a sack of potatos with legs of jelly trying to ride a bike with the brakes on today. Beautiful morning so though i'd repeat my ride up Haldon hill and back but as soon as it started going uphill at 4 miles in I wanted to call for a lift home! I've managed the hill with only 1 or 2 stops up until now (really unfit at the moment) but today I had 4 and a long sit down at the top with a cake to recover. Then on the way down I had a visit from the puncture fairies but I was in a nice sunny spot to fix it at least. There were cars galore and the descent is narrow and twisty with gravel everywhere and was still really wet which made it exciting. Then to top it all off a suicidal squirrel nearly had me off. Still glad I persevered though. I will get fit for summer!!

 

[stevey]

Well went to the hospital today and it's good news wrist is all healed and got the ok to carry on cycling... Now all i have to do is get rid of this ear infection i seemed to have caught more or less totally deaf in both ears, and get bike fixed it would seem the FD has been knocked out of line and i may have a bent RD.....Oh the joys...

Hope everyone is ok and getting better

 

[Nomadski]

@Nomadski regarding the cogs, they only go on one way, and to help easy your worries, the number of teeth is stamped on the facing side, different speeds vary a little but the principles are the same, make note of spacers spoke side of the cassette, and towards the lock nut, my 12-27 105 has the two small cogs with in built spacers, the rest bar the three low cogs have individual spacers, the three low gears are on a spider, tiagra I believe ( but I would need to look this up) have 5 or 6 on a fixed spider, making cleaning a little more tricky, not sure towards the lock nut, Ultegra as far as I know is the same as 105, there are plenty of docs showing the order and what is on the spider, 9sp and below, if you remove the pins can be assembled as individual cogs (though 9sp spacers are a little prone to breaking).
Make sure you seat the threads of the lock nut correctly before tightening.
You shouldn't need to touch the gears, though as with everything, just check everything runs smooth after assembly, I have had to tweak things going from the RS11's to the R501's, mainly due to the Rd catching a spoke or two, I also think I need to check the lock nut.
Trust me once you've had it off a couple of times you will wonder what the fuss is all about, a bit like sex really.

Thanks for the advice. Couldn't put any of it into practice today sadly as I came down with a heavy dose of manflu thru the night so woke up and stayed in bed. For the whole day! Currently wrapped up with some paracetamol and a chicken cup a soup and a large dose of felling sorry for myself.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Been playing around with gear ratios again, this is pretty wacky but has a great range and a good low end, low on the middle a little high but with 8 gears lower than 50" on the inner ring ___________________________________what I will have come the wkend_______________my current ______________________________a 50/34 covering the same

Not quite sure how low a road FD will go, but if I am ever fit enough, and have the funds, I might give it go, as you may notice they are all geared around having a straight chain line around what I spin at, my average being around about 61", 61" @90rpm is 16.34mph, on a flat calm day I can ride about 19-20mph so 19mph @90rpm is 71" or 38x14 72", or 50x18 73.6"

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well to say I am a bit peeved is an understatement. Well to today is 1,000 days since I started cycling and my 600th actual day out, and the garmin stopped recording the gps track, did it on that rout about the same spot, on top of that so did the Bryton (full memory), I have managed to reconstruct the missing bit https://www.strava.com/activities/270777924 suspect the p.b's will be wrong, as I had to use an average moving speed, which I calculated from the total time-the time from the recorded segment, created a route in rwgps, exported that to TCX converter, corrected the speed, exported as history, corrected the time stamp, and uploaded that to strava, I could have merged the two, but the second bit started a few mins before the first one ended and really couldn't be bothered to sort it. The elevation is about right too. 413 on strava, 390 corrected rwgps
So my stats for today are 48.46 miles at 15.04mph with 1971ft elevation (40.67ft/mile) this puts me about 50m short of the challenge.
Back to my 600 days,

Thats a coincidence at a 1,000 rides, its not as the the first 6 months are just daily totals, as you can see, elevation is recorded at 785,060ft but I don't know how accurate it is. I started on the 23/6/2012 so 2012 is only 6 month a few days.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

So I did this today... https://www.strava.com/activities/270652605

When I have the mornings free (i.e. working late shift) I always take Mrs Berk to work; she doesn't drive and it saves her yomping over the hill. Today I assured her I'd be back in time to do my taxi duty. So confident was I, I didn't bother to take a house key. However at some point I decided to alter my route and take the long way home. Cue embarrassing phone call from roughly 3km out to say I wouldn't make it in time. She said no problem; she didn't want to leave the house unlocked and, seeing as I was nearly home, she'd call work to let them know she'd be a bit late.

When I got home, I chucked the bike to one side, changed out of helmet and bike shoes and grabbed my car keys. I then casually asked Mrs Berk if her work was ok with her being late. She said they were fine with it. What did you tell them, I asked.

"I just told them you'd been out on your bike and you'd fallen off..."

 

[Nigelnaturist]

This is it as fully corrected as I can make it.
https://www.strava.com/activities/270847595

 

[Stonechat]

Well to say I am a bit peeved is an understatement. Well to today is 1,000 days since I started cycling and my 600th actual day out, and the garmin stopped recording the gps track, did it on that rout about the same spot, on top of that so did the Bryton (full memory), I have managed to reconstruct the missing bit https://www.strava.com/activities/270777924 suspect the p.b's will be wrong, as I had to use an average moving speed, which I calculated from the total time-the time from the recorded segment, created a route in rwgps, exported that to TCX converter, corrected the speed, exported as history, corrected the time stamp, and uploaded that to strava, I could have merged the two, but the second bit started a few mins before the first one ended and really couldn't be bothered to sort it. The elevation is about right too. 413 on strava, 390 corrected rwgps
So my stats for today are 48.46 miles at 15.04mph with 1971ft elevation (40.67ft/mile) this puts me about 50m short of the challenge.
Back to my 600 days,
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Thats a coincidence at a 1,000 rides, its not as the the first 6 months are just daily totals, as you can see, elevation is recorded at 785,060ft but I don't know how accurate it is. I started on the 23/6/2012 so 2012 is only 6 month a few days.

I have sometime tried to do that sort of thing with little success
Good ride thiough

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat its more difficult with fit files, I use two utilities one called tcx convertor which can export a plotted ride as a history file, and firstobject xml editor
if you have the raw tcx file the important bits are between the first and end <lap> markers, there may only be a pair it depends how you have your unit set up yo record laps, mine id every 5km, You also need the <Id> tag line this identifies the activity, This is from the header of a tcx file, the red bit is from the tcx converter and is removed the green bit is the activity identifier, the yellow is the rides total/average details (for some reason though the 705 sometimes stops recording the gps track, it still records the ride, even with out a sp sensor), so its not like I put it on pause ect...
Below the yellow section is the first track point,

A tcx file direct from the 705, the yellow is the lap totals as in the one above but that lap is for the total (something that was lost), and the red the first track point of that lap, you can see the difference in the header.

This is why I can reset my garmin say at a friends, then I can stitch the files together, copy header, to the last lap marker in the first file, and then and then from the first lap marker, under the id tag, (if this was included, strava would load it as two separate activities), and then past that at the end of the original (or first part)

This is the footer, the end lap point as I mentioned, the green bit is the bit you remove from the first file if you stitch things together, but you keep it from the file you copy

Its a while since I did a fit repair, you need to export the fit file you have providing its not corrupted as a tcx file, say with rwgps (don't correct data) delete the footer, than using rwgps, plot the missing bit, export as course, load that to tcx converter, make sure you adjust the avg speed to what your average speed over that course was (it will effect your p.b's on any strava segment), export that as a history file, and then join the two as described.

And that is probably as clear as mud, only one cup so far.

 

[Mo1959]

I think I will treat the legs to a very slow and gentle spin after doing the climbing challenge. Maybe leave it in the small ring and spin along very gently and try and catch the eclipse if it stays clear enough. Breeze is picking up anyway.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 just be careful even a small amount of sun light can damage the eyes.