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JimmyTheHand

1,001 posts

141 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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CoolC said:
Maplin have the 200 for £99 at the minute. http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/garmin-edge-200-gps-cycl...
£80.50 on Amazon

richardxjr

7,561 posts

209 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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mcelliott said:
Rolls said:
mcelliott said:
Cool! I'm in Alpe d'huez for all that week. thumbup
Ditto! Where you staying?
We're hiring a chalet at Camping Cascade which is at the foot of the 'ramp' of ADH.
Just back (again). Need any routes?



Rolls

1,502 posts

176 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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nah - this will be our third year, so know the area pretty well! :-)
thanks for asking mind!

okgo

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37,857 posts

197 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Rolls said:
Av power : 574 say whaaaaaaaat!!!
Lol. Be amazed if it was much more than 374!

Solid ride from him.

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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nagsheadwarrior said:
Decided to not bother with the nav function and ordered a 200 today, went into evans to buy it and they'd sold 3 today and run out, very annoying!
To upload from it to Strava is it just plug it into laptop, go to Strava and hit the import ride button?
You'll pleasantly surprised them, 200 has nav, it doesn't have maps but it will get you where you want to go unless you're a complete spanner.

HowMuchLonger

3,003 posts

192 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Rolls said:
Av power : 574 say whaaaaaaaat!!!
Must have had some of Froome's secret feed bags en route.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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upsidedownmark said:
Chap I know - Always one for consistently knocking out big miles, but how's 2825k for the *week* grab you (and a new world record I believe)

http://www.strava.com/athletes/389932#interval?int...
Bit before strava but. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Godwin_(cycli...

I wonder if your mate is tempted?

yellowjack

17,065 posts

165 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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el stovey said:
Bit before strava but. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Godwin_(cycli...

I wonder if your mate is tempted?
wikipedia said:
The record is still open for challenge but not for entry in the Guinness Book of Records, whose editors say further attempts would be too dangerous.
Wiki is not the only source that says Tommy Godwin's Guinness World Record is final. You cannot be prevented from attempting it, but to discourage the foolhardy, Guinness will not recognise any further attempts to break his record.

nagsheadwarrior

2,779 posts

178 months

Tuesday 1st July 2014
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JimmyTheHand said:
£80.50 on Amazon
Bugger missed that, already ordered in store at Evans, only £87 so not too much more.
Went in thinking they'd have one in stock but they'd just sold two so picking it up Thursday.
Gps on the phone is now behaving fine, typical!

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2014
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My Fitness Pal integration is now working smile

thiscocks

3,127 posts

194 months

Thursday 3rd July 2014
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yellowjack said:
Wiki is not the only source that says Tommy Godwin's Guinness World Record is final. You cannot be prevented from attempting it, but to discourage the foolhardy, Guinness will not recognise any further attempts to break his record.
Really? seems pointless actually having a record if no one is 'allowed' to break it.

yellowjack

17,065 posts

165 months

Thursday 3rd July 2014
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thiscocks said:
yellowjack said:
Wiki is not the only source that says Tommy Godwin's Guinness World Record is final. You cannot be prevented from attempting it, but to discourage the foolhardy, Guinness will not recognise any further attempts to break his record.
Really? seems pointless actually having a record if no one is 'allowed' to break it.
I'm with you on this one.

I've yet to see where Guinness get off on declaring themselves the only arbiter of record attempts.

If you ride further in a year than TG, or whatever your specific attempt, then, provided you can demonstrate that you didn't cheat, it's the 'definitive' record, surely. What difference does it make whether the Guinness chap is there or not. Blazer, Brogues and a certificate do not a record make wink

And like I said, there's nothing stopping anyone from breaking the record, it's just that Guinness World Records Inc. (or whatever they call themselves) refuse to have anything more to do with it.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 3rd July 2014
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If Guinness are anything like the UCI, you would have to do it on a bike identical to Goodwin's, wear period cycling clothing, no gels, no energy drinks, just steak and kidney pies and water....

Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

226 months

Thursday 3rd July 2014
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pablo said:
If Guinness are anything like the UCI, you would have to do it on a bike identical to Goodwin's, wear period cycling clothing, no gels, no energy drinks, just steak and Guinness pies and water....
Sorted that out for you wink

HowMuchLonger

3,003 posts

192 months

Thursday 3rd July 2014
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Rocksteadyeddie said:
pablo said:
If Guinness are anything like the UCI, you would have to do it on a bike identical to Goodwin's, wear period cycling clothing, no gels, no energy drinks, just steak and Guinness pies and water....
Sorted that out for you wink
Unless your name was Mr Obree, in which case they would claim that steak was the wrong sort of steak.

Celt

1,264 posts

191 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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How accurate is the max speed part on strava? Was out for a cycle today and it claimed highest speed of 53.5mph. Was coming down from around 1000 feet climb over 10 to 12 miles. Felt quick but not that quick. Friend I was out with got 36 but we were spreading out large sections we were a fair distance apart. Purely out of interest was wondering how reliable it was.

Gruffy

7,212 posts

258 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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I think you'd know if you were doing 53mph as that's probably not far off the maximum most would ever see. You'd have to be trying.

Strava is only as accurate as the device you're recording on.

upsidedownmark

2,120 posts

134 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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IMO, not very accurate - it frequently comes up with a bigger (5-7kmh) top speed figure than garmin connect, or my garmin - from the same file..

okgo

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37,857 posts

197 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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It will be wrong.

50 mph is quite hard to do on many british roads without really forgetting about safety! Far easier to hit those speeds in europe with long open and clear downhills.

TwistingMyMelon

6,385 posts

204 months

Friday 4th July 2014
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Strava has said I have hit 53mph on my way home and I know I didnt, 40 max

I have hit 52mph in the past and blimey you know it!! You have to pedal like mad then its like going into a "vacuum" where everything goes silent!