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Check it on RWGPS this is usually closer to a unit using barometric pressure, also make sure elevation correction is disabled using a unit with this feature, it should be automatic with garmin units, but as you can import tcx files from other units its worth checking.
You say strava showed 2943ft is this before or after correction.?

Edit I dont think there was ever a time I corrected it on strava and didn't lose something like 30-40% in elevation, and whilst there are problems with barometric readings I still think they are closer than strava.
Didn't correct on Strava as thought I might lose
Checked it on RWGPS and it was 2740 - did the elevation correct on RWGPS and it now says 3007 feet
 
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Forgot to mention I seen a motorbike crash off the road onto the grass to miss a tractor. That's why my speed dropped to 0 just before mile 5.

All was OK thankfully...

Daz
 

welsh dragon

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6 miles today. Beautiful weather
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Mo1959

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6 miles today. Beautiful weather
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Looks lovely :thumbsup:
Also beautiful here but was just below freezing when I set out and there was still frost on the grass at 8am. Hands and feet got uncomfortably cold especially on a couple of the descents that were out of the sun.
Still, it was a lovely scenic ride. Took the hybrid so that I could sit up and enjoy the scenery.
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Looks lovely :thumbsup:
Also beautiful here but was just below freezing when I set out and there was still frost on the grass atbut them. Hands and feet got uncomfortably cold especially on a couple of the descents that were out of the sun.
Still, it was a lovely scenic ride. Took the hybrid so that I could sit up and enjoy the scenery.

We had ground frost here first thing, but luckily it soon disappeared. Now we have clear blue, skies and wall to wall sunshine. Yes, the scenery here Is beautiful, but There is always a price to pay. Namely the weather, as you must know.
 
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Good speed there

Slight downhill, will see what the way back is like ;)

We had ground frost here first thing, but luckily it soon disappeared. Now we have clear blue, skies and wall to wall sunshine. Yes, the scenery here Is beautiful, but There is always a price to pay. Namely the weather, as you must know.

Ground frost here also, but roads looked OK, and indeed were OK
 

Supersuperleeds

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Looks lovely :thumbsup:
Also beautiful here but was just below freezing when I set out and there was still frost on the grass at 8am. Hands and feet got uncomfortably cold especially on a couple of the descents that were out of the sun.
Still, it was a lovely scenic ride. Took the hybrid so that I could sit up and enjoy the scenery.

Same here in Leicester, though the roads were clear of frost, so the Allez got a rare outing (2nd or 3rd ride of the year on it)
 

Nomadski

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Sat down for 20 minutes with a cup of tea to play catchup in this thread. Impossible to respond to all that I would want to!

@y2blade - great pics! Makes me want to get an off roader too but I would get horribly lost and probably end up in a MoD test range.

@Goonerobes - Well done on the New Forest Sportive. That was my first one last year and is such a beautiful area to cycle in. Was it windy on the open sections? Shame about what I've heard about the tacks, there are some witless morons about the place alas that have no clue as to the consequences of their idiotic actions. Some 15 cyclists were hurt were they not?

@Stonechat - brilliant ride you got in there, taking in Leith Hill. I've still not managed it all without stopping unlike you. Nearly did it on RideLondon but clipped a guys back wheel as he slowed suddenly and that did it for me.

All this lovely weather and for the last 7 days I've been down with a chest infection that I caught from my dear wife. Looking outside the window today wanted to go but think its best to get myself right first.

My friend who did the No Excuses sportive with me on her titanic mountain bike (well, we did 20 miles of it....) took delivery on her new steed today, one I (quite proudly) investigated and offered to her as an higher spec option to the Triban we looked at.

Sensa Romagna Special



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Full Shimano 105 group and calipers, Supra RA rims, 9.1kg in a 'lady version' they make to order, with different saddle and thinner bar thickness all for £749.99. Oh and a British manufacturer! And by British, I mean Dutch...

Going to fix pedals to it and put some Kool Stops in the calipers tonight.
 
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L14M

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@Nomadski thats a lovely bike :biggrin:

Missing my road bike. My rides have been short out here. Doing loads of holiday stuff and having a slowish mountain bike with huge climbs etc. Going out for a ride in a minute, going to go on a 5ish miller with a mile climb that should average out at a few percent! All I know is I WISH I HAD MY ROAD BIKE AND SPD SL'S!!!

When i get back though I will get into more training, starting to loose fitness!

Liam
 

stevey

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Sat down for 20 minutes with a cup of tea to play catchup in this thread. Impossible to respond to all that I would want to!

@y2blade - great pics! Makes me want to get an off roader too but I would get horribly lost and probably end up in a MoD test range.

@Goonerobes - Well done on the New Forest Sportive. That was my first one last year and is such a beautiful area to cycle in. Was it windy on the open sections? Shame about what I've heard about the tacks, there are some witless morons about the place alas that have no clue as to the consequences of their idiotic actions. Some 15 cyclists were hurt were they not?

@Stonechat - brilliant ride you got in there, taking in Leith Hill. I've still not managed it all without stopping unlike you. Nearly did it on RideLondon but clipped a guys back wheel as he slowed suddenly and that did it for me.

All this lovely weather and for the last 7 days I've been down with a chest infection that I caught from my dear wife. Looking outside the window today wanted to go but think its best to get myself right first.

My friend who did the No Excuses sportive with me on her titanic mountain bike (well, we did 20 miles of it....) took delivery on her new steed today, one I (quite proudly) investigated and offered to her as an higher spec option to the Triban we looked at.

Sensa Romagna Special



k5eNmEV.jpg


9lVOx7o.jpg


NulDFUF.jpg


tMa7OBn.jpg


cX9CnDk.jpg


Full Shimano 105 group and calipers, Supra RA rims, 9.1kg in a 'lady version' they make to order, with different saddle and thinner bar thickness all for £749.99. Oh and a British manufacturer!

Going to fix pedals to it and put some Kool Stops in the calipers tonight.


This is also one of the bikes i have been looking at as well let us know how it rides??
 

Supersuperleeds

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Leicester
Sat down for 20 minutes with a cup of tea to play catchup in this thread. Impossible to respond to all that I would want to!

@y2blade - great pics! Makes me want to get an off roader too but I would get horribly lost and probably end up in a MoD test range.

@Goonerobes - Well done on the New Forest Sportive. That was my first one last year and is such a beautiful area to cycle in. Was it windy on the open sections? Shame about what I've heard about the tacks, there are some witless morons about the place alas that have no clue as to the consequences of their idiotic actions. Some 15 cyclists were hurt were they not?

@Stonechat - brilliant ride you got in there, taking in Leith Hill. I've still not managed it all without stopping unlike you. Nearly did it on RideLondon but clipped a guys back wheel as he slowed suddenly and that did it for me.

All this lovely weather and for the last 7 days I've been down with a chest infection that I caught from my dear wife. Looking outside the window today wanted to go but think its best to get myself right first.

My friend who did the No Excuses sportive with me on her titanic mountain bike (well, we did 20 miles of it....) took delivery on her new steed today, one I (quite proudly) investigated and offered to her as an higher spec option to the Triban we looked at.

Sensa Romagna Special



k5eNmEV.jpg


9lVOx7o.jpg


NulDFUF.jpg


tMa7OBn.jpg


cX9CnDk.jpg


Full Shimano 105 group and calipers, Supra RA rims, 9.1kg in a 'lady version' they make to order, with different saddle and thinner bar thickness all for £749.99. Oh and a British manufacturer!

Going to fix pedals to it and put some Kool Stops in the calipers tonight.


That is one nice looking bike.
 

Nomadski

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This is also one of the bikes i have been looking at as well let us know how it rides??

If I'm allowed a go on it...sure, its only a 48cm frame though so I might be a bit tall for it! Its almost the exact same spec as my Cannondale except it has 105 brake callipers rather than my Tektro ones. Not sure what BB it is yet. It is marginally lighter and £100 cheaper! All in all I would say its a massive bargain from a British (ahem, Dutch) manufacturer who are making a name for themselves in the reviews I read. Your paying for the bike, not the name, which is good in my book.

Yet to see it live but they make a lot of claims about it looking like a carbon bike in the way its moulded and shaped.

Unsure by geometry charts if it is a racier shape than the Synapse I have which is more upright.

EDIT: This is the geometry chart if any whizzkids can tell what kind of profile the frame gives...

http://www.merlincycles.com/resources/files/romagna_geo.pdf
 
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