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Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I think I'm just allergic to hard work!I think I might be allergic to the cold.
Felt a real slog this morning. Wind and rain plus legs that didn't feel very strong.Always a nice feeling though when you get in with that warm glow and enjoy your breakfast. Only problem is, I will need to go back out with the dog now and get wet all over again!
OP
OP
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Wet!
(No progress.)
(No progress.)
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
- Location
- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
tis dry here, but have other things to do today... so also no progress..
Torvi
mr poopmechanic
- Location
- Wellingborough
been out today again battling winds tough not so hard as Tuesday ones. went with mate and his boss
no idea what my av speed was as me and mate's boss been waiting couple of times for him on top of hills.
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/618355904/0?lang=en
no idea what my av speed was as me and mate's boss been waiting couple of times for him on top of hills.
http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/618355904/0?lang=en
SpaCyclist
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
Well, I did manage the longer ride I hoped for yesterday - 82.4km with 729m (51.2 miles and 2,400ft) according to Strava. This is the longest and toughest ride I have managed for 24 years - my last really long ride was the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride in 1990, and I still have the 'T' shirt somewhere to prove it!
That however is only half the story.
Planning the route last night I spotted one of those dreaded steep uphill arrows across the road, with no alternative way round it. After considering, and rejecting several alternatives I decided to go for it.
Everything was fine until I saw the 1 in 6 sign.
Ok, that's steep, but just slow down and you'll be fine... Next I saw the short steepest bit.... Oh xxxx.
Pedalling up, out of my seat.... Very hard work.... Who put the brakes on..... Why does this bike weigh four times what it did a minute ago..... Who fitted the anchor to my bike, and can I get rid of it.....
I got up the steepest section, but had to stop to recover before finishing the hill. Maybe next time...
The payoff for the effort was a lovely downhill section. Not too steep, and no sharp bends and not too busy a road. I love it when cars stop going past me as I head downhill. Strava shows a maximum speed of 64kmh, and I must have done about that for best part of a mile.
Definitely tired legs now, but I am pleased with the ride - and it was almost all dry!
if you are interested, you can see the route here: http://www.strava.com/activities/210700659.
That however is only half the story.
Planning the route last night I spotted one of those dreaded steep uphill arrows across the road, with no alternative way round it. After considering, and rejecting several alternatives I decided to go for it.
Everything was fine until I saw the 1 in 6 sign.
Ok, that's steep, but just slow down and you'll be fine... Next I saw the short steepest bit.... Oh xxxx.
Pedalling up, out of my seat.... Very hard work.... Who put the brakes on..... Why does this bike weigh four times what it did a minute ago..... Who fitted the anchor to my bike, and can I get rid of it.....
I got up the steepest section, but had to stop to recover before finishing the hill. Maybe next time...
The payoff for the effort was a lovely downhill section. Not too steep, and no sharp bends and not too busy a road. I love it when cars stop going past me as I head downhill. Strava shows a maximum speed of 64kmh, and I must have done about that for best part of a mile.
Definitely tired legs now, but I am pleased with the ride - and it was almost all dry!
if you are interested, you can see the route here: http://www.strava.com/activities/210700659.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Well, I did manage the longer ride I hoped for yesterday - 82.4km with 729m (51.2 miles and 2,400ft) according to Strava. This is the longest and toughest ride I have managed for 24 years - my last really long ride was the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride in 1990, and I still have the 'T' shirt somewhere to prove it!
That however is only half the story.
Planning the route last night I spotted one of those dreaded steep uphill arrows across the road, with no alternative way round it. After considering, and rejecting several alternatives I decided to go for it.
Everything was fine until I saw the 1 in 6 sign.
Ok, that's steep, but just slow down and you'll be fine... Next I saw the short steepest bit.... Oh xxxx.
Pedalling up, out of my seat.... Very hard work.... Who put the brakes on..... Why does this bike weigh four times what it did a minute ago..... Who fitted the anchor to my bike, and can I get rid of it.....
I got up the steepest section, but had to stop to recover before finishing the hill. Maybe next time...
The payoff for the effort was a lovely downhill section. Not too steep, and no sharp bends and not too busy a road. I love it when cars stop going past me as I head downhill. Strava shows a maximum speed of 64kmh, and I must have done about that for best part of a mile.
Definitely tired legs now, but I am pleased with the ride - and it was almost all dry!
if you are interested, you can see the route here: http://www.strava.com/activities/210700659.
Impressive ride!
I don't always 'get' Strava gradients - they always seem low. I tracked all the way along the profile and couldn't find the 1 in 6 (well done for getting up that!) anywhere.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
How are you getting a long with GC?
I think I like it although it is not very flexible re graphs etc.
Torvi
mr poopmechanic
- Location
- Wellingborough
i dont like garmin too but my friend supplied me with this link only so not like i had a choice lol
SpaCyclist
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
I agree - I'm not sure whether it was the road sign or strava overstating the slope. The segment "Stainburn Bank" on the ride has a maximum gradient of 15.8%. Whatever it was, I found it VERY steep!
Strava always reduces the height climbed compared to my Satmap gps. However, I tend to trust the Strava figures more than the gps. The gps has a margin of error of say 5m, which isn't much in terms of distance, but can be significant in terms of height gained. I use the gps for walking as well as cycling, and find that if I walk any distance on a flat path (such as a canal towpath), it will record "phantom" ups and downs. I suspect that this problem will be worse when the gps signal is poor - such as when cycling or walking under trees.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
That sure is steep - I've not been up anything that steep on a road bike and I don't think I could. I find 10% hard enough tbh - and I couldn't do that over any significant distance, it's ok the odd 100m here and there. I'm going to get a triple one day!
OP
OP
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
Strava is pants at elevation, do this create a segment for the whole ride and you will see what I mean, rwgps gives better figures.
Torvi
mr poopmechanic
- Location
- Wellingborough
Agree with ridewithgps its very good tool and very accurate too 
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
It's not the Satmap. I use the Satmap Active 12 with the barometric altimeter and Strava still nicks 25-33% of my elevation, put the same ride into ridewithgps and it is pretty much the same as the Satmap. I used to get the same using the Active 10 with the GPS elevation.
