Discussion
okgo said:
https://www.strava.com/segments/610040?filter=over...
Not often you get over a page of KOM's in one ride. That is the fastest anyone has ever gone round Richmond Park and around 20 secs behind David Millar when he did a hot lap with car to keep him safe (also before they added speedbumps).
I thought the speed limit was 20 mph round there Not often you get over a page of KOM's in one ride. That is the fastest anyone has ever gone round Richmond Park and around 20 secs behind David Millar when he did a hot lap with car to keep him safe (also before they added speedbumps).
Seriously, impressive work. Well done!
okgo said:
https://www.strava.com/segments/610040?filter=over...
Not often you get over a page of KOM's in one ride. That is the fastest anyone has ever gone round Richmond Park and around 20 secs behind David Millar when he did a hot lap with car to keep him safe (also before they added speedbumps).
holy sNot often you get over a page of KOM's in one ride. That is the fastest anyone has ever gone round Richmond Park and around 20 secs behind David Millar when he did a hot lap with car to keep him safe (also before they added speedbumps).
tting bugger that's quick 
@ Tom - Something like that I think, though oddly although the TT position does make breathing a bit more difficult, being able to support your whole upper body on the rests does seem to help when pushing as hard as you can. I must admit, the motivation to do that was quite hard to find, so not sure I'll be trying it on a roadbike any time soon haha! Your time on a roadbike was seriously fast, much faster than I ever managed on mine, no reason you won't be able to push into the top few round there I don't think.
Fastest solo roadbike time I think is from Lawrence in 14.53 - something to aim for!
Fastest solo roadbike time I think is from Lawrence in 14.53 - something to aim for!
teambeer said:
Epic! Was pretty windy in SW London last night, did that help/hinder in equal measures?
I'm struggling to break 18 minutes but forever being held up by cars. Need to try on a weekday evening after the gates are closed.
east wind is generally useful, probably a bit strong last night as you say to be optimum, and could be warmer and lower pressure. Today looks far better but its wet.I'm struggling to break 18 minutes but forever being held up by cars. Need to try on a weekday evening after the gates are closed.
TonyHetherington said:
Isn't Richmond Park the most ridden strava segment in the world? That's really something to be pleased with!
Wouldn't surprise me, I read somewhere online that the cafe there is the most stopped at place on Strava. Weird, I've never even been in, or stopped there.
Edit:
http://road.cc/content/news/151968-strava-reveals-...
Edited by whatleytom on Thursday 13th August 13:38
Edited by whatleytom on Thursday 13th August 13:39
A random chap near Portland, Maine, USA gave me kudos on today's ride. So I had a look at some of his rides, and this Strava KOM-chaser quote made me giggle...
Ryan Meader said:
So close....should've blown all the stop signs at maximum overdrive like a proper Stravasshole and I totally would have had it this time. I knew I was in trouble when I kept not vomiting despite my best efforts.
Went out for my 'Sunday' ride this morning, cut it short, felt like cycling through treacle! 
Ended up spending the ride home diagnosing a miss aligned cleat which has been causing a niggly left knee ache and a touch of lower back stiffness. I noticed today that my left leg/knee was cocked out slightly, watching my action and trying my foot in a few positions lead me to conclude that I needed to adjust the cleat position. Got home, spun my shoes over and yep, the left cleat was just about dead strait on the sole where my right cleat turned my toe in by about a mm... made the adjustment, took it down the road, instant improvement! Can't believe how much difference such a small adjustment has made! Certainly starting to appreciate the value of a good bike fit! 465kms in and I think I've got the SL5 dialled in fully now?!
https://www.strava.com/activities/375787755/segmen...
Ended up spending the ride home diagnosing a miss aligned cleat which has been causing a niggly left knee ache and a touch of lower back stiffness. I noticed today that my left leg/knee was cocked out slightly, watching my action and trying my foot in a few positions lead me to conclude that I needed to adjust the cleat position. Got home, spun my shoes over and yep, the left cleat was just about dead strait on the sole where my right cleat turned my toe in by about a mm... made the adjustment, took it down the road, instant improvement! Can't believe how much difference such a small adjustment has made! Certainly starting to appreciate the value of a good bike fit! 465kms in and I think I've got the SL5 dialled in fully now?!
https://www.strava.com/activities/375787755/segmen...
Not so much a lost KOM as lots of lost PRs.
Digging into the detail of some PRs I've "earned" lately, looking back at previous results to see how significant my improvement has been, and I've discovered that the time Strava is posting to the leaderboards is my fourth/fifth/sixth fastest recorded effort.
I've checked the ride status and it's not because the previous rides were set to 'private' or anything like that. I've tried refreshing the results, but it makes no difference. It's not of any vital importance, in the grand scheme of things, but mildly annoying if I'm honest.
I'm not 'training' for anything, and don't really analyze my data too closely, but I imagine it'd be a greater irritation to someone using the data to inform their training regime?
Far more irritating for me has been the switch away from GoogleMaps, and the loss of the great satellite imagery and the StreetView functionality that came with it. I often used that to identify junctions and landmarks on a route as part of my 'electronic recce' of brand new routes in unfamiliar areas.
Digging into the detail of some PRs I've "earned" lately, looking back at previous results to see how significant my improvement has been, and I've discovered that the time Strava is posting to the leaderboards is my fourth/fifth/sixth fastest recorded effort.
I've checked the ride status and it's not because the previous rides were set to 'private' or anything like that. I've tried refreshing the results, but it makes no difference. It's not of any vital importance, in the grand scheme of things, but mildly annoying if I'm honest.
I'm not 'training' for anything, and don't really analyze my data too closely, but I imagine it'd be a greater irritation to someone using the data to inform their training regime?
Far more irritating for me has been the switch away from GoogleMaps, and the loss of the great satellite imagery and the StreetView functionality that came with it. I often used that to identify junctions and landmarks on a route as part of my 'electronic recce' of brand new routes in unfamiliar areas.
The streetview loss is a pita, as I could go back and view ride segments on long rides, from how they looked
Anyone help with this:
On my iphone app, I rode home last night, got an average of 20.6mph when I pause it "live". I then finish the ride, name it, look at the average and it is now 20.1
Same all the time, rode in this morning, live window showed av of 18.4, finish ride, it is then recorded as 18.1
Never used to do it, just interested why?
Anyone help with this:
On my iphone app, I rode home last night, got an average of 20.6mph when I pause it "live". I then finish the ride, name it, look at the average and it is now 20.1
Same all the time, rode in this morning, live window showed av of 18.4, finish ride, it is then recorded as 18.1
Never used to do it, just interested why?
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