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[Torvi]

just went back from another damn hilly ride my mate wanted to shake me off on the last miles because after a long steady downhill there were big ass uphill to do 26.7 to 27.7 mile is terrible climb he went off away for around half mile in front but as soon as he hit that uphill i caught him up and took him over in the end i was waiting on top of it for about a minute or two for him then as we had a little breath catch ive seen a guy in same jersey as mine so i told my pal that im gonna catch him and put him down and so i did

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6288125
pace was around 14,5-16mph

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I use Veloviewer, look at activities
Then I order rides by their length
The default view has 20 ride per page, so on the second page I start counting back from 40 at the bottom
View attachment 59285
(This is the second page)
So you see the 40th longest ride was 37.19 miles, the 39th longest ride was 37.28 miles, and the 38th longest ride was 38.54 miles
So Eddington number is 38

err - eddington numbers are the number of times you have ridden that distance... so you need 33 rides longer than 33 miles to have an (imperial) eddington number of 33... (sorry)

I wrote my own spreadsheet and use the export feature from MCL to update it...
(if anyone wants a copy just send me a PM... it is all automatic now other than putting in your ride data...

Edit: I have just made an imperial eddington number of 53 needing another 4 rides longer than 53 miles to get to 54...

 

[RWright]

err - eddington numbers are the number of times you have ridden that distance... so you need 33 rides longer than 33 miles to have an (imperial) eddington number of 33... (sorry)

I wrote my own spreadsheet and use the export feature from MCL to update it...
(if anyone wants a copy just send me a PM... it is all automatic now other than putting in your ride data...

Edit: I have just made an imperial eddington number of 53 needing another 4 rides longer than 53 miles to get to 54...

my 32 longest ride is 32.76...does that count?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

my 32 longest ride is 32.76...does that count?

if you have ridden more than 32 miles 32 times, then yes...

The idea being that it gets harder and harder to get to the higher numbers... so for E=50, you will need to have ridden more than 50 miles 50 times (so think 50x50 here...)
I have a list of nearly 700 rides to get an Eddington number of 53 (imperial). To get to 54, I need another 4 rides all longer than 54 miles (so I will have to have ridden 4x54 minimum)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

wiki quote

Eddington secondary number[edit]
Eddington is credited with devising a measure of a cyclist's long distance riding achievements. The Eddington Number in this context is defined as E, the number of days a cyclist has cycled more than E miles.[14][15] For example an Eddington Number of 70 would imply that a cyclist has cycled more than 70 miles in a day on 70 occasions. Achieving a high Eddington number is difficult since moving from, say, 70 to 75 will probably require more than five new long distance rides since any rides shorter than 75 miles will no longer be included in the reckoning. Eddington's own E-number was 84.[16]

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Nigelnaturist a miracle happened today...

 

[RWright]

I need 19 - 40 milers to get to 40, probably wont happen this year.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I need 19 - 40 milers to get to 40, probably wont happen this year.

I should make 54 this year... 55 might be another matter entirely
goes off to look it up... 9 needed to get to 55... possible but...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Is there some sort of Eddington Number plug in for Strava or something or do people do with their own spreadsheet or database program procedure?

I do mine in Excel with a rather nifty formula I got from @SatNavSaysStraightOn, if I remember I will post it up tonight when I get home

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Oh and I am now up to 77 (I think) though I have now hit a bit of a plateau and need a fair few rides (20 pluses) to start getting higher.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I have the whole thing automated in excel now. all you need to do is enter the date in UK format and the km's and it does everything else for you...

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I have the whole thing automated in excel now. all you need to do is enter the date in UK format and the km's and it does everything else for you...

Snap, apart from I do it in miles, none of this new fancy European stuff for me

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Snap, apart from I do it in miles, none of this new fancy European stuff for me

mine converts to miles automatically and gives both imperial and metric Eddington Numbers... it is interesting seeing how different they are - they don't equate!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

mine converts to miles automatically and gives both imperial and metric Eddington Numbers... it is interesting seeing how different they are - they don't equate!

Ignore me, I know why they don't equate!

Another stat for me to do!

 

[MattMM]

And still here after a wee absence... New job and associated travel means I don't get out much during the week, if I can do 2 midweek runs I'm happy, but managed my first night ride (gets dark early in the far North of Scotland) last night. Learned that my el cheapo Electron Nano light is only really good as a front flasher (oooerrr missus) so have a Cateye Volt landing soon. Fortunately was on a road I knew reasonably OK, so no major issues, only squeaky bit was a wee overtake in a traffic light queue trying to get to front cycle space, less space than I thought I had - a lesson learned.

Should hopefully get a morning run in over the weekend...watch this space

http://www.strava.com/activities/208062184