Strava

[Kermit power]

I've just uploaded my first commute in on my new bike.

Four PR's, and a third place on the full length of CS7 I ride only by virtue of a couple of traffic lights. Overall journey time down from a fastest of 1:09 to 1:06, despite upping the distance from 15.1 miles to 16.2 miles to avoid a bridleway.

I very much like my new bike!

Edited by Kermit power on Tuesday 3rd April 10:07

[Teebs]

Kermit power said:

I've just uploaded my first commute in on my new bike.

Four PR's, and a third place on the full length of CS7 I ride only by virtue of a couple of traffic lights. Overall journey time down from a fastest of 1:09 to 1:06, despite upping the distance from 15.1 miles to 16.2 miles to avoid a bridleway.

I very much like my new bike!

Edited by Kermit power on Tuesday 3rd April 10:07

Good work, new bikes make all the difference.

I've added an extra 3mph to a 30 mile local loop.

[nick s]

Teebs said:

Good work, new bikes make all the difference.

I've added an extra 3mph to a 30 mile local loop.

I also added 3mph average to my commute from swapping from a hybrid to a road bike!

[SR7492]

Since I have for my roadie, I have done a couple of back to back rides (MTB vs Road)

One one ride on the MTB (20 miles) it took me 1 hr and 39 mins. Did the exact same route with a time of 1 hr 18mins on the roadie (It wasn't a race against the clock)

Strava on the other hand has already got me hooked a couple of segment rides I plan to ride and beating the others guys times

[Gizmo!]

nick s said:

Teebs said:

Good work, new bikes make all the difference.

I've added an extra 3mph to a 30 mile local loop.

I also added 3mph average to my commute from swapping from a hybrid to a road bike!

This is good news.

Can't wait to get my roadie.

[Kermit power]

Has anyone else taken a look at Kristian House's list of KOMs on there? Must be bloody demoralising to live near him!

[okgo]

I ride with this bloke every now and again, its quite depressing http://app.strava.com/athletes/8315

[Teebs]

Gizmo! said:

This is good news.

Can't wait to get my roadie.

When I swapped from a mtb to roadbike, I had to double check my bike computer! Great feeling

[rhinochopig]

Will this work with other garmin gps units other than the edge and forerunner units?

I have a 60csx and fancy giving it a go.

[Kermit power]

rhinochopig said:

Will this work with other garmin gps units other than the edge and forerunner units?

I have a 60csx and fancy giving it a go.

Not directly from the device, no. However, if you can transfer the ride info from your device to your PC in GPX, TCX or FIT file format, then you can do it that way. Bit more of a faff, but would still work.

Details here --> https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/20950143-upload...

[rhinochopig]

Kermit power said:

Not directly from the device, no. However, if you can transfer the ride info from your device to your PC in GPX, TCX or FIT file format, then you can do it that way. Bit more of a faff, but would still work.


Thanks for that. I'll sign up for it then.
Details here --> https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/20950143-upload...

[nick s]

Gizmo! said:

This is good news.

Can't wait to get my roadie.

I went from a decent Boardman Hybrid aswell! It was pretty fast. So a road bike makes a massive difference!

For a better reference, my commute to work from the GF's house used to take 17 minutes on a mountain bike. I can do it in 10 on the roadie!!

[Kermit power]

Kermit power said:

Has anyone else taken a look at Kristian House's list of KOMs on there? Must be bloody demoralising to live near him!

Just thinking some more on this, having looked at his latest upload today - what's in it for pro racers to post their rides up on Strava? Isn't that just providing their competitors with some really decent analysis of their abilities?

[okgo]

They get paid.

And really, a race has little bearing on what someone does in training, having said that, one of the Sigma guys doesn't put his HR on there, but does have his power figs.

[torqueofthedevil]

Can anyone help - I have basic (unpaid) Strava. I want to be able to view all my times on a section (I do the same route a lot and want to compare one run to another) unfortunately I can't seem to work out how to do this.

Is it possible?

[Rolls]

Click into that particular section / segment. On the left hand side of the screen there are a number of boxes that say (off the top of my head) lead board, club, people I'm following, and my results. Click on the my results box (they're orange) and you should see what you're after!

[torqueofthedevil]

Looked everywhere cant find it! Is it defo available on free one?!?

[CoolC]

I'm not sure you can do it on the free version.

I have posted a link in the past to a seperate website which can do some of that from your Strava file.

I'll dig it out when I'm on the laptop later (on my phone now).

[numtumfutunch]

torqueofthedevil said:

Looked everywhere cant find it! Is it defo available on free one?!?

yes!
immediately underneath "full leaderboard" on the segment page

[Dizeee]

Made a massive effort today on climbs descent, felt by far the quickest I've done it, was actually a bit risky. Got back, all four climbs segments missed on strava. So much for a Garmin edge.