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[Pedrosanchezo]

They all downhill then.

I do have ALL the descent KOM's in my area yes.
I can also go up fast too but when it gets longer than 5-10 minutes climbing the whippet bests me every time. There are maybe 5 very good climbers in my club. PITA!
I am the TT champ at the moment though.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Nah, he lives in scotland. We all know there are like no cyclists in scotland. Easy pickings :P

Ain't that right Pedro

Totally correct mate. Now where do you live?? I fancy a wee trip to your area for a weekend. I'll bring my light bike.

 

[400bhp]

I'm thinking Strava are gonna have some kind of "live" challenge soon.

Some kind of popular segment where they close the road and treat it like a hill climb.

 

[Sittingduck]

Just a query, what is the segment that you have cycled the most amount of times? (It is probably best using VeloViewer to find this out.)

According to Veloviewer mine is this:
http://app.strava.com/segments/1858119

Which I find slightly hard to believe, as VV tells me I have done it 174 times but I would have thought there were segments I have ridden many more times than that. Incidentally I am 9th out of 429 on that one - so room for improvement!

 

[gaz]

Totally correct mate. Now where do you live?? I fancy a wee trip to your area for a weekend. I'll bring my light bike.

Souf Landon mate. Only a few of my KOM's are on climbs, most of them are sprints or long sections of road. So better bring a chain gang

I'm thinking Strava are gonna have some kind of "live" challenge soon.

Some kind of popular segment where they close the road and treat it like a hill climb.

They've done that with box hill several times. See who could get the fastest time up it and who could do the most attempts in a weekend.

 

[Sittingduck]

BH isn't exactly the most awe inspiring of climbs... The only nice part is the first r/h hairpin where the inside line ramps up and you can attack at that point!

 

[gaz]

BH isn't exactly the most awe inspiring of climbs... The only nice part is the first r/h hairpin where the inside line ramps up and you can attack at that point!

I much prefer the climbs on the ridge further east, in the titsey hill area. This one is worth a try - http://app.strava.com/segments/2721287

Box hill just draws the crowds in, the views are nice at points but I find the roads around it pretty crap.

 

[Sittingduck]

Yep the East side / kent is better for climbing or Past Ranmore over to White Down, if you want to stay on the Dorking side. BH is overrated, big time! I tried White Ln the other Sunday, where one of the big HC events is hosted. Pretty good test and I was certainbly blowing up by the time I got to the junction of Clarkes Ln.

http://app.strava.com/activities/42943036#724065534

 

[HLaB]

Is Veloviewer working for other folks? its still giving me errors when I try to update!

 

[Sittingduck]

Is Veloviewer working for other folks? its still giving me errors when I try to update!

It's giving me an error when I try to update

 

[Spartak]

Got a 10th place yesterday ( out of 10 ) !!!

However the segment took me over 2 hours due to me being in the pub for 90 minutes of that time !
It was a good lunch though with a couple of pints of the excellent 'Wye Valley Bitter'

 

[HLaB]

It's giving me an error when I try to update

Dont click the update segments tab then; I did and it put me into a eternal loop locking up firefox and I had to crash it (Task Manager) to get out.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Only a few of my KOM's are on climbs, most of them are sprints or long sections of road. So better bring a chain gang
.

Well i have knocked out a 21 minute 10 mile TT if that would help me. Should i bring a chain gang just in case?

 

[400bhp]

Wow-impressive fella

Would be good to see strava sponsor a big team. Garmin v Strava, bring it on

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Wow-impressive fella

Would be good to see strava sponsor a big team. Garmin v Strava, bring it on

There was a slight tailwind for some of it. Shhhh, don't tell.
Can hit between 23-25min on average though regardless of wind. On a road bike!!
If i had the money i would buy a decent TT bike but i already have 3 bikes too many. Divorce would be a certainty.