Silly STRAVA Racing

[fossyant]

Took a kom off fosyant on a climb yesterday on my ss

Proudest moment on a bike ever

Yeh yeh. Only ever ridden Smokies once and it was on a 40 mile recovery ride, 4 weeks after my shoulder operation - I could hardly get out of the saddle. And I was slow.

Still no Strava racing - legs just getting back into it. They felt terrible last week after 3 weeks off the bike.

 

[fossyant]

Hee hee, where is the old git?

Here !!!

 

[fossyant]

I think I might have to equate that post to poking a very big extra grumpy animal with a very big pointy stick to see what happens.

Fixed it !

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Gah! I just pushed hard against a headwind for one of favourite segments and Strava didn't even register that I was there!

 

[Chrisc]

Gah! I just pushed hard against a headwind for one of favourite segments and Strava didn't even register that I was there!

In that case it never happened...
Its all virtual now.

 

[HLaB]

For those interested in timing differences between a Garmin gps and a phone gps, have a look at this segment detail. The top 2 rides are by the same rider on the same day. He runs both a Garmin and a gps enabled phone (annoying really-he should delete one of them when loading up, plus he is getting the best of both times).

A 5 second difference over 0.6 of a mile.

The garmin is the accurate one, so all the KOMs I've lost by 1-4 secs are still technically mine

 

[Andrew_Culture]

In that case it never happened... :-)
Its all virtual now.

I just looked at the ride closely HERE and I think I know what happened - I was on my boss's bike and put my phone in his odd under the seat pouch jobby, which means the phone had to look for a GPS signal through my fat arse, which I guess is why it didn't track too well!

 

[Chrisc]

The garmin is the accurate one, so all the KOMs I've lost by 1-4 secs are still technically mine

I'm ditching the Edge500 for the iPhone for 10 seconds a mile, what a performance booster!

 

[Chrisc]

I just looked at the ride closely HERE and I think I know what happened - I was on my boss's bike and put my phone in his odd under the seat pouch jobby, which means the phone had to look for a GPS signal through my fat arse, which I guess is why it didn't track too well!

Still never happened. Our rides now only exist in the apres ride analytical virtual environment. I throw the kids off the computer when I arrive home sweating and hacking to see immediately if not sooner whether the near death experience I just endured was actually worth it. No record, no ride. Whatever happened to a pleasant run out eh?

 

[4F]

Gah! I just pushed hard against a headwind for one of favourite segments and Strava didn't even register that I was there!

I know what you mean, I did this ride yesterday luchtime http://app.strava.com/rides/11691179 and bust a gut trying for the KOM on the A140 - Needham section yet whilst you can see on the map I did it, Strava did not pick up the segment grrr

 

[400bhp]

Buy a Garmin.

 

[Chrisc]

Buy a Garmin.

What, and be 10 seconds a mile slower?!

I'm gonna try both tonight unless its raining again.

 

[smutchin]

As mentioned in another thread, Halfords are doing a good offer on the Edge 200 at the moment. You know you want to. G'wan g'wan g'wan...

 

[Chrisc]

As mentioned in another thread, Halfords are doing a good offer on the Edge 200 at the moment. You know you want to. G'wan g'wan g'wan...

Are garmin still doing the £30 cashback too?

 

[smutchin]

I don't know, tbh. Here's the thread on the subject...
http://cyclechat.net/threads/bargain-garmin-edge-200.104817/