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roger_merriman

Asprilla wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

I'm glad nobody else goes my way. Even with racing myself it brings out my inner idiot and if I think about it to much it could lead to me not leaving myself or others enough room.
I only use it occasionally if the mood takes me. The biggest influence on time for me is heavy traffic at this end, followed by dog walkers in Bushy Park and the number of people trying to get around Kingston.
It's a bit of fun and interesting to see relative times. If I go round Richmond Park I will just be shown up. I'll still have a go though.

Sorry kingston Bridge is now in! ;-)

Rats! Todays excuse will be a big girl, nearly got blown off.

KoM.

Well, I am easily distracted. I tend to take the bridge slowly on the path going into Kingston rather than ride through deathrace tunnel. I'll have to MTFU.

I don't like the exits for the bike paths so, unless I've come along the tow path and then over the bike path, I just punch it over the bridge, the tunnel is fine as I'm fairly heavy so I can more than match cars speed. bit I hate is catching a light just off the roundabout so you have to grind up the slight incline.

But on a good day I can rocket though.

I hate those lights at the bottom of the bridge, just before the roundabout. That's why I always go though the bus station and on the cycle track over the bridge. 9/10 I find it's quicker because of the lights.

hampton wick - kingston or vis versa.

can't say I like the tunnel leaving kingston though I dislike the exit on to the roundabout (at hampton Wick) even more!

veronese68

It's generally horrible at both ends. I tend to cross the bridge on the Hampton Court side path going in or out and go through the bus station. Going out of Kingston the little ramp onto the Hampton Court Road lets you merge at the same speed as the traffic. Going into Kingston the roaundabout at Hampton Wick is a complete bun fight. I've nearly come to blows on there a couple of times. The most memorable was when I nearly got taken out by a bloke texting whilst negotiating a roundabout.

asprilla

That roundabout at Hampton Wick is where I did come off last month when a John Lewis van pulled out in front of me. I was heading from Hampton to Kingston and they came out of Hampton Wick. Still waiting on the insurance investigation.

I use the cycle tracks over the bridge in both directions, but I use the tracks going in the direction of traffic so I use the tunnel on the way into Kingston and go via the bus station on the way out.

I love that little ramp just before the crossing past the roundabout that lets you merge into traffic at speed.

itboffin

I see my Col de Chutes title is still fully intact, sweet!

:roll:

Wrath Rob

3rd fastest all time on Millbank N today, 1 second of 2nd place.

2nd fastest today on Westminster to Blackdriars. CB to AB wasn't bad (4th today) but work to do there. Pre-CB was traffic impaired.

Funnily enough the ride home was a little slower.

jzed

Wrath Rob wrote:

3rd fastest all time on Millbank N today, 1 second of 2nd place.

2nd fastest today on Westminster to Blackdriars. CB to AB wasn't bad (4th today) but work to do there. Pre-CB was traffic impaired.

Funnily enough the ride home was a little slower.

Oooh Kudos thats fast - now going to have to have a stab tomorrow at flat out through that segment and take it a bit easier on all the others.

EDIT: Did you walk home?

Wrath Rob

For some reason I'm never fast on Millbank South. Weird. Anyway, I heard the wind dropped by 9 so was much easier on those returning from work/pub/the secretary or whatever else kept them at work late

Nik Cube

itboffin wrote:

I see my Col de Chutes title is still fully intact, sweet!

:roll:

Yes I have a bad case of plauge so my taking of the title will just have to wait

Either that or I'm being a big girl difficult to know which

veronese68

Didn't pick me up going over Kinngston Bridge in the road. Where's the segment to and from?

jzed

So decided to use the "School of Ron Approach to Strava slaying",

Method No 1: Go slow all the way to Millbank and then hammer the Millbank North segment.

Result: Matched Ron's time of 55 seconds. Average speed down below 20 to 18.2mph. Notice Ron had 17.9mph so should have gone a bit slower before. :twisted:

Limiting factors: Reckon tailwind was nowhere near as useful as yesterday.

Next Method - No2- ride the whole week before very slowly, and then ride in slowly and give it everything for Millbank*

I think I've 2-3 seconds in there somewhere.

Asssuming Ron will come along now and have gone faster.

*I can't bring myself to do this. Will just have to ride flat out everywhere and see if I can take the crown honourably

dhope

JZed wrote:

So decided to use the "School of Ron Approach to Strava slaying"

Excellent, if you could continue mix it up a bit because that's the only way I'll end up with a faster average speed. Didn't feel fast today but was on the geared bike so the total average was still 18.8, will see what the rolling ave is when I upload later.

Col du B'lam is just too early, I'd only got out of bed 15mins prior and it's all of 2 mins into the commute. Think I hit the start at 32 though so might be a decent time.

cambs

Veronese68 wrote:

Didn't pick me up going over Kinngston Bridge in the road. Where's the segment to and from?

Found it.
http://app.strava.com/segments/784918

Fourth place. Yes!

willy b

Wrath Rob wrote:

3rd fastest all time on Millbank N today, 1 second of 2nd place.

2nd fastest today on Westminster to Blackdriars. CB to AB wasn't bad (4th today) but work to do there. Pre-CB was traffic impaired.

Funnily enough the ride home was a little slower.

2nd on Westminster > Blackfriars Ramp today

Strang really as I wasn't trying that hard as I was on the Bianchi!

I'vegot another do after work today, which means a commute home at around 8:30pm again. :twisted:

whitebait01

Hey, So I've got myself a Holux 260 Pro, looking forward to this Strava stuff, http://app.strava.com/athletes/153639 is me. Only had a chance to pop one up so far - that was two bulging panniers into the wind on Friday evening. Somehow appear to be beating JZed on the E&C to Clapham Common southbound segment? Anyway, I'll stick today's up when I'm home tonight and see how I fare...

Edit: Wrong segment

jzed

whitebait01 wrote:

Hey, So I've got myself a Holux 260 Pro, looking forward to this Strava stuff, http://app.strava.com/athletes/153639 is me. Only had a chance to pop one up so far - that was two bulging panniers into the wind on Friday evening. Somehow appear to be beating JZed on the E&C to Clapham Common southbound segment? Anyway, I'll stick today's up when I'm home tonight and see how I fare...

Edit: Wrong segment

E&C to Clapham Common? I must have had a few beers and gone home the wrong way.

sketchley

dhope wrote:

JZed wrote:

So decided to use the "School of Ron Approach to Strava slaying"

Excellent, if you could continue mix it up a bit because that's the only way I'll end up with a faster average speed. Didn't feel fast today but was on the geared bike so the total average was still 18.8, will see what the rolling ave is when I upload later.

Col du B'lam is just too early, I'd only got out of bed 15mins prior and it's all of 2 mins into the commute. Think I hit the start at 32 though so might be a decent time.

You still beat my best time :x

Wait till monday, I'm convinced I can get KOM on that bit. I hit the bottom at 30+ the other morning only to be caught by the ped lights near the top, going to go flat out for it on Monday.

dhope

dhope wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

Col du B'lam is just too early, I'd only got out of bed 15mins prior and it's all of 2 mins into the commute. Think I hit the start at 32 though so might be a decent time.

You still beat my best time :x

Yeah, that was yesterday on the fixed. I'll upload geared this evening :twisted: :twisted:

alansd1980

Just checked out the current KOM on Balham Hill and think there needs to be a stewards enquiry.... James Free went out on a sunday morning and only did balham hill then went back down the hill and home. Not really SCR if you ask me!

sketchley

alansd1980 wrote:

Just checked out the current KOM on Balham Hill and think there needs to be a stewards enquiry.... James Free went out on a sunday morning and only did balham hill then went back down the hill and home. Not really SCR if you ask me!

I can see a lot of Sunday morning KOMs coming along in the future.....

dhope

alansd1980 wrote:

Just checked out the current KOM on Balham Hill and think there needs to be a stewards enquiry.... James Free went out on a sunday morning and only did balham hill then went back down the hill and home. Not really SCR if you ask me!

1.7m ride taking in Balham Hill. Sneaky.

alansd1980

I claim back half of the KOM for Balham Hill

Think I might go out and buy me a polka dot jersey!

dhope

alansd1980 wrote:

I claim back half of the KOM for Balham Hill

Think I might go out and buy me a polka dot jersey!

I reckon I improved a few places this morning, I'll let you know if you need to get it shipped here instead

Wrath Rob

JZed wrote:

So decided to use the "School of Ron Approach to Strava slaying",

Method No 1: Go slow all the way to Millbank and then hammer the Millbank North segment.

Result: Matched Ron's time of 55 seconds. Average speed down below 20 to 18.2mph. Notice Ron had 17.9mph so should have gone a bit slower before. :twisted:

Limiting factors: Reckon tailwind was nowhere near as useful as yesterday.

Next Method - No2- ride the whole week before very slowly, and then ride in slowly and give it everything for Millbank*

I think I've 2-3 seconds in there somewhere.

Asssuming Ron will come along now and have gone faster.

*I can't bring myself to do this. Will just have to ride flat out everywhere and see if I can take the crown honourably

You'll be comparing me to NSB next. Or Sketchley. And I think you've already got Method 2 down pat given the "my brakes were rubbing" episode last week just before your full on attack the next day :P

Anyway, I'll be uploading my segments (fnar) tonight see how well this morning's ride went. While it won't have a new Millbank top time, I think I've done alright elsewhere. We shall see.

BTW, I reckon if I picked a quieter time to hit Millbank I might be able to get down to 53s. Faster than that is going to require some training and I think that goes against the SCR ethos.

Bassjunkieuk

dhope wrote:

alansd1980 wrote:

Just checked out the current KOM on Balham Hill and think there needs to be a stewards enquiry.... James Free went out on a sunday morning and only did balham hill then went back down the hill and home. Not really SCR if you ask me!

1.7m ride taking in Balham Hill. Sneaky.

Surely he must have been on the turbo before hand, that's far too short a ride to suddenly give an effort like that I mean your legs would hardly be warmed up and stretched!

I reckon Strava+Xmax drinks @ Morpeth+Bo-Bikes could be a dangerous combination.....

whitebait01

Just a quick question, hope you Strava bods can help... I've uploaded my one ride with the gps thing so far. Why has it only recognised that I've been through two segments?

My commute:

http://app.strava.com/rides/1888734

It looks like I'm riding this segment for instance:

http://app.strava.com/segments/778864

Can I manually tell it I did that segment?

JamesFree

dhope wrote:

alansd1980 wrote:

Just checked out the current KOM on Balham Hill and think there needs to be a stewards enquiry.... James Free went out on a sunday morning and only did balham hill then went back down the hill and home. Not really SCR if you ask me!

1.7m ride taking in Balham Hill. Sneaky.

In my defence that was before I have joined the silly commuting racing group Knowing i could properly smash it if I got a clear run I had to give it a go

I will remove that run now I have got into the SCR business

Though will take a little detour to hit in on my commute home tonight as I know I can easily take 2-3 seconds of my current KOM

JamesFree

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

dhope wrote:

alansd1980 wrote:

Just checked out the current KOM on Balham Hill and think there needs to be a stewards enquiry.... James Free went out on a sunday morning and only did balham hill then went back down the hill and home. Not really SCR if you ask me!

1.7m ride taking in Balham Hill. Sneaky.

Surely he must have been on the turbo before hand, that's far too short a ride to suddenly give an effort like that I mean your legs would hardly be warmed up and stretched!

I reckon Strava+Xmax drinks @ Morpeth+Bo-Bikes could be a dangerous combination.....

They had a little stretch about 0.4 miles worth

sketchley

Wrath Rob wrote:

JZed wrote:

So decided to use the "School of Ron Approach to Strava slaying",

Method No 1: Go slow all the way to Millbank and then hammer the Millbank North segment.

Result: Matched Ron's time of 55 seconds. Average speed down below 20 to 18.2mph. Notice Ron had 17.9mph so should have gone a bit slower before. :twisted:

Limiting factors: Reckon tailwind was nowhere near as useful as yesterday.

Next Method - No2- ride the whole week before very slowly, and then ride in slowly and give it everything for Millbank*

I think I've 2-3 seconds in there somewhere.

Asssuming Ron will come along now and have gone faster.

*I can't bring myself to do this. Will just have to ride flat out everywhere and see if I can take the crown honourably

You'll be comparing me to NSB next. Or Sketchley. And I think you've already got Method 2 down pat given the "my brakes were rubbing" episode last week just before your full on attack the next day :P

Anyway, I'll be uploading my segments (fnar) tonight see how well this morning's ride went. While it won't have a new Millbank top time, I think I've done alright elsewhere. We shall see.

BTW, I reckon if I picked a quieter time to hit Millbank I might be able to get down to 53s. Faster than that is going to require some training and I think that goes against the SCR ethos.

What are you suggesting?

jzed

EDIT: Sketchley beat me to it. Getting slow.

dhope

JamesFree wrote:

I will remove that run now I have got into the SCR business

Leave it there, still a good target and until I've beaten it I can just call you a cheat