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SystemParanoia said:
Decided to take the long way home last night...
ended up turning my 6 mile commute into 64miles!!
Im utterly exhausted and elated at the same time
https://www.strava.com/activities/388020085
Im planning on going for a full gran fondo next week
I saw that after you commented on my ride. Well done on your first 100k. SimonKended up turning my 6 mile commute into 64miles!!
Im utterly exhausted and elated at the same time
https://www.strava.com/activities/388020085
Im planning on going for a full gran fondo next week
SystemParanoia said:
Decided to take the long way home last night...
ended up turning my 6 mile commute into 64miles!!
Im utterly exhausted and elated at the same time
https://www.strava.com/activities/388020085
Im planning on going for a full gran fondo next week
Well done on your first century! If you do head out to complete the Gran Fondo, don't do what i did t'other day!ended up turning my 6 mile commute into 64miles!!
Im utterly exhausted and elated at the same time
https://www.strava.com/activities/388020085
Im planning on going for a full gran fondo next week
I was out for a random ride, and toward the end I felt I was close to that Gran Fondo 120 Strava challenge, so tacked a few miles onto the end of my ride to take me over the 'finish line'.
Sadly, my Garmin is set to miles, and my mental arithmetic let me down, to the tune of just SEVEN kilometres! (or about 4.5 miles
). I think i'm going to take some advice I was subsequently given, and carry a note of the 'key milestone' miles>kilometres conversions, so that if in future i do extend a ride, I'll know exactly how much extra to tack on to take me to the next 'key' distance goal.I managed to extend myself out to 113 miles in a single ride this year. My next distance/endurance goals will have to be 200km, or 150 miles, I think. But I'll probably save that sort of nonsense until next year...
SystemParanoia said:
Thanks for that guys!
next week is my last chance to get some big miles in and then rest before my sportive on sun 20th.
91 miles of what promises to be hell!
I know you cant loose a sportive as its not a race, but I just hope i get to the end before everyone else has gone home haha
Good luck man, Im looking at doing my first sportive shortly.next week is my last chance to get some big miles in and then rest before my sportive on sun 20th.
91 miles of what promises to be hell!
I know you cant loose a sportive as its not a race, but I just hope i get to the end before everyone else has gone home haha
We have another work charity ride coming up, as we are working on Thameslink they are creating a race from Bedford to Brighton. You need a photo at each station. In theory the baton can only go via cycle as far south as St Albans and then it's can be transferred back to a bike at Croydon.
Me and a mate will obviously do Bedford to St Albans hand it over to the runners/scooters/walkers and then do the southern end (obviously cycling around london between St Albans and Croydon).
Works out at about 205km, which sound make Ditchling Beacon interesting after 190km!
Counts as one of two charity days as well! Paid to cycke...
Me and a mate will obviously do Bedford to St Albans hand it over to the runners/scooters/walkers and then do the southern end (obviously cycling around london between St Albans and Croydon).
Works out at about 205km, which sound make Ditchling Beacon interesting after 190km!
Counts as one of two charity days as well! Paid to cycke...
donfisher said:
Kell said:
Managed to make earlier train this morning, so had the chance to stretch the legs a bit. 11.5 miles instead of 2.5 if I'm running late. 14.8 average speed on the new Brompton (and 33.3 top speed through Hyde Park). Have yet to break the 15mph average on that in London, but I'll keep trying.
Still shorts for me. And my summer shoes.
Were you heading towards St Pauls from Holborn at about 7:30/7:45?Still shorts for me. And my summer shoes.
This morning I managed to crack the 15.0 mph average. Well, hit it dead on.
Second day cycling after a month - my "boy bits" are a bit sore!
Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
aclivity said:
Second day cycling after a month - my "boy bits" are a bit sore!
Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
I made that mistake too. I thought the pause would allow you to collate two ride's either end of the train journey data into one, but miss out the train part. Meant I had to delete all the data...Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
aclivity said:
Second day cycling after a month - my "boy bits" are a bit sore!
Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
I also don't like how it adds time when you press the stop button on the garmin and restart it later. I did a 60 mile ride last week at a 17.2 average but with around a 10min stop after 30-35 miles andand Strava got me at a 16.8 average... Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
E65Ross said:
aclivity said:
Second day cycling after a month - my "boy bits" are a bit sore!
Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
I also don't like how it adds time when you press the stop button on the garmin and restart it later. I did a 60 mile ride last week at a 17.2 average but with around a 10min stop after 30-35 miles andand Strava got me at a 16.8 average... Not happy with what strava does when you have a train ride - it adds a line with nothing happening (see http://www.strava.com/activities/388974548). I will go back to recording two rides on Monday.
Puncture 400 yards from the office. Rolled into the car park with a distinctly flat back tyre.
Tyre off, find small bit of swarf in the tube, spare tube out, fit spare tube, blisters on both thumbs from the sodding Gatorskin which clearly has a bead made of pig iron.
Ah well. Hopefully a nice smooth run home in the sunshine tonight...
Tyre off, find small bit of swarf in the tube, spare tube out, fit spare tube, blisters on both thumbs from the sodding Gatorskin which clearly has a bead made of pig iron.
Ah well. Hopefully a nice smooth run home in the sunshine tonight...
Mr Scruff said:
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Anyone else finding the fumes playing havoc with their chests now the temperatures are starting to drop too? Properly wheezing today, felt like an old man!
I'm not a regular cyclist, but I'd expect it to be easier when cooler. The air's denser so more oxygen available - if anything I get wheezy in the stale, humid hot Summer air.Anyone else finding the fumes playing havoc with their chests now the temperatures are starting to drop too? Properly wheezing today, felt like an old man!
Happily my route to work is 95% cycle path so no fumes alongside - maybe that's the difference.
Cycled to work for the first time today. Beautiful morning and arrived at work fresh as a daisy. 
It's only 10 miles and nearly all cycle path. Lost my bearings a few times as the path doesn't follow my regular road-route but got here in about 45 or 50 minutes.
Perfect conditions, very light breeze and about 12°C - if every day were the same I'd cycle every day.
Wind & rain expected next week.
It's only 10 miles and nearly all cycle path. Lost my bearings a few times as the path doesn't follow my regular road-route but got here in about 45 or 50 minutes.
Perfect conditions, very light breeze and about 12°C - if every day were the same I'd cycle every day.
Wind & rain expected next week.
Shirt587 said:
Tyre off, find small bit of swarf in the tube, spare tube out, fit spare tube, blisters on both thumbs from the sodding Gatorskin which clearly has a bead made of pig iron..
I ditched my Gatorskins after taking the skin off my thumbs as well. That was changing tyres in my garage and I was terrified of getting a flat in the middle of no where. Hateful things. Steve
Steve vRS said:
Shirt587 said:
Tyre off, find small bit of swarf in the tube, spare tube out, fit spare tube, blisters on both thumbs from the sodding Gatorskin which clearly has a bead made of pig iron..
I ditched my Gatorskins after taking the skin off my thumbs as well. That was changing tyres in my garage and I was terrified of getting a flat in the middle of no where. Hateful things. Steve
I don't recall having much trouble with Gatorskins in the past, but I may have just forgotten...
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