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[Nigelnaturist]

@Nomadski nice one. It touches home a little as I lost two unborns.
By the way I was ill, incredibly so in a very short time, and still made it home on the bike, even if heading towards your neck of the woods for a while.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Piddly little write-up after what has gone before!

23.08 miles / 1050' ascent / 14.55 mph av'.

Quite pleased with this ride - one of my best av' speed vs distance rides.

Also chuffed with my virtual racer which was lagging behind me all the way. I think I need to switch off auto-scroll as there was too much going on on the Edge 200.

Also I can see the sense of an out-front mount if I am to avoid doing the M1959 Sheep thing.

 

[Mo1959]

Also I can see the sense of an out-front mount if I am to avoid doing the M1959 Sheep thing.

I saw it ok. I just didn't anticipate it would prefer the other side of the road all of a sudden!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Piddly little write-up after what has gone before!

23.08 miles / 1050' ascent / 14.55 mph av'.

Quite pleased with this ride - one of my best av' speed vs distance rides.

Also chuffed with my virtual racer which was lagging behind me all the way. i think I need to switch off auto-scroll as there was too much going on on the Edge 200.

Also I can see the sense of an out-front mount if I am to avoid doing the M1959 Sheep thing.

I wouldn't get anything more complex then, when mine is on mapping I have 2 data screens with upto 8 fields, one with the map/nav with upto 4 fields, a direction list field, and a compass screen, I don't use auto-scroll, I either have the map thing on or the first data screen, with speed, distance, cad, avg cad, HR, HRzone, elevation gained and time ridden, the 2nd data screen has like avg sp, and some other s*** thats not needed whilst riding, the map screen shows sp, time to next turn (or is it distance) time and distance to destination. There are loads of field you can choose from, but those do me, then I have the R20 showing sp in KM/h distance in Km and time of day usually, though I may have it showing cad if if the garmin is set to the map. It (the garmin) has had a few niggles since I got it, like it just switching of mid ride, sorted that by going back to a previous firmware, and strangley recording the ride, but the gps plot would just stop, I think this was due to the auto lapping, I had it set to chime at 5Km, I have turned that off, as it was difficult extracting the data from the various laps, so far it hasen't done it, though I haven't many long rides since I did that, so I can't be 100% sure, it also make sense on strava as if I put two rides together like yesterday afternoon, it shows as the two distint laps, there and back, I could have put the ride in at well, but I missed the first 400yrds or so, and it would have skewed the main ride data.

You can see what the difference that wind made


EDIT then of cause if I added the same route as a course at the same time, there is another page with course data, the VP time to waypoints and another page with yet more directions, and you though my database was bad.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I really didn't like the jaunt out today. worst average for sometime below 14mph over 20miles.
Having said that I just looked at the figures, and it was almost as difficult as the whole of yesterday,
Yesterdays total difficulty 114.38 today 105.33, just goes to show you.

 

[SeanM]

Out for the 2nd time this week, which is the first time, according to Endomondo, since Jan. Went one whole mile further today, now upto 21m and slightly faster at just under 16mph, but it did feel faster, especially without the rain this time, but wasn't really that much difference and it took just slightly longer. I've been having a specific knee problem for six months or so, which just isn't getting better and should be 10 weeks into my usual football season by this point, but i've done sweet fa because of my knee - i can barely walk for two weeks if i play just one game. i don't feel even remotely fit, i guess it's going to be a long process this time.

Still, it's only the 2nd time i've seen the sun in about 6 weeks, so that's a definite improvement

I've also signed up for Liverpool 2 Chester (50m) which might have been a little excessive at this point.

 

[nobbyp]

Nice little jaunt this evening - an unexpected window opened and as the sun was visiting Yorkshire it seemed almost rude to not bob out

https://www.strava.com/activities/331386123

Actually bothered to take the phone so it was just shy of 39 at 16.6 mph with a piddly 1205 ft of climbing - smashed a PB on one of my "progress hills" - got to top feeling I could have done more (ie no feeling of imminent death) so there's more to come out of that one

Bit of an odd route - went for a bit of an explore (badly as it turned out) as finally had to accept I just needed to turn around as the loop option never materialised and I was just getting further away from home.

Lovely night though and no wandering crash happy sheep encountered

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@nobbyp I had crash happy drivers, one stopped on a T-Junction just as you would expect them either to turn or go straight on, just stopped for no reason, another cut right across the very next T-Junction as I approached and less than 3 miles later, some twit pulled out on me whilst I was doing neigh on 30mph, just glad I changed those clarks pads for some koolstops a few months ago, the number of times these pads have saved my bacon is totting up, or is I just read the road well not sure.

 

[nobbyp]

@nobbyp I had crash happy drivers, one stopped on a T-Junction just as you would expect them either to turn or go straight on, just stopped for no reason, another cut right across the very next T-Junction as I approached and less than 3 miles later, some twit pulled out on me whilst I was doing neigh on 30mph, just glad I changed those clarks pads for some koolstops a few months ago, the number of times these pads have saved my bacon is totting up, or is I just read the road well not sure.

Glad you are back in one piece - think I might upgrade the pads on mine at some point - are the koolstops the best bet then?

 

[nobbyp]

Out for the 2nd time this week, which is the first time, according to Endomondo, since Jan. Went one whole mile further today, now upto 21m and slightly faster at just under 16mph, but it did feel faster, especially without the rain this time, but wasn't really that much difference and it took just slightly longer. I've been having a specific knee problem for six months or so, which just isn't getting better and should be 10 weeks into my usual football season by this point, but i've done sweet fa because of my knee - i can barely walk for two weeks if i play just one game. i don't feel even remotely fit, i guess it's going to be a long process this time.

Still, it's only the 2nd time i've seen the sun in about 6 weeks, so that's a definite improvement

I've also signed up for Liverpool 2 Chester (50m) which might have been a little excessive at this point.

Feel your frustration - I had to give up the footy 2 years ago. I had managed to recover from a couple of snapped medial ligaments but had to give up when the kicking ankle just gave in completely. Miss the sat afternoon ritual of footy but being out on the bike pretty much makes up for it.

FWIW if you can do 21 miles at 16 mph you'll do 50 miles in your sleep

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Glad you are back in one piece - think I might upgrade the pads on mine at some point - are the koolstops the best bet then?

Best I have had and you can get them for about £8 a pair if you watch out. I had some clarks triple compounds for a while, never again, the koolstops are really quite on the rims a softer compound, though my last set lasted over 3,000miles but exact figure not sure, and yes come to my rescue on more than one occasion, but that was only the braking bit the other is being fully aware, you dont have much time when a car left hooks you, and I swear its the closet I have come to hitting a car without hitting one, it made last night look like nothing out of the ordinary, I am not given to completely losing it, but I was 95% the way there that day.

 

[Stonechat]

Usual Weds run to Chertsey with some hill reps thrown in.

Weds I always have rucksack with a few extra kilos too.

After three hill reps varied it a bit, whenever came to uphill section I pushed it a bit

21.61 miles @ 16.5 mph
1037 feet climbed

https://www.strava.com/activities/331887815

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Wet and grey - thoroughly crap out there.

Made some progress though - SRAM Quickview arrived from Wiggle and it is fitted.

Wonderful!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Wet and grey - thoroughly crap out there.

Made some progress though - SRAM Quickview arrived from Wiggle and it is fitted.

Wonderful!

I have one, unit is a little lose after 14 months or so but still secure, mind it is a 705 so a bit bigger than a 200/500, the R20 sits on a normal one on the stem.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well after a poor Monday, and a curtailed Tuesday ride, I did 74miles today not fast but 3,000+ ft nothing really tough though, all on a bowl of porridge and a peanut butter butty.

https://www.strava.com/activities/332886685