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Wrath Rob

JZed wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

I was on for a cracking Ab-CB time this morning when a ped stopped traffic by walking over the zebra crossing

Did the pedestrian do the sprint to the crossing, so you start to slow, then they stand there until you completely stop, wait a little bit more, you think balls I'm going to go and then they step out, and then take for ever to get across.

No, they did the "hide behind traffic so the cyclists can't see if there's a pedestrian on the crossing or just a slight slowing in traffic and so forcing them to slam on the anchors, then get across the road waaaaaayyyy before the cyclist arrives so that in fact there was no need to slow" trick. Still, better than the "cyclist runs into pedestrian on zebra crossing" trick.

jzed

Oh ok - thats a tenner then - did say if they went the full hog and slowed you down properly there'd be a score in it

veronese68

I normally don't seem to get picked up the Kingston Bridge segment as I take the path on the 'wrong' side of the road. It even misses me on most of the occasions I stay in the road. Last night roundabout was clear(ish) so thought I'd give it a go, blasted round the roundabout and took off over the bridge. Went to chane gears and the chain starts jumping all over the place and I lost all the speed I had. Got it sorted by halfway over the bridge but time was ruined. Sods law, Strava picked it up that time.

dodgerdog

Well managed to surprise myself this morning, took is easy riding in as getting over a 36 hour 'snot bomb' that hit Sat PM. Logged in and too my amazement managed to get on the podium in 2nd for 'The Coffin' 8) which amazed me as last time out I aimed for it, thrashed myself throuhg it and only managed to record a 3rd :twisted:

JamesFree

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Sweet! It would appear I am now KOM for Waterloo Bridge South (sorry Il Principe), yet put in a horrifyingly pitiful time for College Road even by my own sh*tty hill climbing standards (high cadence in a very low gear clearly doesn't work either, then. Bollox!)

Good job Im currently second on there but did get a cheeky draft of a car for the first third until it dropped me but was on the SS

sketchley

Some of tonights segments show I can't climb.

jonny_trousers

JamesFree wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Sweet! It would appear I am now KOM for Waterloo Bridge South (sorry Il Principe), yet put in a horrifyingly pitiful time for College Road even by my own sh*tty hill climbing standards (high cadence in a very low gear clearly doesn't work either, then. Bollox!)

Good job Im currently second on there but did get a cheeky draft of a car for the first third until it dropped me but was on the SS

Waterloo Bridge or College Road?

I don't reckon it would be that hard for someone to destroy the present record. I won't have been going anywhere near as fast as many guys here are capable of. The northerly version, however (3rd place last time I checked) is going to take some serious effort to beat that record. When I really went for it I was using everything I had and the 1st place guy is still 21 seconds ahead!

jzed

Another night another KOM falls. The other Blackfriars to Westminster segment. Clean run.

PB on Millbank South - still 4 seconds of Jens, couple of other good segments.

EKE_38BPM

I'd love to see what the pros could do.

Normal commuting traffic, no stupid (death defying) manouevres, just professional levels of The Power Awesome on Col de Balham or, maybe, a real hill.

itboffin

pah pro smo i want to see someone on here flog themselves to 40MPH on the drag strip, has to be doable surely?

i'm looking at you JZed

jzed

itboffin wrote:

pah pro smo i want to see someone on here flog themselves to 40MPH on the drag strip, has to be doable surely?

i'm looking at you JZed

Not a hope in hell for me. Got 36mph yesterday but that extra 4 is too much.

Wrath Rob

JZed wrote:

Another night another KOM falls. The other Blackfriars to Westminster segment. Clean run.

Clean run is the differentiator. Leaving between 5 and 7 there is no way of getting a good run due to lights or nodders. Working long hours just to bag some KoM's isn't a sustainable future :P Still, must work harder on my ride home.

jzed

Wrath Rob wrote:

JZed wrote:

Another night another KOM falls. The other Blackfriars to Westminster segment. Clean run.

Clean run is the differentiator. Leaving between 5 and 7 there is no way of getting a good run due to lights or nodders. Working long hours just to bag some KoM's isn't a sustainable future :P Still, must work harder on my ride home.

On that segment definitely - not having to filter and greens is what its all about. Now your KOM........

I'd give up the KOMs, 14 hour days for 14 days on the trot and happily return to leaving at 6 and having a lap of the park.

willy b

It would appear that extending my route to take in Millbank North doesn't actually take in that segment as I come in from Vauxhall Bridge Rd/Victoria.

I think this means I will now have to cross the road to the other side of the cross roads so I can get on the segment

JamesFree

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

JamesFree wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Sweet! It would appear I am now KOM for Waterloo Bridge South (sorry Il Principe), yet put in a horrifyingly pitiful time for College Road even by my own sh*tty hill climbing standards (high cadence in a very low gear clearly doesn't work either, then. Bollox!)

Good job Im currently second on there but did get a cheeky draft of a car for the first third until it dropped me but was on the SS

Waterloo Bridge or College Road?

I don't reckon it would be that hard for someone to destroy the present record. I won't have been going anywhere near as fast as many guys here are capable of. The northerly version, however (3rd place last time I checked) is going to take some serious effort to beat that record. When I really went for it I was using everything I had and the 1st place guy is still 21 seconds ahead!

Waterloo Bridge South

Gallywomack

My first go at this this morning. I'm a bit of a saddo and did some research last night, so I was targetting 3 segments this morning: Bromley Rd - Lewisham HIgh St (longish one), Brookmill Road Sprint and the Jamaica Rd - St James/Mill St sprint.

Got 10th, 7th and 2nd overall respectively - the Bromley Road one is tough because there are major works going on in Catford atm which slows everything down through there even more than usual - plus I got stopped at a red light by Bellingham station. With a clean run I fancy moving up a few spots, but without doing it at 7am on a Sunday morning I think I'll be lucky to get one.

On Brookmill I got slowed by a bus halfway through, again a clean run here is hard to come by as the traffic by the lights usually slows me down, plus there is a building site there atm which doesn't help.

For the Jamaica Rd sprint I got a clean run except for a couple of buses going through the islands right at the end (but I'm not sure if that's already past the finish line or not). But top spot is doable I reckon, especially if I can get a rolling start.

Good fun, anyway - doing those three sprints gives a nice rhythm to the ride, I'm a big lad so don't like a steady pace, I do better with sprints and recovery in between. I will have to try and leave something in the tank for an attack on the London Bridge leaderboard at some stage though, I didn't even rank on that today.

Hello all, btw...

Bassjunkieuk

Some new sections covered on a "new" (un-ridden since I started using Strava) so now appearing on some other segments!

I'm convinced now that the ONLY way to do Camberwell N-Bound in less then the current fastest time (shared by me and 4 other people!!) is to have greens and NO traffic. I hit the start on green so gave it some beans, had to dab the brakes briefly for a nodder/bus filter but then lost some precious seconds slowing for queued traffic at the lights at far end.

GRRR!!!

jonginge

How dare people ride bikes outside of rush-hour times! Disgraceful

jzed

JonGinge wrote:

How dare people ride bikes outside of rush-hour times! Disgraceful

Ron's just throwing his toys out of his pram. Bit like Frandy - "I can't believe they put a downhill in the tour de france - its not what the punters want to see".

dhope

JonGinge wrote:

How dare people ride bikes outside of rush-hour times! Disgraceful

It's worse than that, I heard some people train outside of the commute too.

Pufftmw

Gallywomack wrote:

My first go at this this morning. I'm a bit of a saddo and did some research last night, so I was targetting 3 segments this morning: Bromley Rd - Lewisham HIgh St (longish one), Brookmill Road Sprint and the Jamaica Rd - St James/Mill St sprint.

Got 10th, 7th and 2nd overall respectively - the Bromley Road one is tough because there are major works going on in Catford atm which slows everything down through there even more than usual - plus I got stopped at a red light by Bellingham station. With a clean run I fancy moving up a few spots, but without doing it at 7am on a Sunday morning I think I'll be lucky to get one.

On Brookmill I got slowed by a bus halfway through, again a clean run here is hard to come by as the traffic by the lights usually slows me down, plus there is a building site there atm which doesn't help.

For the Jamaica Rd sprint I got a clean run except for a couple of buses going through the islands right at the end (but I'm not sure if that's already past the finish line or not). But top spot is doable I reckon, especially if I can get a rolling start.

Good fun, anyway - doing those three sprints gives a nice rhythm to the ride, I'm a big lad so don't like a steady pace, I do better with sprints and recovery in between. I will have to try and leave something in the tank for an attack on the London Bridge leaderboard at some stage though, I didn't even rank on that today.

Hello all, btw...

Well done Looks like there's some new competition out there

You need to get the run on the Jamaica Road Sprint and it stops by Mill St, so just short of the 2 sets of lights but past the pedestrian crossing. Good speed I see!

Brookmill doesn't quite get to the lights at the end but opposite the building works midway between the hump and the lights.

I dropped in a reverse Brookmill today - I sometimes find that stretch more of a challenge, esp at the end of the day.

You want to also try Loampit Hill (cut through park to get to Trundleys & back on normal route).

What time are you running through?

Gallywomack

I generally set off from home at 8-8:10 so I suppose I'm hitting Lewisham at around 8:20 most mornings. Re Loampit - I'll give it a go sometime, I always assumed that way led only to the Old Kent Rd which I'm not keen on, didn't realise there was a way back through to the Bermondsey route. TBH, a lot of the fast guys I tussle with between home and Lewisham go straight on up Loampit so I'm usually quite happy to turn off down Brookmill at that point! Especially as hills are er not my forte :oops:

Edit: I noticed elsewhere you do Bedgebury sometimes, ever used Strava round there? Wonder if there are any segments?

bigmat

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

Some new sections covered on a "new" (un-ridden since I started using Strava) so now appearing on some other segments!

I'm convinced now that the ONLY way to do Camberwell N-Bound in less then the current fastest time (shared by me and 4 other people!!) is to have greens and NO traffic. I hit the start on green so gave it some beans, had to dab the brakes briefly for a nodder/bus filter but then lost some precious seconds slowing for queued traffic at the lights at far end.

GRRR!!!

I did my time from a standing start, so scope to shave off a few seconds if I had more luck with lights.

jonny_trousers

I know I deserve to be beaten for bringing this up, but anyone else a little concerned that time trialling among regular traffic is a pretty bad idea?

I know, I know; I'll go sit in the corner.

Wrath Rob

JZed wrote:

JonGinge wrote:

How dare people ride bikes outside of rush-hour times! Disgraceful

Ron's just throwing his toys out of his pram. Bit like Frandy - "I can't believe they put a downhill in the tour de france - its not what the punters want to see".

Jens, I think an interval training session early Sunday morning might be called for, maybe with some through and off's

jzed

Wrath Rob wrote:

early Sunday morning might be called for,

Roads are rubbish on the weekend. More so that during the week.

And - Jens will just ride you into the ground and remind you he gets paid to make people suffer.

jonginge

Early Sunday morning? I've heard of that

Wrath Rob

Training is like riding with Jens Ginge. You don't stop training when you're tired, you stop training when Jens is tired shamelessly paraphrased/corrupted

Pufftmw

Gallywomack wrote:

I generally set off from home at 8-8:10 so I suppose I'm hitting Lewisham at around 8:20 most mornings. Re Loampit - I'll give it a go sometime, I always assumed that way led only to the Old Kent Rd which I'm not keen on, didn't realise there was a way back through to the Bermondsey route. TBH, a lot of the fast guys I tussle with between home and Lewisham go straight on up Loampit so I'm usually quite happy to turn off down Brookmill at that point! Especially as hills are er not my forte :oops:

Edit: I noticed elsewhere you do Bedgebury sometimes, ever used Strava round there? Wonder if there are any segments?

Near enough my time if I leave a few mins earlier...



As you come down Lewisham Way to the lights with the A2, get in right hand lane (filter right) and at the traffic lights go up onto the central crossing reservation (legal for bikes), over the A2 when safe, left onto the pavement for 5m then right, down the hill but mind out for mums/kids going to the local school, then straight into the park and take a left 50m before the end of the path & you will come out on the corner Edward St/Trundleys...

Yes, I nip down to Bedgebury when I can. There is a segment encompassing the red route (inc black section) - Bedgebury Red Trail

Fancy a trip down there one weekend?

veronese68

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

I know I deserve to be beaten for bringing this up, but anyone else a little concerned that time trialling among regular traffic is a pretty bad idea?

I know, I know; I'll go sit in the corner.

Yes, yes, definitely. That's why I'm so slow.