Show us your.......newbie progress! [4 Sep 2012 - 4 Oct 2014]

[Harv]

Just did my longest ride ever (17.8 miles)

Really strong headwind for part of the ride. My heart rate hit 221 max.

Got my sights on a 20 mile ride before the end of Summer.

 

[y2blade]

9miles today, some awesome climbs.

 

[Exile]

Haven't made it out in the end, too much other stuff to do about the house, but knowing I've got the commute tomorrow means I'm not too fussed about missing out (although reading what some of you've been up to did make me consider getting out and making the most of the lighter evenings, even if that thought soon passed). At least the day's not been a total loss. I needed to find some bits and pieces for camping at the end of next week and knew I wouldn't have the time/inclination tomorrow or Tuesday, and if I left it until Wednesday I'd be in a blind panic and that's not the best way to get geared up for a relaxing long weekend in the woods.

Also, it was a bit blowy here at times, and that combined with the near comatose state I found myself in after the meal meant I was in "Any excuse not to ride" mode. At lease I've been slightly productive rather than just dossing about on the sofa watching bad TV.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well done @spooks, you can ride with us in October if you like?

Ps .It's interesting that you found 1000ft more climbing than I did!

Not really, thats strava and different units , and different recording devices, well done.
For example an Edge 500 for instance can give upto 3-500 ft more on a 30 miles ride round here than my rider 20 can.

Just did my longest ride ever (17.8 miles)

Really strong headwind for part of the ride. My heart rate hit 221 max.

Got my sights on a 20 mile ride before the end of Summer.

I would get something checked, as a guide your max H.R. should be 220-your age, I can hit 178 with a little more left, and I am 50, I have hap 200+ readings but takle them as anomalies. what is your usual max H.R., the 178 is my max as far as I know but when I ride more often than I seem to be bale to this year, very rarly max's more than high 160's

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just did my longest ride ever (17.8 miles)

Really strong headwind for part of the ride. My heart rate hit 221 max.

Got my sights on a 20 mile ride before the end of Summer.

If you can do 18 miles you can do 20 miles now. Keep up the riding and by the end of the summer you will be more than capable of a 50 miler.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Brompton dont listen to @Supersuperleeds hes just plain mad, hes right though if you can do 18 miles 20 is no trouble, from the off I rode 20+'s most of the time (apart from the very first ride I recorded, and the 2nd though that was 18) hoever for a long time I usually rested 2 or 3 times.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Brompton dont listen to @Supersuperleeds hes just plain mad, hes right though if you can do 18 miles 20 is no trouble, from the off I rode 20+'s most of the time (apart from the very first ride I recorded, and the 2nd though that was 18) hoever for a long time I usually rested 2 or 3 times.

Love you as well

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Well done @spooks, you can ride with us in October if you like?

Ps .It's interesting that you found 1000ft more climbing than I did!

If you go into your ride on Strava, you can correct your elevation data.... Click on the "Elevation (?)" link which will bring up the box below it... then click on "Correct Elevation". It can take a while for it to happen, but will often deal with the figures being wildly inaccurate as they often are with my Garmin Edge 500 (for instance if it goes to sleep after a pause, it will often decide that even though my location has not changed, my elevation can be over 100m higher and I will spend the next hour only going downhill according to it!)

 

[Harv]

I would get something checked, as a guide your max H.R. should be 220-your age, I can hit 178 with a little more left, and I am 50, I have hap 200+ readings but takle them as anomalies. what is your usual max H.R., the 178 is my max as far as I know but when I ride more often than I seem to be bale to this year, very rarly max's more than high 160's

Now I'm worried. Here's my ride. I averaged 144. The 221 was a max.

http://www.strava.com/activities/129870272

Looking at my history I've had similar highs.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

If you go into your ride on Strava, you can correct your elevation data.... Click on the "Elevation (?)" link which will bring up the box below it... then click on "Correct Elevation". It can take a while for it to happen, but will often deal with the figures being wildly inaccurate as they often are with my Garmin Edge 500 (for instance if it goes to sleep after a pause, it will often decide that even though my location has not changed, my elevation can be over 100m higher and I will spend the next hour only going downhill according to it!)

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Dont ever do that is you are using a unit that uses barometric pressure, you will always lose elevation, those units not using it and almost any phone starva will take the elevation data from the gps plots, this is also why two identical rides can be slightly different even on the same web site.
I have to correct mine on strava otherwise i end up with sevral thousand feet, an oddity of the bryton rider unit exporting the tcx file for strava,
Stick with the edge data it is likely to more accurate than starva.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Now I'm worried. Here's my ride. I averaged 144. The 221 was a max.

http://www.strava.com/activities/129870272

Looking at my history I've had similar highs.

Make sure you dampen the contacts on the strap, and some materials also can effect readings, i.e. static. but I dont know enough to give any more info.

 

[Goonerobes]

Dont ever do that is you are using a unit that uses barometric pressure, you will always lose elevation, those units not using it and almost any phone starva will take the elevation data from the gps plots, this is also why two identical rides can be slightly different even on the same web site.
I have to correct mine on strava otherwise i end up with sevral thousand feet, an oddity of the bryton rider unit exporting the tcx file for strava,
Stick with the edge data it is likely to more accurate than starva.

Too late, just done it & lost another 300ft!!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Right Strava only records elevation gain if the climb is a certain min grade (not sure what) over a given distance, at the level we record data nothing is accurate, but strava is quite bad for elevation, STRAVA should only be used as a guide and a bit of fun.

 

[Stonechat]

Not really, thats strava and different units , and different recording devices, well done.
For example an Edge 500 for instance can give upto 3-500 ft more on a 30 miles ride round here than my rider 20 can.

I would get something checked, as a guide your max H.R. should be 220-your age, I can hit 178 with a little more left, and I am 50, I have hap 200+ readings but takle them as anomalies. what is your usual max H.R., the 178 is my max as far as I know but when I ride more often than I seem to be bale to this year, very rarly max's more than high 160's

220 - your age is not very accurate
I am 62, so on that basis my Max should be 158
But in fact I can go for long periods in the 160's, and for some time in the 170's

You can determine your Max by testing ( but it's b@@@dy difficult work)
Alternative approach is to do a theshold test
(Determines lactate or aerobic threshold)

 

[Supersuperleeds]

220 - your age is not very accurate
I am 62, so on that basis my Max should be 158
But in fact I can go for long periods in the 160's, and for some time in the 170's

You can determine your Max by testing ( but it's b@@@dy difficult work)
Alternative approach is to do a theshold test
(Determines lactate or aerobic threshold)

Or you could bin the HRM and just enjoy the ride