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[Nigelnaturist]

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

@Torvi you will get use to them.
@Studley the one you are referring to, shows how your average speed into headwinds isn't effected to much overall as the tailwind help make up for it, though on any particular ride it may, like @SatNavSaysStraightOn had the misfortune to ride in last night.
Here is something interesting, so far on average August is the wettest month I ride in, and Feb and April the driest.
Bear in mind I started mid year so Jan-Jun is only two years data (as is Nov-Dec), but the average is for the days ridden, I am trying to get a month count, but I think I need to go back a query and insert a month total query. So much for April showers.

 

[Studley]

I think you forget what's it's like being a complete noob Nigel. A 4-5 mile ride into a headwind would completely exhaust my legs and that makes a HUGE difference to my average speed on the return journey.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Studley I don't, I remember to well, I remember screaming at the f'*** wind one Aug. I never said it was easy I was just saying over time it doesn't make much difference to you overall avg sp.
I have been out where the wind has knocked off over 6mph on a particle stretch of road and that was on a flat road, in fact of most things I remember about riding, is some of the rides in the wind. not so much the rain, but wind it gives you an achievement when you have completed it knowing you did it, rain well you just get wet.
This last Aug was bad weather wise (mind you from my records it always seems to be), so of the strongest winds I have been out in for a while.
Tips for riding in the wind, don't fight it, use a couple of gears lower than you think and just spin, to some extent your speed is not the important thing the ability to keep going is, so having chosen a lower gear just spin and work your way steadily through, try and keep low out of the wind, use hedgerows and buildings for some shelter, ignore all that if I am teaching you to suck eggs so to speak.

 

[Big_Dave]

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

Have got a link to it

 

[Mo1959]

Have got a link to it

If you go back a page Dave, Nigel put a link in one of his posts.

 

[Big_Dave]

If you go back a page Dave, Nigel put a link in one of his posts.

thanks, must have missed that post

 

[Stonechat]

I think you forget what's it's like being a complete noob Nigel. A 4-5 mile ride into a headwind would completely exhaust my legs and that makes a HUGE difference to my average speed on the return journey.

I was liable to see my speed was down, and so push harder, and consequently overdo it
Now I pace myself better and often go onto the drops to be a little more aero

 

[Big_Dave]

@Stonechat love that
My last ride.

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

Edit
It shows others stats as well

Pretty much, stravaplus said 100 on my ride and premium says 93

 

[Big_Dave]

How cool is that stravaplus!!! Thanks for the link Nigel

 

[Mo1959]

Anyone else find that they can't seem to get warm after exercising in the cold? Still freezing even with 3 layers on. Hopefully a brisk 4 mile walk with the dog will warm me up.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Big_Dave yea I did a little reading, I was looking to see how it compared with my difficulty score, but mine is based on terrain. Thank @Stonechat for it really.
@Mo1959 not usually, bigger problem with cold feet whilst on the computer.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Big_Dave yea I did a little reading, I was looking to see how it compared with my difficulty score, but mine is based on terrain. Thank @Stonechat for it really.
@Mo1959 not usually, bigger problem with cold feet whilst on the computer.

I have found the ideal solution for that. take your socks off and put your feet on a warm wheatbag... it stays warm for ages and so do your feet! (socks just act as insulators against the warmth or at least my woollen ones do!

 

[Big_Dave]

Thanks @Stonechat, If you want to quickly toggle between metric and imperial units on strava there is a chrome extension for that https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/strava-enhancement-suite/egelalffpmicecakegglddmhlbdiemlg

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Big_Dave its those crank revolutions that get me

 

[Big_Dave]

me too didn't half make me giggle