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[Supersuperleeds]

@Supersuperleeds I think you need to concentrate on your top left corner it's only a bit hilly 😁 out that way , Weaver hill is a hill to come down not go up it like I did

I've been putting it off, there is a road going out of Ashbourne that is that steep I don't like driving up it. I might have to suggest to our lass we go for a walking weekend

 

[steverob]

Picked a pretty efficient route and managed to gain 29 new tiles in just 22 miles of riding on the eastern edge of my cluster. Trouble is it took 28 miles to get to that first tile and then another 26 miles home after I picked up the last one.

 

[13 rider]

I've been putting it off, there is a road going out of Ashbourne that is that steep I don't like driving up it. I might have to suggest to our lass we go for a walking weekend

You can miss the steep climb out of Ashbourne heading north by using a section of the Tissington trail but with the other hills around it won't make a big difference

 

[Norry1]

73 miler today and bagged 8 new tiles in my NE corner. This takes my square to 35.

Lots of inner city, traffic lights, busy roads, towpaths and Centerary Square Brum!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Train to Belper, up and down a few hills, 800 foot of climbing done before I’d hit 7 miles. Luckily once the square grabbing was done at around 20 miles it was a fairly flat and wind assisted 35ish miles home.

That bagged me another 15 squares right at the top of my max square. I need to check it, but I think I’m only 4 or 5 squares away from hitting the magic 60 max square, downside is I need to go climbing around Ashbourne for them.

 

[Norry1]

Train to Belper, up and down a few hills, 800 foot of climbing done before I’d hit 7 miles. Luckily once the square grabbing was done at around 20 miles it was a fairly flat and wind assisted 35ish miles home.

That bagged me another 15 squares right at the top of my max square. I need to check it, but I think I’m only 4 or 5 squares away from hitting the magic 60 max square, downside is I need to go climbing around Ashbourne for them.

60 is impressive

 

[Supersuperleeds]

60 is impressive

I have been at it a long time

 

[13 rider]

@Supersuperleeds ,I have on the back burner a plan to drive up to Denistone then ride around the perimeter of Alton towers we could plan to grab some of your top left corner while there it will still include plenty of up but saves the 45 mile ride there ,

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Supersuperleeds ,I have on the back burner a plan to drive up to Denistone then ride around the perimeter of Alton towers we could plan to grab some of your top left corner while there it will still include plenty of up but saves the 45 mile ride there ,

I’m up for that.

 

[Pgd]

Small fry compared to some; but:

I did a full 30-mile commute into London from West Sussex earlier this week, doing the return journey the following afternoon (see https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tales-from-todays-commute.105055/post-7203198). As well as just a fun thing to tick off, it also presented some tile-hunting opportunities . I used to live in the Croydon area and had a variety of commuting routes; more recently I've been hybrid car/bike commuting from other parts of South London; so I've got a decent London cluster. My main cluster is in Sussex (where I now live), and whilst I have previously cycled between the two (e.g. L2B) I'd not bagged enough different tiles for the clusters to be joined. So this week I used two new (to me) routes to cross the North Downs and thereby join them up.

 

[13 rider]

A targeted ride down to my southern edge saw me grab 27 new squares ,total now 6207 it also added 27 to my max cluster now 3327 . I think I'm 5 squares away from a increase to 52*52 from 50 the problem is it requires a visit to all 4 edges so at least 2 if not 3 rides

 

[Norry1]

A targeted ride down to my southern edge saw me grab 27 new squares ,total now 6207 it also added 27 to my max cluster now 3327 . I think I'm 5 squares away from a increase to 52*52 from 50 the problem is it requires a visit to all 4 edges so at least 2 if not 3 rides

The pattern of our riding seems very different. I have more tiles (8,262) but much smaller cluster (1,473) and Square (35).

 

[13 rider]

The pattern of our riding seems very different. I have more tiles (8,262) but much smaller cluster (1,473) and Square (35).

I got drawn into this stupid square chasing by @Supersuperleeds a few years ago having sworn I wouldn't do it , It does change your style of rides by making them targeted to gain squares from home therefore you increase your max square and cluster , Most of my riding is based from home with limited travel rides ,But even on Holiday I tend to build mini clusters . You will gain squares with your racing and training camp which obviously don't help with the other metrics . The thing is with Velo viewer you can chase which ever metric you want

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I got drawn into this stupid square chasing by @Supersuperleeds a few years ago having sworn I wouldn't do it , It does change your style of rides by making them targeted to gain squares from home therefore you increase your max square and cluster , Most of my riding is based from home with limited travel rides ,But even on Holiday I tend to build mini clusters . You will gain squares with your racing and training camp which obviously don't help with the other metrics . The thing is with Velo viewer you can chase which ever metric you want

I blame @tallliman

 

[HLaB]

My new commute bagged me just 2 more tiles after 22 the commute before but the weather has been sh1te when I've commuted so I've not explored it looks like I could get another couple with minimal detour.