Silly STRAVA Racing

[gaz]

aaaaaaaaah updated design, quite like it

 

[Rob3rt]

Don't ge me wrong - I'm not going to go out of my way to do lots of extra (perhaps slower?) miles. I agree that it's not exactly inspirational.

I clicked enter as a reflex, but then read the actual challenge and decided that I was not going to pursue this one at all. The last challenge was a mileage munching challenge demanding lots of time spent on the bike, now this one again, is essentially another junk mile challenge (just disguised slightly differently). I know winter is typically a period of just logging the base miles, but it is also Hill Climb season (in fact the National Hill Climb Championship is this Sunday) so they could maybe have given us an elevation challenge or just something...... anything but a milage/sit on the bike for 3 hours a day challenge.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I clicked enter as a reflex, but then read the actual challenge and decided that I was not going to pursue this one at all. The last challenge was a mileage munching challenge demanding lots of time spent on the bike, now this one again, is essentially another junk mile challenge (just disguised slightly differently). I know winter is typically a period of just logging the base miles, but it is also Hill Climb season (in fact the National Hill Climb Championship is this Sunday) so they could maybe have given us an elevation challenge or just something...... anything but a milage/sit on the bike for 3 hours a day challenge.

Bring on the hills!!!

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

I entered the last challenge (400 odd miles in 10 days), then had to give up all cycling!
Because:
3 weeks before i'd tipped the mtb and landed on a tree stump.
2 weeks before the bruise from it had healed.
1 week before a painful mass was forming deep inside my abdomen (left side).
2 days before i had a massive fever and after an ultrasound the docs said i had an infected hematoma
and was carrying more pus than the average secondary school.
Ten days of antibiotics and almost a lancing session later i'm fixed.

Excuses excuses

 

[Kiwiavenger]

I may have to knock this challenge on the head! After 20 miles my right knee hurts like buggery! Only wife I got the sl's though. No amount of fettling seems to fix it! I need a bike fit before I can do mileage munching. Failing that may go back to normal spd's

 

[Andrew_P]

Anyone who says a bike doesn't make much difference is telling porkies, I am on my CX this week due to mech problems on my normal bike and I am averaging 5mins+ slower over 14.8 miles. ALL week I have had unusual tailwinds in to work and would normally be racking a few PB and defintely some sub 48 minute times. 54 odd minutes this morning.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Anyone who says a bike doesn't make much difference is telling porkies, I am on my CX this week due to mech problems on my normal bike and I am averaging 5mins+ slower over 14.8 miles. ALL week I have had unusual tailwinds in to work and would normally be racking a few PB and defintely some sub 48 minute times. 54 odd minutes this morning.

Makes a large difference up the hills. My CX is pretty quick on the flat and descends like a demon but direct it at a steep hill and it feels like i am pulling an extra 2kg with me!! Oh wait............i am!! The road bike is 7kg approx. The CX is 9kg with upgraded wheels and 28mm tyres. It is another kilo heavier again with the stock rims and nobbly tyres for off road purposes.
Just think by the time the good weather hits you will be flying up hills in your good bike and take all the KOM's.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

The road bike is 7kg approx. The CX is 9kg with upgraded wheels and 28mm tyres.

Hahaha!!
My training road bike is 13.6kg's with lights/mudguards/dslr camera in a case, i've won koms on that.
My go faster bike is 8.5kg's.

Weightlifters tend to lift heavier weights to gain muscle strength ... they don't go up the gym and start
lifting the latest carbon fibre weights do they?

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Hahaha!!
My training road bike is 13.6kg's with lights/mudguards/dslr camera in a case, i've won koms on that.
My go faster bike is 8.5kg's.

Weightlifters tend to lift heavier weights to gain muscle strength ... they don't go up the gym and start
lifting the latest carbon fibre weights do they?

Haha, nice one. I don't think lifting weights would make you a better cyclist uphill but that's another thread all together. I've won flat KOM's and downhills on the CX bike but, where i live, you have to be really on it to take KOM's on the hills. That includes the bike!!

 

[ohnovino]

I've officially entered "Phase 2" of the Strava obsession: my running shoes were delivered today and I've downloaded the Strava Run app. Now to see if I can get some CRs...

 

[Hacienda71]

I picked up two KOM's on my way home for lunch today . One into a strong headwind, the other with a stop for a set of red traffic lights. I think I may need to re-do both of them on a calmer day or they will fall rapidly.

 

[defy-one]

My first KOM!
But strava reckons i was doing 51.x mph ?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My first KOM!
But strava reckons i was doing 51.x mph ?

Oooh, harsh but it's gotta go!

 

[defy-one]

Totally agree and i deleted the ride.
The problem is my neighbour has set up the segment ,but it's a 3.2 mile loop. We use it when time is short or for fast fitness work.
Strava struggling with it me thinks.
My next ride comes in at 43mph average .... And again i get KOM

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Totally agree and i deleted the ride.
The problem is my neighbour has set up the segment ,but it's a 3.2 mile loop. We use it when time is short or for fast fitness work.
Strava struggling with it me thinks.
My next ride comes in at 43mph average .... And again i get KOM

Flag segment.