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Did my Hour. Few beers last night didn't help, neither did a a surprisingly strong onmi-headwind, but I managed to get a route that was reasonably flat (only 100m of climbing) and free of junctions etc. and just scraped the 27.5km I was targetting.
http://www.strava.com/activities/319262529
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k knows how Wiggins et al can manage double that!
http://www.strava.com/activities/319262529
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k knows how Wiggins et al can manage double that!https://www.strava.com/activities/321145875
Got the train to Bath and rode home today bit of practice for the Chiltern Classic. I stupidly started on the Kennet and Avon canal path which was properly uncomfortable on a road bike, then proceeded to have a head wind for 130km doh.
I did in the last 15km descend Streatley hill for the 1st time since I got the disputed KOM. Today after 115km, being knackered, having traffic on the hill so having to brake twice where I won't otherwise and reset my Garmin to high resolution did it in 30sec which would be good for joint 12 overall and 4 sec slower than my KOM
Got the train to Bath and rode home today bit of practice for the Chiltern Classic. I stupidly started on the Kennet and Avon canal path which was properly uncomfortable on a road bike, then proceeded to have a head wind for 130km doh.
I did in the last 15km descend Streatley hill for the 1st time since I got the disputed KOM. Today after 115km, being knackered, having traffic on the hill so having to brake twice where I won't otherwise and reset my Garmin to high resolution did it in 30sec which would be good for joint 12 overall and 4 sec slower than my KOM
Last bit of training before I start my 2 week taper for Alps race. Hill reps around Otley near Leeds (East Chevin, Old Pool Bank and Black Hill Road for those familiar with the area). Felt reasonably good throughout, pacing the climbs and trying to keep heart rate around threshold (85-90% of max heart rate). Did a flat (but windy) century the next day too - trying to get some back-to-back rides to build endurance.
nammynake said:
Last bit of training before I start my 2 week taper for Alps race. Hill reps around Otley near Leeds (East Chevin, Old Pool Bank and Black Hill Road for those familiar with the area). Felt reasonably good throughout, pacing the climbs and trying to keep heart rate around threshold (85-90% of max heart rate). Did a flat (but windy) century the next day too - trying to get some back-to-back rides to build endurance.
Good effort. I hope your Alps event goes well. nammynake said:
Last bit of training before I start my 2 week taper for Alps race. Hill reps around Otley near Leeds (East Chevin, Old Pool Bank and Black Hill Road for those familiar with the area). Felt reasonably good throughout, pacing the climbs and trying to keep heart rate around threshold (85-90% of max heart rate). Did a flat (but windy) century the next day too - trying to get some back-to-back rides to build endurance.
Bloody hell! That's mental.nammynake said:
Devil2575 said:
Bloody hell! That's mental.
It honestly wasn't that bad - it's only a third of an 'Everest'...that's on my to-do lists soon. I'm covering 20,000m over a week in the Alps hence trying to get as much climbing into my training as possible.Oh look, its your first ride uploaded to strava and you have half a dozen KoMs?... its not like that never happens!.. I wonder what the percentage of a users first ride on strava has KOMs in it is? always seems to me that people download the app, jump in their car or on an e-bike and then go out target a load of segments, get the KOM, upload the ride and feel smug without realising there is a flag to report such activity...
Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
pablo said:
Oh look, its your first ride uploaded to strava and you have half a dozen KoMs?... its not like that never happens!.. I wonder what the percentage of a users first ride on strava has KOMs in it is? always seems to me that people download the app, jump in their car or on an e-bike and then go out target a load of segments, get the KOM, upload the ride and feel smug without realising there is a flag to report such activity...
Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
I've got a feeling he did what my mate did once, went for a ride and forgot to turn it off when he jumped in the car. 70MPH KOM's everywhere Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
pablo said:
Oh look, its your first ride uploaded to strava and you have half a dozen KoMs?... its not like that never happens!.. I wonder what the percentage of a users first ride on strava has KOMs in it is? always seems to me that people download the app, jump in their car or on an e-bike and then go out target a load of segments, get the KOM, upload the ride and feel smug without realising there is a flag to report such activity...
Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
Look at the times and speeds. He's driven there, done his ride (looks like a MTB trail) and driven home. Just needs to crop the ride.Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
I happened to look at one of my (very few) KOMs yesterday because the wind recently has been plum for it to be taken. One chap came close last week and I clicked on his ride. He also did the drive/ride/drive thing and picked up several KOMs on the route home. Every segment except mine which is very satisfying.
I did lose another though as someone went out in that hefty wind just to ride the segment (twice) http://www.strava.com/activities/316535614
Had one of mine pipped by a guy doing 95kph the other day. Averaged 55kph for his ride too.
Stole somebody else's yesterday and he commented about taking it back today. I wasn't aware of the segment yesterday, but I am now. I'm going out shortly on a special mission but I'm going to sit on the upload until he's won his KOM back
Stole somebody else's yesterday and he commented about taking it back today. I wasn't aware of the segment yesterday, but I am now. I'm going out shortly on a special mission but I'm going to sit on the upload until he's won his KOM back
pablo said:
Oh look, its your first ride uploaded to strava and you have half a dozen KoMs?... its not like that never happens!.. I wonder what the percentage of a users first ride on strava has KOMs in it is? always seems to me that people download the app, jump in their car or on an e-bike and then go out target a load of segments, get the KOM, upload the ride and feel smug without realising there is a flag to report such activity...
Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
That might well not be deliberate. Moving for 4 hours, yet the app was running for 15 hours. Look at the ride analysis - it looks to me like he legitimately rode a bike from the Temple Back area to Filton Avenue at 1716hrs, then later in the evening he either drove, or got a bus, up to Frenchay Common and either went for a jog or to walk a dog, then got back in a vehicle to return to Filton Ave. His elapsed time takes him to about 0800/0830hrs the following morning. Assuming he forgot to turn the app off at bedtime, he either realised and turned it of in the morning, or that's when the phone battery died and stopped the app. Maybe you should explain "cropping" a ride to him? And extend the hand of friendship to tell him about privacy zones too. I've worked his address out to one of two houses, and no doubt his bike is in a relatively flimsy shed or garage down that scabby looking back-alley... Lolz https://www.strava.com/activities/323056389
...it's too early to damn him as a deliberate 'cheat'. Could well be that, as a new user, he's just forgotten to turn the app off between trips.
Edit: It was almost certainly a drive in a car out to Frenchay, as all of the troughs in his data graph seem to correspond exactly with traffic lights, junctions, and roundabouts. The graph and route suggest it wasn't a bus trip.
Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 11th June 12:54
Someone has flagged it, I guess its hard to beliveve someone that fast isnt already using Strava although I appreciate other data logging is available.
There is an Andrew Rosser racing in the Bristol/SW area with some very credible results so I assume its him, I do feel a bit bad for him now!... To be honest, I just saw that he had beaten my KoM on a short 200m climb (24s) by 7s and thought "hmmm...." I guess someone else who had lost a KoM thought "hmmmmm!" too but also flagged it.
I've commented on the cropping/privacy thing too, good call
There is an Andrew Rosser racing in the Bristol/SW area with some very credible results so I assume its him, I do feel a bit bad for him now!... To be honest, I just saw that he had beaten my KoM on a short 200m climb (24s) by 7s and thought "hmmm...." I guess someone else who had lost a KoM thought "hmmmmm!" too but also flagged it.
I've commented on the cropping/privacy thing too, good call
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 11th June 13:07
TwistingMyMelon said:
Seen some people have two accounts for Strava now, so they get to feature in the Top 10s twice!! Sad fckers
Two accounts? I've seen a number of people upload the data for the same ride twice on the same account! Once with 'proper' GPS and then again with an app, and even one bloke with two apps running at the same time. It does get silly, and it's so obvious when you're 'following' them and the two rides are right there beside each other on your feed. Sad indeed, to get that precious about a silly fitness website. Having said that, my wife thinks it's pretty sad that I use it at all, even though I only use it as a motivator for myself, and to record my mileage and average speeds, etc.
yellowjack said:
TwistingMyMelon said:
Seen some people have two accounts for Strava now, so they get to feature in the Top 10s twice!! Sad fckers
Two accounts? I've seen a number of people upload the data for the same ride twice on the same account! Once with 'proper' GPS and then again with an app, and even one bloke with two apps running at the same time. It does get silly, and it's so obvious when you're 'following' them and the two rides are right there beside each other on your feed. Sad indeed, to get that precious about a silly fitness website. Having said that, my wife thinks it's pretty sad that I use it at all, even though I only use it as a motivator for myself, and to record my mileage and average speeds, etc.
SixPotBelly said:
Gruffy said:
...but I'm going to sit on the upload until he's won his KOM back
That would be funny. I saw his "not happy" comment yesterday.Don't know if you can see this while it's 'private' https://www.strava.com/activities/323225535/segmen... but I'm going to make it public later after he uploads his. Very childish but a lot of fun and he seems to be enjoying it too.
Still a decent amount of breathing space between me and the TdF boys in the leaderboards. They must've been absolutely flying.
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