What's your RiTMO rating?
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
2.8
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
12.3
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Another "bit of fun"? Utter dreck!
Melonfish
Evil Genius in training.
- Location
- Warrington, UK
what tosh, some other system fishing for details and subs.
SquareDaff
Über Member
- Location
- Doncaster, South Yorkshire
8.3 apparently!
the_mikey
Legendary Member
- Location
- South Gloucestershire
9.8
My thoughts are this: They're trying to sell training plans, in order to sell plans they need to create an aspirational goal, ie, get that RiTMO rating down. It's not entirely clear how they're calculating RiTMO, but I'm unlikely to turn in a ride which will register improvement on the RiTMO scale without following some sort of plan to distort my normal pattern and style of riding.
My thoughts are this: They're trying to sell training plans, in order to sell plans they need to create an aspirational goal, ie, get that RiTMO rating down. It's not entirely clear how they're calculating RiTMO, but I'm unlikely to turn in a ride which will register improvement on the RiTMO scale without following some sort of plan to distort my normal pattern and style of riding.
Ningishzidda
Senior Member
I display 'Avg Spd' on a simple computer ( the lightest I could find ) and eyeball it as I cross the finish line on TTs.
I do a quick mental calculation to see if the timekeeper's result agrees with my Avg Spd. Or the other way round
I do a quick approximation of any wind assistance / hindrance and compare my final result with the last ride on that course.
Carrying Garmins and / or Mobile phones is ADDING WEIGHT.
On the other end of the See Saw, I accept the time written on my Brevet Card when I finish an Audax.
To get an estimation of how well I've ridden, I use :-
( 25 kcals per km, + 25 kCals per 100 m climbing ) / time.
Its not absolute. Its a quick method of gauging my kCals/min exertion during a ride, and comparing it with past rides.
I do a quick mental calculation to see if the timekeeper's result agrees with my Avg Spd. Or the other way round
I do a quick approximation of any wind assistance / hindrance and compare my final result with the last ride on that course.
Carrying Garmins and / or Mobile phones is ADDING WEIGHT.
On the other end of the See Saw, I accept the time written on my Brevet Card when I finish an Audax.
To get an estimation of how well I've ridden, I use :-
( 25 kcals per km, + 25 kCals per 100 m climbing ) / time.
Its not absolute. Its a quick method of gauging my kCals/min exertion during a ride, and comparing it with past rides.
Frood42
I know where my towel is
- Location
- Magrathea, Horsehead Nebula
I think I need more practice on the hybrid, or to get a road bike, 19.6 was my best score 
RiTMO Score: 19.6
Distance: 21.2 miles
Time: 01:29:06
Avg Speed: 14.2 mph
Elevation Gain: 318 m
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
1.5, whatever that means... looks like it only imports your most recent 50 activities from Strava?
Damaged Hero
Veteran
- Location
- Birmingham
9.5
400bhp
Guru
Best guess it uses a weighted average combination of average speed/elevation gain/distance to give a unique score.
Yeah, last 50.
