Strava.com - Put your money where your mouth is

veronese68

If anyone sees me huffing and puffing round Richmond Park just mention The Roebuck or The Albert and I'l lbe easily distracted into replacing any lost fluids.
I'll be in a red top on a big red Kona Jake with a yellow pannier.

Wrath Rob

JZed wrote:

Surely JG gets public transport when its windy otherwise he'll blow away - so our KOMS (your 1 my 10) should be safe until summer.

Which reminds me, I too must try the "ride around random parts of London to find easy segments to storm" approach. Though I will give you the 930mph one as a true KoM.

BTW, apparently there's a Strava upgrade coming that will allow you to browse a map to find segments. Could be interesting :twisted:

jzed

Wrath Rob wrote:

Which reminds me, I too must try the "ride around random parts of London to find easy segments to storm" approach. :

Are you referring to me? :roll:

dhope

JZed wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Which reminds me, I too must try the "ride around random parts of London to find easy segments to storm" approach. :

Are you referring to me? :roll:

In case we're going back to insults then

Yo momma so fat she got her own segment.

willy b

Wrath Rob wrote:

BTW, apparently there's a Strava upgrade coming that will allow you to browse a map to find segments. Could be interesting :twisted:

Now that will be cool!!

JamesFree

Failed at my attempt to take Col Du Balham KOM tonight was horrible traffic leading up the beast! I can only guess a massive snowstorm near the summit caused such traffic!

jzed

dhope wrote:

JZed wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Which reminds me, I too must try the "ride around random parts of London to find easy segments to storm" approach. :

Are you referring to me? :roll:

In case we're going back to insults then

Yo momma so fat she got her own segment.

dhope

Very chilled commute back this eve, sub 17 average but enjoyed the pootle.

Fastest of the week for Millbank Southbound btw.

Heavily draft assisted

kevess

Wrath Rob wrote:

BTW. anyone got an image that I can upload for the club logo? Best suggestion wins, as commented on by the masses and selected by me

Sitting home today coughin' & sneezin', no bike 'til Friday, doctor's (read wife's) orders. Had a thought about the logo. I haven't worked out how to insert a pic so here's the link - http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorskegga/4158366987/ -something worked around that!

I appreciate it'sa UK thing but the heart sort of beats here, well from my reading of posts and articles it seems to!!

dhope

Good shout KevEss, perfect club logo

Wrath Rob

2nd fastest SCR time of the week from Westminster to Blackfriars. By 1 freakin second :evil:

And thanks to KevEss, we now have a logo.

cjcp

Il Principe wrote:

dhope wrote:

I've never raced anywhere but don't think there's any way I could hold 25mph. Most averages are around 16-18, you (I) really need all the planets in alignment to get anything approaching some of the quoted speeds.

I've never raced either, but in a bunch you'd be surprised what speeds you can hold - especially during the first 20/30 miles of any big Sportives!

In a Cat 4 race at Hillingdon, you can hold 24-25.

Wrath Rob

Late breaking news. Just looked at the guy's ride who is the current Millbank Sprint (North) segment leader and he never gets over 26mph. But the data points jump. So his isn't a valid KoM (call me sad but I've flagged the ride). If that's the case then the true KoM is at 54 seconds. I think I might have 2 seconds in me...

veronese68

Like the logo, even though I've only drunk in there once. In about 1987 when I knew the manager. I feel so old.

jzed

Wrath Rob wrote:

2nd fastest SCR time of the week from Westminster to Blackfriars. By 1 freakin second :evil:

And thanks to KevEss, we now have a logo.

Andrei I presume. Anyway - does someone let your tyres down for the home journey. Sub-17mph average. Makes my 21.5mph look good

EDIT: Forgot to say - Your mamma so fat she ate alllllllllllll the food so you dint get none, so you had to go slooowwwwww allllllll the way home.

veronese68

I'm 4th on the RP clockwise segment, odd as I went anti clockwise. Admittedly 4th out of 7 in SCR. Must try harder.

UndercoverElephant

Made a catastrophic error this morning, misjudged the wind entirely. Last night had been a headwind so I foolishly expected a tailwind this morning, and I was feeling pretty good, so I thought I'd have a crack at a couple of segments on my way in.

First segment is a bit tricky, as I've had little or no warm-up at all by that time, but I gun it as much as I can. I'm suddenly aware that I'm struggling to hold much more than 24 mph, I keep going and manage a 3rd overall on the segment. I was hoping for more; I was knackered after the effort. I spin on to the next segment and I have another go, again, the speed is poor, halfway along this section there's a windsock, and you've guessed it, it was horizontal into my face.

Was goosed after that segment and decided to just pootle. :oops:

the_fuggler

Veronese68 wrote:

I can't see me ever getting a 20mph average. 16.8mph is my best so far without an engine. Hats off to you lot, you're all mad. Might do a lap of RP tonight just to see how pitiful I am.

I'm with you - 16.8mph is my best effort too. Maybe we should start a Silly Commuter Pootling group?!

jonginge

Wrath Rob wrote:

Late breaking news. Just looked at the guy's ride who is the current Millbank Sprint (North) segment leader and he never gets over 26mph. But the data points jump. So his isn't a valid KoM (call me sad but I've flagged the ride). If that's the case then the true KoM is at 54 seconds. I think I might have 2 seconds in me...

Richard Reid is a Wheeler. He gave CJ and me a lift to the Magnificat last year. Very nice chap but no racing snake (at that point at least, things may have changed over the last 18months)

jzed

Ron - I can't believe you've shopped a Wheeler - bet your reporting any rides above you in the hope you can get some KOMs that way

Wrath Rob

JZed wrote:

Ron - I can't believe you've shopped a Wheeler - bet your reporting any rides above you in the hope you can get some KOMs that way

Mate, I've already flagged some of yours :twisted:

Kidding. Yeah, last night wasn't great. Slowed by nodders and traffic for the stretch to Westminster and then tweaked my back coming past P'Square. Not impressed. Been stretching it out since then and it seems a bit better this morning. Last night is my last chance of the week too as I'm working from home tomorrow.

sketchley

dhope wrote:

Good shout KevEss, perfect club logo

or how about

bigmat

@ Bassjunkie, getting a bit tight at the top on Camberwell sprint northbound! :shock:

sketchley

It should be possible for Strava when working out segments to spot jumps in GPS data and exclude them from the segment. Might be worth asking a question on the support page and pointing Strava at few examples.

sketchley

BigMat wrote:

@ Bassjunkie, getting a bit tight at the top on Camberwell sprint northbound! :shock:

I've been trying to work out how to include this on my ride to dockland so I can have a go. Anyone car to suggest a good route from Morden / Collierswood

Pufftmw

Bust the Jamaica Road Rumble by another 17 secs last night - have it

dhope

Sketchley wrote:

dhope wrote:

Good shout KevEss, perfect club logo

or how about

Hmm, but that photo was taken going both to and from the Morpeth.
Morpeth wins imho

jzed

dhope wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

dhope wrote:

Good shout KevEss, perfect club logo

or how about

Hmm, but that photo was taken going both to and from the Morpeth.
Morpeth wins imho

Second photo contains a hybrid by the looks of it so thats out.

bigmat

Sketchley wrote:

BigMat wrote:

@ Bassjunkie, getting a bit tight at the top on Camberwell sprint northbound! :shock:

I've been trying to work out how to include this on my ride to dockland so I can have a go. Anyone car to suggest a good route from Morden / Collierswood

In all honesty, its a pretty cr*p segment, the deciding factor being whether or not you get lucky at the lights - you could make a detour only to find yourself stuck in traffic

sketchley

BigMat wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

BigMat wrote:

@ Bassjunkie, getting a bit tight at the top on Camberwell sprint northbound! :shock:

I've been trying to work out how to include this on my ride to dockland so I can have a go. Anyone car to suggest a good route from Morden / Collierswood

In all honesty, its a pretty cr*p segment, the deciding factor being whether or not you get lucky at the lights - you could make a detour only to find yourself stuck in traffic

Sounds like you are trying to put me off