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Staying down in London for a few days so decided to Cycled "home" to my mum's house in Guildford last night, and then back in to the office in Twickenham again this morning... 28 miles each way.
Last night was ok but I bonked SO hard this morning, I've still got the shakes now despite eating anything in site. Lesson learnt - I am no where near fit enough to do that at the moment, the last 5 miles were horrendous.
Still, good to be back out in the fresh air and no doubt will get that smug feeling by lunchtime.
JD
Last night was ok but I bonked SO hard this morning, I've still got the shakes now despite eating anything in site. Lesson learnt - I am no where near fit enough to do that at the moment, the last 5 miles were horrendous.
Still, good to be back out in the fresh air and no doubt will get that smug feeling by lunchtime.
JD
I'm still amazed at the number of people who need 1000 lumens of front light on the Bristol/Bath cycle path pointing up at oncoming traffic. I appreciate that their commute will almost certainly be on roads with cars etc but for that section, which is lit, they could quite easily turn it off and save blinding everyone they approach....
and my garmin has finally given up the will to live...
and my garmin has finally given up the will to live...
Finally fitted the candence and speed sensor I got for xmas.
But it seems that strava doesn't use the speed data and only displays average candence.
time to migrate I think. Ill continue to use strava, but only passively.
Ill do my main recording on gps my ride.
I've just finished migrating my entire strava history to it this morning.
I used tapiriik, to manage it.
But as I'm mildly paranoid about giving out passwords here tuere and everywhere I chose to git clone it and to the migration from my own server. Yay.
This will now keep both apps syncronised with each other.
But it seems that strava doesn't use the speed data and only displays average candence.
time to migrate I think. Ill continue to use strava, but only passively.
Ill do my main recording on gps my ride.
I've just finished migrating my entire strava history to it this morning.
I used tapiriik, to manage it.
But as I'm mildly paranoid about giving out passwords here tuere and everywhere I chose to git clone it and to the migration from my own server. Yay.
This will now keep both apps syncronised with each other.
Bit fresher this morning ... last nights ride home was with a colleague so nice chatting as we rode for 20kms or so.
The wind here though, just like for the guys on the fens ... flat, brutal, unrelenting and often with water either side of the bike path, when it's side on it's even more fun in the pitch black on a small path, get it wrong at your peril.
At least though in total I only share tarmac with cars for <500m in 21km. The páve sections - brick weave and bumpy as you like - are strength builders, that's what I'm trying to convince myself!
The wind here though, just like for the guys on the fens ... flat, brutal, unrelenting and often with water either side of the bike path, when it's side on it's even more fun in the pitch black on a small path, get it wrong at your peril.
At least though in total I only share tarmac with cars for <500m in 21km. The páve sections - brick weave and bumpy as you like - are strength builders, that's what I'm trying to convince myself!
SystemParanoia said:
Finally fitted the candence and speed sensor I got for xmas.
But it seems that strava doesn't use the speed data and only displays average candence.
time to migrate I think. Ill continue to use strava, but only passively.
Ill do my main recording on gps my ride.
I've just finished migrating my entire strava history to it this morning.
I used tapiriik, to manage it.
But as I'm mildly paranoid about giving out passwords here tuere and everywhere I chose to git clone it and to the migration from my own server. Yay.
This will now keep both apps syncronised with each other.
Strava definitely uses speed data, I use it on Turbo all the time.But it seems that strava doesn't use the speed data and only displays average candence.
time to migrate I think. Ill continue to use strava, but only passively.
Ill do my main recording on gps my ride.
I've just finished migrating my entire strava history to it this morning.
I used tapiriik, to manage it.
But as I'm mildly paranoid about giving out passwords here tuere and everywhere I chose to git clone it and to the migration from my own server. Yay.
This will now keep both apps syncronised with each other.
Good point about Cadence, I've never bothered with it if I'm honest, I know whatever I'm spinning at is less then it should be.
It wasn't easy hearing the rain lashing at my window, laying in bed, knowing that I had to put my gear on and ride to work. Once I was wet, I wasn't going to get any wetter so head down till I got to work. The worse part of the rain is the fact that my brake pads are getting destroyed at an alarming rate. Evans recommended me Aztec + but I have to say they don't measure up to the Shimano ones that were on there or the Swiss Stop that lasted all of about six weeks in the rain.
At least it is looking dry for the ride home!
At least it is looking dry for the ride home!
That was an unpleasant ride home, shortened for sideways rain and gusting 40kmph wind.
But, on looking at the bike afterwards the small telltale of sealant from the rear tyre proved the Hutchinson Secteur tubeless 28's are superb, not only grippy as anything, comfortable on the cobbles but I'd have been battling inner tubes in the rain if it hadn't been tubeless.
But, on looking at the bike afterwards the small telltale of sealant from the rear tyre proved the Hutchinson Secteur tubeless 28's are superb, not only grippy as anything, comfortable on the cobbles but I'd have been battling inner tubes in the rain if it hadn't been tubeless.
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