Silly Commuter Stats

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rubertoe wrote:

It appears we have all gone soft.

If it helps it looks like I'll go over 800 miles this month unless I do some serious not riding over the next couple of weeks.

willy b

Deadslow now upto 3rd.

I'm about 2000 behind this time last year, which given i've not been trying I reckon is ok.

menthel

Have already beaten last years overall distance total. Yay!

deadslow_cb

Deadslow now upto 3rd

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It won’t last! Dax hasn’t updated for a couple of days so he will reclaim 3rd soon enough. Also I’m on holiday from 25th August so I’m only expecting ~700 miles in total for August so will be well behind by start of September. :roll:

CarlosDSanchez

Well, that's me out of it for the next 6-8 weeks. Some old dude on an invalid carriage wiped me out at a crossing. He just randomly drove into the road and I barely had a chance to do anything other than brace for impact. I have 2 dislocated and fractured fingers, a broken metacarpel on my right hand and a "2nd degree" dislocation of my left shoulder. Smashed my phone, wrecked my jersey and gloves and most importantly, completely fcuked up my bike

Initialised

Well I've clawed my way back to 11th, a top ten spot still seems a long way off!

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Initialised wrote:

Well I've clawed my way back to 11th, a top ten spot still seems a long way off!

You know how to get a top ten spot don't you? You just get on your bike and pedal.......

willy b

CarlosDSanchez wrote:

Well, that's me out of it for the next 6-8 weeks. Some old dude on an invalid carriage wiped me out at a crossing. He just randomly drove into the road and I barely had a chance to do anything other than brace for impact. I have 2 dislocated and fractured fingers, a broken metacarpel on my right hand and a "2nd degree" dislocation of my left shoulder. Smashed my phone, wrecked my jersey and gloves and most importantly, completely fcuked up my bike

Shite dude! Not good news at all, heal quick!

rolf_f

willy b wrote:

CarlosDSanchez wrote:

Well, that's me out of it for the next 6-8 weeks. Some old dude on an invalid carriage wiped me out at a crossing. He just randomly drove into the road and I barely had a chance to do anything other than brace for impact. I have 2 dislocated and fractured fingers, a broken metacarpel on my right hand and a "2nd degree" dislocation of my left shoulder. Smashed my phone, wrecked my jersey and gloves and most importantly, completely fcuked up my bike

Shite dude! Not good news at all, heal quick!

Oh crap - sorry, missed your post. +1 to all willy b said.

daxplusplus

@Carlos rubbish luck on the crash - get well soon (no idea how the money situation is but maybe can dream about the next bike?).

rubertoe

GWS CarlosD

daxplusplus

No cycling for me at the moment - just back from a week's family hols and then off on another weeks sans bike holiday. So 4th place for me for a while I reckon.

At a bit of a loss at the moment .. end of my first go at a racing season (TTs and just one road race) .. seems too early in the year to stop racing :? And way, way to early to start winter training. It all seems to have come to a halt rather quickly.

So no idea how commuting (training) will go in September. The only hope is that we'll have a late Summer as good as last year.

In other news just spotted that my new commuter bike (old one developed a crash induced crack in it's frame) hasn't enough clearance for my roadracer mudguards - which means it's effectively rubbish as a commuter It was a great price but failed to spot the lack of clearance around the brakes. Oh well, live and learn.

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DaxPlusPlus wrote:

In other news just spotted that my new commuter bike (old one developed a crash induced crack in it's frame) hasn't enough clearance for my roadracer mudguards - which means it's effectively rubbish as a commuter It was a great price but failed to spot the lack of clearance around the brakes. Oh well, live and learn.

Smaller tyres?

daxplusplus

Rolf F wrote:

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

In other news just spotted that my new commuter bike (old one developed a crash induced crack in it's frame) hasn't enough clearance for my roadracer mudguards - which means it's effectively rubbish as a commuter It was a great price but failed to spot the lack of clearance around the brakes. Oh well, live and learn.

Smaller tyres?

I will try that. Currently running 25mm so it's definitely worth a go but I'm not optimistic ..

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DaxPlusPlus wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

In other news just spotted that my new commuter bike (old one developed a crash induced crack in it's frame) hasn't enough clearance for my roadracer mudguards - which means it's effectively rubbish as a commuter It was a great price but failed to spot the lack of clearance around the brakes. Oh well, live and learn.

Smaller tyres?

I will try that. Currently running 25mm so it's definitely worth a go but I'm not optimistic ..

Do you know where the clearace problem is? ie Are the guards fouling under the brakes or is away from them. Easy fix if the latter.

daxplusplus

Rolf F wrote:

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

Rolf F wrote:

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

In other news just spotted that my new commuter bike (old one developed a crash induced crack in it's frame) hasn't enough clearance for my roadracer mudguards - which means it's effectively rubbish as a commuter It was a great price but failed to spot the lack of clearance around the brakes. Oh well, live and learn.

Smaller tyres?

I will try that. Currently running 25mm so it's definitely worth a go but I'm not optimistic ..

Do you know where the clearace problem is? ie Are the guards fouling under the brakes or is away from them. Easy fix if the latter.

Under the brakes .. simply not much of a gap between tyre and underside of brake.

itboffin

I turn my back for 5 mins and you lot have bloody well turned this thread into mumsnet.

STOP IT NOW

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itboffin wrote:

I turn my back for 5 mins and you lot have bloody well turned this thread into mumsnet.

STOP IT NOW

:twisted:

Haven't you got a crash to do?

itboffin

Just did into the pub

daxplusplus

23mm tyres fitted and crud racer guards just have enough clearance .. bit of rub that some plastic re-alignment treatment has sorted (stick to force open gap and hair dryer to warm the plastic).

May need to reapply though as seems to slowly go back to old shape and start rubbing again.

Racing season over so normal-ish commuting returning.

rolf_f

DaxPlusPlus wrote:

23mm tyres fitted and crud racer guards just have enough clearance .. bit of rub that some plastic re-alignment treatment has sorted (stick to force open gap and hair dryer to warm the plastic).

May need to reapply though as seems to slowly go back to old shape and start rubbing again.

Probably not bending it enough. I used a gas hob - no signs of the shape reverting. With 23s on I can now see daylight through the gap between wheel and tyre!

Widgey

Arrrggghhh.. My plan in August was to try to overtake Redvee and have the most mileage in Bristol! But a lovely spout of Gastroenteritis put a stop to that. Going to be tough trying to bridge a 200 mile gap, especially with no big rides planned.

Still its coming up to my yearly anniversary of my Garmin - should be around 5700 in a year.

redvee

Widgey wrote:

Arrrggghhh.. My plan in August was to try to overtake Redvee and have the most mileage in Bristol! Going to be tough trying to bridge a 384 mile gap, especially with no big rides planned.

Still its coming up to my yearly anniversary of my Garmin - should be around 5700 in a year.

FTFY.

I'm aiming for 6000 and 15 weeks away from the end of the year and currently 380 miles ahead of target so should end up on 6500 all being well

CiB

Guys. It's all over, nearly. I'll let the stats board run till the end of the year and hand out metaphorical gongs accordingly, but then it'll disappear. I could leave it to run till March when it would die off anyway (change of web host, change of needs etc) but there's no logic to dropping it partway through the year.

So... As of Jan next year either revert to ITB's code blocks (see early pages of this thread), or use Strava, MapMyRide etc and have a much better interface. Or just ride for the fun & enjoyment of it.

Equally it can't be beyond the wit & intelligence of someone on here to throw together something similar and quite possibly better. Feel free. 2½ months is plenty of time to get something up & running.

Cheers.
C.

CarlosDSanchez

Thanks for the effort, I appreciate what you've done and have enjoyed using SCS over the last 3 years or so.

regards
Paul

davis

Hmm. I'm sure I did have some code kicking around a while back as a replacement when CiB first mooted binning SCS. I can't seem to find it now...

daxplusplus

CarlosDSanchez wrote:

Thanks for the effort, I appreciate what you've done and have enjoyed using SCS over the last 3 years or so.

+1

I know there is strava (I use it) but the SCS leaderboard just seems to be a better format for comparing commuters efforts over the whole year.

I'll miss it.

rolf_f

+ another. I use Strava but, ultimately, it is SCS that I consider most important. And, of course, SCS doesn't push out the non GPS users. Putting in my morning commute time is the first thing I do on the computer at work in the morning - it is potentially a nice way to start the day if it turns out to be a good time. Strava has to wait til I get home.

mlgt

CarlosDSanchez wrote:

Well, that's me out of it for the next 6-8 weeks. Some old dude on an invalid carriage wiped me out at a crossing. He just randomly drove into the road and I barely had a chance to do anything other than brace for impact. I have 2 dislocated and fractured fingers, a broken metacarpel on my right hand and a "2nd degree" dislocation of my left shoulder. Smashed my phone, wrecked my jersey and gloves and most importantly, completely fcuked up my bike

GWS mate.

UndercoverElephant

Firstly, GWS Carlos.

Secondly, Chris, sterling effort over the past few years. I use Strava too, but the stats board has a lot more charm and comeradery (competitive idiots). I'll miss it too, but I understand.