Silly STRAVA Racing

[Sittingduck]

Nice tailwind going in Today, so I took a slight detour but I think my efforts have probably been neutralised by virtue of the fact that I was on the heavy winter bike

Will have to wait and see, until I am able to upload it to Strava, this evening.

 

[400bhp]

Grrr-Garmin has stopped synching. I suspect it's gonna have to go back to Garmin.

I can use my wife's old I-phone. Not having a clue how these work, can I stick a pay as you go SIM in it and then use the Strava app (pretty sure the phone is unblocked)?

 

[Andrew_P]

Grrr-Garmin has stopped synching. I suspect it's gonna have to go back to Garmin.

I can use my wife's old I-phone. Not having a clue how these work, can I stick a pay as you go SIM in it and then use the Strava app (pretty sure the phone is unblocked)?

Have you tried a new lead my symptoms are identical when a lead goes awol. It will charge but I do not get the windows message to open a folder and I get a hardware install error message on the PC. Sometimes it just turns on and charges and others I get a battery charging icon. If I change the lead its working again.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Grrr-Garmin has stopped synching. I suspect it's gonna have to go back to Garmin.

I can use my wife's old I-phone. Not having a clue how these work, can I stick a pay as you go SIM in it and then use the Strava app (pretty sure the phone is unblocked)?

I think you can get a pay as you go sim from gif gaf that should do the job nicely.

 

[trampyjoe]

Grrr-Garmin has stopped synching. I suspect it's gonna have to go back to Garmin.

I can use my wife's old I-phone. Not having a clue how these work, can I stick a pay as you go SIM in it and then use the Strava app (pretty sure the phone is unblocked)?

not sure if apple do the same but my old blackberry was on PAYG and if I didn't pay £15 a month for the 'blackberry features' I got no internet, not even through the wi-fi (and It wasn't a fault, I spent months complaining but was told 'thats how it is', needless to say I'm now on a £12 a month contract that does so much more, and I have an android!)

 

[400bhp]

Have you tried a new lead my symptoms are identical when a lead goes awol. It will charge but I do not get the windows message to open a folder and I get a hardware install error message on the PC. Sometimes it just turns on and charges and others I get a battery charging icon. If I change the lead its working again.

I've read about the lead issues on the net. Problem is the unit doesn't work on my home laptop or my works laptop which use different leads. I guess it wouldn't harm to try a 3rd lead.

I suspect it got a bit of water in it yesterday. Will go and buy/borrow a lead and see. Thanks

 

[400bhp]

Thanks for replies chaps

 

[400bhp]

The name of this segment

http://app.strava.com/segments/2407815

 

[Hacienda71]

The name of this segment

http://app.strava.com/segments/2407815

Got to be the same guy who created that, who was responsible for the classic "Katie Price's Angry Lobster" and the not so well known "George Osborne's Fudge Tunnel"

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Didn't think my legs would be up to much today but I managed to add a decent margin on top of one of my KOMs.

My single speed commuter had a flat this morning so I came in on the nippy bike, so couldn't resist!

 

[4F]

Didn't think my legs would be up to much today but I managed to add a decent margin on top of one of my KOMs.

My single speed commuter had a flat this morning so I came in on the nippy bike, so couldn't resist!

Ideal wind conditions for that one I would say, shame I came in with the car today

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Utterly utterly ideal

Ideal wind conditions for that one I would say, shame I came in with the car today

Utterly ideal, and it was tough! If you look at the ride you'll see that I totally bombed on the Pound Lane segment and limped back to work very slowly indeed!

 

[MrJamie]

Id lost a segment by a second a few months back and hadnt managed to take it back with it being school hols and popular with dog walkers, managed to steal it back but felt cheaty with the tailwind today.

 

[craven2354]

That looks like it's worth extending my commute a little for.

What happened on that road on June 4th so many of the top times on the same day? Was it closed road -.-

 

[Hacienda71]

What happened on that road on June 4th so many of the top times on the same day? Was it closed road -.-

It was The Great Manchester Cycle. I am the fastest CC'er without even knowing there was a segment there.