Stephen Piper
Veteran
- Location
- Romney Marsh, Kent
All good fun Ed, but try to get one that's up a steep hill to see how strong you really are, some people are just machines.
Sex change time ... it's much easier for a woman than a man to get a KOM! Though my favourite KOM that I worked hard to get, I've beaten a male friend on so I'm really pleased!Congrats! I don't think I'll ever get a KOM but I am chuffed when I get in the top 100!
The trouble is if I had a sex change I'd probably never go out again, let alone get on a bike!Sex change time ... it's much easier for a woman than a man to get a KOM! Though my favourite KOM that I worked hard to get, I've beaten a male friend on so I'm really pleased!
exactly why i decided not to post it! i know that certain members such as @ianrauk and @rb58 are down this way occasionally and are rather fastYou need to give us details of the segment so when we're over that way we can "go and take a look"
got one that i used to like which had a steep but short 'power climb' in it but i stopped doing that after i woke up to just dangerous it is to cross the road over a live lane on a blind corner at high speed (probably at least 20 or more mph) without thinking!All good fun Ed, but try to get one that's up a steep hill to see how strong you really are, some people are just machines.
bit hard to get KOM if you are a gal but a QOM is slightly more achievable!Sex change time ... it's much easier for a woman than a man to get a KOM! Though my favourite KOM that I worked hard to get, I've beaten a male friend on so I'm really pleased!
TBH if i were to have a sex change i don't think i would act different to what i currently doThe trouble is if I had a sex change I'd probably never go out again, let alone get on a bike!
Is the 0.9 miles a straight road Ed? One of my fav segments is a 1 mile dead straight and flat road. Love smashing it down there, time the lights that are about an eighth of a mile beforehand, spin your legs up before the start line then BOOM! ! ! Love it!22.5 mph for 0.9 miles pretty much shot me!
Cheers Ed
sounds like drag racing on a bike! not straight unfortunately i build up my speed before hand on another road and then turn off down onto the segment and smash it down the first bit and through a couple of corners that feel rather sharp on a fairly narrow road at high speed and then down a short straight through a slight left hand and then another slightly longer straight and then through a mild corner or two to go for the final straight with the segment ending at the end of the road at a T junction which is onto an equally quiet road so i just over shoot straight out onto the other road to stop so as not to have to slow down on the segmentIs the 0.9 miles a straight road Ed? One of my fav segments is a 1 mile dead straight and flat road. Love smashing it down there, time the lights that are about an eigth of a mile before hand, spin your legs up before the start line then BOOM! ! ! Love it!
Bang on there. I've gpx'd the long one, it's a case of following the Garmin, as yet no one has. There have been a few attempts on the stupid one, and one attempt on the lethal one (that I know of).@moo this seg,ent is a tiny quiet back road where it would be safe enough to ride all over the road if you wanted to as it might see 3 or 4 cars a day, of course i always ride on the left hand side and abort the segment if there is a car coming
@Racing roadkill does anybody else ride your 82 mile one? i doubt anyone goes that exact same route! and the others either stupid or lethal!
Cheers Ed
So Ed, c'mon, you don't need educating why there are so many things wrong with whacking straight out into another road, Strava or not, it's still a road, that could be being used by a vehicle, that you could end up under... just think about it.so i just over shoot straight out onto the other road to stop so as not to have to slow down on the segment
you see i got this segment all worked out! what sort of speed can you average on your mile straight? can you pretty much own the road all to your self like mine or do you have to share it with other traffic and cars etc?
Cheers Ed
exactly why i decided not to post it! i know that certain members such as @ianrauk and @rb58 are down this way occasionally and are rather fast
got one that i used to like which had a steep but short 'power climb' in it but i stopped doing that after i woke up to just dangerous it is to cross the road over a live lane on a blind corner at high speed (probably at least 20 or more mph) without thinking!
the offending corner and the line to take in red:
bit hard to get KOM if you are a gal but a QOM is slightly more achievable!
TBH if i were to have a sex change i don't think i would act different to what i currently do
Cheers Ed