potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Got another 'mission' for you once you get some of the beer kegs off
We now have an informal Saturday morning Strava hunting ride out for the S. Manchester gang
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We now have an informal Saturday morning Strava hunting ride out for the S. Manchester gang
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Took a slightly different route home this evening, just for the sake of posting a time on another local segment that I haven't ridden with gps yet - not pushing too hard but thought I might get top 10. Actually got 2nd overall! Wish I'd pushed that little bit harder now...
Addicted? Moi?
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Addicted? Moi?
d.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I doubt it'll last and I won't be around to defend it, but I got a KOM on a very short climb on the steel SS, not a KOM but I am quite pleased with my second through Pleshey.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I found one segment that had quite a decent gradient (cant recall the value) but KOM's and the rest were consistently 23mph+; I then clicked on some of the rides and they all looked genuine but the so called climb in their GPS was mainly a descent with a little bit of climbing at the end 
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
I uploaded a ride to Strava yesterday that I did in 1988 - of course I didn't have GPS then, but I plotted the route in bikeroutetoaster and exported the .gpx.
It was just an experiment in satisfying my curiosity about that particular ride but it occurs to me that it would be a good way to plot segments using stable elevation and distance data, with no GPS glitches.
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It was just an experiment in satisfying my curiosity about that particular ride but it occurs to me that it would be a good way to plot segments using stable elevation and distance data, with no GPS glitches.
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Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
You to can be KOM for a short perioduntil the list is populated like I have done here.
By the time you read this I will probably 50th
As I thought I have now dropped down the rankings
. On the bright side I am not in 50th, I am now in 8th place jointly with Kristian House 
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Would be funny if we could have a proper go at all his local KOM's to goad him into actually posting a few proper fast times
The only pro time I have seen on the flat in South Manchester where I think proper full on effort was being used, was the Alderley Bypass one by Simon Yates. That is a bit special.
The only pro time I have seen on the flat in South Manchester where I think proper full on effort was being used, was the Alderley Bypass one by Simon Yates. That is a bit special.
400bhp
Guru
Tell you what-that Willhub guy is one fast dude. I was having a look at one of his rides wheer he is KoM and I am 2nd. Some of the speeds were > 40mph. I doubted them for a minute but then noticed he has done the 10 mile TT course on the A50 and is top 5 IIRC with an average over 26.
Mr House must live somewhere around Wilmslow. South of wilmslow would be my guess.
Mr House must live somewhere around Wilmslow. South of wilmslow would be my guess.
400bhp
Guru
Would be funny if we could have a proper go at all his local KOM's to goad him into actually posting a few proper fast times
The only pro time I have seen on the flat in South Manchester where I think proper full on effort was being used, was the Alderley Bypass one by Simon Yates. That is a bit special.
I reckon that segment and the KoM will at some point be abused by a couple of nobbers in cars.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
MapMyRide/ MapMyFitness are working on a rival system based on cumilative performances and not one offs (the example they use is where a pro comes to town and blows everybody away by 5mph or more but never does the climb again).
400bhp
Guru
Interesting - although it's simply using the data in a different way.
Edit-I am signed up with RidewithGPS and the segment stuff has been there for at least 6 months. Annoyingly, I uploaded a gpx route so I could edit it for a ride I wanted to do. Somehow it managed to believe that was a ride I had done and gave me some segment times. I never bothered with their system after that.
Edit-I am signed up with RidewithGPS and the segment stuff has been there for at least 6 months. Annoyingly, I uploaded a gpx route so I could edit it for a ride I wanted to do. Somehow it managed to believe that was a ride I had done and gave me some segment times. I never bothered with their system after that.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
New KOM for me on the way home and now up to 2nd on the mini climb segment I created last night where I started 8th. A short enough climb for a tall guy to stand a chance.
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Been pushed down another place on Brinksway, my colleague beat me by 2 seconds tonight, he was only 1 second off KOM.
Fossy's got competition
Set a PR on a segment near home I am pleased with, ridden it 53 times and this weeks 4 rides are all in my top 6 places
Fossy's got competition
Set a PR on a segment near home I am pleased with, ridden it 53 times and this weeks 4 rides are all in my top 6 places
potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
And there we go, Brinksway has a new KOM, my other work mate knocked 1 second off it tonight 
