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

[moo]

I just got back from an interesting ride. The road was flooded and a bit deeper than expected. I lost sight of the front wheel for a good 10 seconds and was preparing to swim. Need to pack a snorkel methinks

 

[Mo1959]

Guess I have bored everyone

Yyyyaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnnnn

Afraid most of it goes over my head Nigel. Lol.

Brrr, only around two or three degrees again. I am struggling making myself go out already and we are still only in October. Think the mornings it is going to be so cold I would be better walking the dog first then going out once it warms up slightly.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Mo1959 I don't get moving till I have had at least 4 cups of coffee, mind you as you know thats as much my meds as anything, or is it old age creeping in.

 

[Harv]

Nige would make an excellent Maths teacher. All these stats are mind blowing. I really dont understand them.

I thought I was a bit of a stats geek but I only really look at speed, elevation, heart rate.

 

[stevey]

I am the same as Mo it's just numbers but on the other hand it's what Nigel likes to analyze so fair play

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@stevey
I just like messing with databases, not very good at it really, pretty basic stuff in terms of formulas ect, the cycling data actually gives me something to work with, it takes me about 5 mins a ride to enter all the data, from bryton, rwgps, GTC and sporttracks, though sometimes I do the weather in batches as sporttracks takes a little longer to start up.
@Harv I was pretty naff at school, just 5 o'levels English wasn't one of them as you can probably tell from my posts

The most difficult bit on the database was getting to display rolling periods, its not perfect as if I take a week off it totally misses that period.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Mo1959 I don't get moving till I have had at least 4 cups of coffee, mind you as you know thats as much my meds as anything, or is it old age creeping in.

blame it on the meds, it will make you feel much better.

Yyyyaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnnnnn

Afraid most of it goes over my head Nigel. Lol.

Brrr, only around two or three degrees again. I am struggling making myself go out already and we are still only in October. Think the mornings it is going to be so cold I would be better walking the dog first then going out once it warms up slightly.

total opposite here this morning, Mo. It rained all night not stopping until 5am and is rather warm...apparently it is double figures here already

right time to recap last week's Spanish - got to earn that NUS card

 

[Big_Dave]

It rained here all day yesterday, all night and still raining this morning

I do like to see @Nigelnaturist stats and all the details he put in them

 

[Stonechat]

It rained here all day yesterday, all night and still raining this morning

I do like to see @Nigelnaturist stats and all the details he put in them

Yes it gives me ideas on what stat I could be using

I discovered another useful tool the other day called Stravaplus
If you use Chrome as your browser, it adds some extra Stats
One of them is toughness factor

 

[Mo1959]

I am the same as Mo it's just numbers but on the other hand it's what Nigel likes to analyze so fair play

Yep......each to their own. I hated maths at school and still have no interest I'm afraid. I just ride how I feel, not really caring about gearing, cadence, etc.

Well, didn't feel too cold once I got going this morning and managed the longest run since my lay off. Just over 32 miles. Means the challenge is complete and while I would love to buy the t-shirt, it works out at around £37 including postage for a cotton t-shirt so doubt I will bother.

Probably have a day off tomorrow, partly because I could do with one and also Dad has an opticians appointment where he has to have the drops that you are not supposed to drive after so I will take him to that.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yep......each to their own. I hated maths at school and still have no interest I'm afraid. I just ride how I feel, not really caring about gearing, cadence, etc.

Well, didn't feel too cold once I got going this morning and managed the longest run since my lay off. Just over 32 miles. Means the challenge is complete and while I would love to buy the t-shirt, it works out at around £37 including postage for a cotton t-shirt so doubt I will bother.

Probably have a day off tomorrow, partly because I could do with one and also Dad has an opticians appointment where he has to have the drops that you are not supposed to drive after so I will take him to that.

its the same with all the stuff from strava.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Yes it gives me ideas on what stat I could be using

I discovered another useful tool the other day called Stravaplus
If you use Chrome as your browser, it adds some extra Stats
One of them is toughness factor

Its ok pointing it out, a link might help. because for the life of me I can't find it.

Found it.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stravaplus-developer-prev/dhiaggccakkgdfcadnklkbljcgicpckn

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat love that
My last ride.

Is that the same toughness factor as on the premium version.

Edit
It shows others stats as well

 

[Torvi]

my first spd pedals... they feel weird to ride in them. Im glad ive got ones with flat side too, it already came in handy trying to maneuver in traffic i took one feet out and put on flat side for safety

 

[Studley]

@SatNavSaysStraightOn I was think of you when I came across this.
Also for those newbies that think head wind is _______ well I will let you put in the word you want
View attachment 59019
As you know I have been updating my database to include headwinds ect,as you can see the period from the 27/8-2/9 average head wind was 12mph but i didn't lose much overall (admittedly most are circular routes, but as we all know you never make it up with a tailwind)

Totally meaningless to a noob like me tbh.