Strava.com - Put your money where your mouth is

meanredspider

Sorry if this is elsewhere in the three but I've noticed Strava has finally started calculating power for my Garmin Forerunner 305 - but only on rides I've just uploaded. Older rides don't seem to have power. Anybody know anything about this? When I contacted them a while back they said that altitude on Forerunners was a problem.

keyser__soze

Millbank is on the road, whereas the Tamsin trail is shared use bikers/peds/dog walkers etc with no segregation or even marking as to which side each party should be. Big difference. NB, I'm not criticizing you cycling round there as we all know you're a responsible and safe cyclist. Some of the cyclists on there however are most definitely not and travel at speed when the trail is packed with walkers and they would do far better using the road. Yes, I know the Tamsin Trail was originally cyclist-only and it's a shame it's now shared-use etc...

cjcp

No problem, didn't take it that way. The (ab)use of the trail, by all users, is an issue, so I head out very early and go dead slow when I come across other users. By comparison, Millbank is often chokka, and, whilst it's the road, you're travelling at twice the speed, amongst other riders putting the hammer down (hence the 'Sprint' in the segment title), amongst traffic. In terms of the potential consequences, they could be a lot worse on Millbank, and a Hillingdon-style pile-up on Millbank would give the press a field day.

meanredspider

Ooh - just found that I'm currently KOM on a segment I didn't create - the 13km climb on the Lance Twitter Ride - 3 other riders and I'm the heaviest by a margin too so I'm not great going up hills (despite all the practice I get).

suzyb

I just put my weights in to get Strava to calculate my power output. 82w is that even enough to power a lightblub.

Wrath Rob

Weekly London Westbound table:

Blackfriars >Westimster Bridge 1. Rob Sharland 2. Chris Venables 3. Keyzer
Blackfriars to end NKR 1. Rob Sharland 2. Chris Venables 3. Keyzer
Blackfriars to Westimster Bridge 1. Rob Sharland 2. Chris Venables 3. Keyzer
Millbank Sprint (Southbound) 1. Tom TM 2. Ed Francis 3. DHope
Chelsea Embankment E-W 1. Rob Sharland 2. JZed 3. Jason M
Vauxhall to Chelsea Bridge 1. Tom TM 2. RA 3. Wrath Rob
Victoria Bridge to Albert Bridge 1. Rob Sharland 2. Jason M 3. Kate F
Le Col du la Marie Chutney 1. JZed 2. RA 3. Jason M
Putney Bridge North 1. Keyzer 2. RA 3. Ed Francis

Wrath Rob

And Eastbound

NKR>>Blackfriars 1. RA 2. Kate F 3. Simon L
Chelsea Embankment to PS 1. Kate F 2. Keyzer 3. RA
Chelsea Bridge to Vauxhaul B 1. Tom TM 2. Ed Francis 3. Wrath Rob
Millbank Sprint (N-bound) 1. Rob Sharland 2. Ed Francis 3. Wrath Rob
Westminster to Blackfriars 1. JZed 2. Wrath Rob 3. Ed Francis
Westminster > Blackfriars Ramp 1. JZed 2. RA 3. DHope
Royal Hospital > CB 1. Ed Francis 2. JZed 3. Rob Sharland

bigmat

I haave tamed the ultimate urban col! :twisted:

dhope

BigMat wrote:

I haave tamed the ultimate urban col! :twisted:

32.5mph?!
Nooooooooooooo!
You bar steward

32.5 though, touché.

bigmat

dhope wrote:

BigMat wrote:

I haave tamed the ultimate urban col! :twisted:

32.5mph?!
Nooooooooooooo!
You bar steward

32.5 though, touché.

Gives you a nice target to shoot down, I probably won't be back there for another 6 months!

dhope

BigMat wrote:

dhope wrote:

BigMat wrote:

I haave tamed the ultimate urban col! :twisted:

32.5mph?!
Nooooooooooooo!
You bar steward

32.5 though, touché.

Gives you a nice target to shoot down, I probably won't be back there for another 6 months!

I'm commuting on the fixed right now; that's a hell of a target.

okgo

Good effort on the weekly table Rob. Good to see although I don't have any KOM yet I'm still doing ok ha.

The short segments are almost not worth trying for,the errors are rife.

A segment that isn't that common but is a good test of how fast you are without being stopped by traffic is the one from Roehampton gate to Kingston Gate via Pens Ponds, there is another that is the same bu starts at Priory Lane end.

I'm still KOM for the one without Priory and 2nd by about 2 seconds for the one with Priory.

Wrath Rob

Post up the link, mate!

cjcp

okgo wrote:

A segment that isn't that common but is a good test of how fast you are without being stopped by traffic is the one from Roehampton gate to Kingston Gate via Pens Ponds, there is another that is the same bu starts at Priory Lane end.

Yeah, it's a good stretch. I rode that way tonight as it happens as I fancied a change, so created a segment for this tonight. The problem with it is that the possibility of deer on the path means you're likely to hold back.

cjcp

Have also created one on the same route for the in-bound commute.

Was KOM until the board refreshed. Should have done a screen print. Doh!

karlb

Just moved over to shepherd's bush, so I actually have a decent way to cycle now. Straight south to Chelsea embankment, then all the way along to Westminster, Victoria embankment and popping up to Bank station.

Anyway, a friend pointed me at SCR and Bike Radar, and now I've got Strava I think I'll smash each segment on progressive days to get my PBs up :P

kevess

Just looked at JZed's Sunday Laps, 146 segments!!! Even with laps and dupes, phew.

dhope

karlb wrote:

Just moved over to shepherd's bush, so I actually have a decent way to cycle now. Straight south to Chelsea embankment, then all the way along to Westminster, Victoria embankment and popping up to Bank station.

Anyway, a friend pointed me at SCR and Bike Radar, and now I've got Strava I think I'll smash each segment on progressive days to get my PBs up :P

Bold opening post, be sure to join the Silly Commuter Racers group
What's your weapon of choice for the commute?

okgo

cjcp wrote:

okgo wrote:

A segment that isn't that common but is a good test of how fast you are without being stopped by traffic is the one from Roehampton gate to Kingston Gate via Pens Ponds, there is another that is the same bu starts at Priory Lane end.

Yeah, it's a good stretch. I rode that way tonight as it happens as I fancied a change, so created a segment for this tonight. The problem with it is that the possibility of deer on the path means you're likely to hold back.

yeh I guess, its one for the light.

got a link to the one you created as I can't see it and I don't think I follow you on strava?

okgo

Wrath Rob wrote:

Post up the link, mate!

http://app.strava.com/segments/799593

karlb

dhope wrote:

Bold opening post, be sure to join the Silly Commuter Racers group
What's your weapon of choice for the commute?

I'm riding a vanilla Trek 2.5 at the moment.

I hope that now I'm west instead of east, was living at the bottom of the isle of dogs, it will be easier to get out for long weekend rides without having to go through of lot of really horribly maintained roads. If I keep that up I'll switch out the wheels during summer.

Wrath Rob

okgo wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Post up the link, mate!

http://app.strava.com/segments/799593

Might have to give that a go on the way to the Tuesday night ride tonight, though won't be smashing it up...

okgo

Wrath Rob wrote:

okgo wrote:

Wrath Rob wrote:

Post up the link, mate!

http://app.strava.com/segments/799593

Might have to give that a go on the way to the Tuesday night ride tonight, though won't be smashing it up...

I will see you there then! And I will be smashing it up! Although with a heavy crap rear wheel on, so it might slow me down

alansd1980

BigMat wrote:

dhope wrote:

BigMat wrote:

I haave tamed the ultimate urban col! :twisted:

32.5mph?!
Nooooooooooooo!
You bar steward

32.5 though, touché.

Gives you a nice target to shoot down, I probably won't be back there for another 6 months!

Thats a great bit of speed up there matt. Not been able to record any rides recently but safe to say I havent been getting near that!

cjcp

okgo wrote:

cjcp wrote:

okgo wrote:

A segment that isn't that common but is a good test of how fast you are without being stopped by traffic is the one from Roehampton gate to Kingston Gate via Pens Ponds, there is another that is the same bu starts at Priory Lane end.

Yeah, it's a good stretch. I rode that way tonight as it happens as I fancied a change, so created a segment for this tonight. The problem with it is that the possibility of deer on the path means you're likely to hold back.

yeh I guess, its one for the light.

got a link to the one you created as I can't see it and I don't think I follow you on strava?

Here: http://app.strava.com/segments/864065

I mis-read your post, though; I read Robin Hood Gate into it for some reason, so that's the one I created.

cjcp

The other way: http://app.strava.com/segments/865039

Flyingbogey

Having been off the bike for a bit i had lost 2 of my 3 KOM's and hanging on to number 3 by a thread with mr Dhope just a second off the pace. Some kindly soul however has created a new super segment gathering many of the short CS7 ones and put me on top. Thank you mystery person, ego re inflated a bit.

dhope

Flyingbogey wrote:

Having been off the bike for a bit i had lost 2 of my 3 KOM's and hanging on to number 3 by a thread with mr Dhope just a second off the pace. Some kindly soul however has created a new super segment gathering many of the short CS7 ones and put me on top. Thank you mystery person, ego re inflated a bit.

I need another KOM now that BigMat has taken my Col du Balham crown :evil:
I reckon I can find 2 seconds

Flyingbogey

I have peaked on the hill I reckon. 2 nd ride back I went for it draughting a van and my chain jumped off! Resulting swollen knee gave me another 2 weeks rest. Sub 30 s is beyond me anyway.

dhope

Flyingbogey wrote:

I have peaked on the hill I reckon. 2 nd ride back I went for it draughting a van and my chain jumped off! Resulting swollen knee gave me another 2 weeks rest. Sub 30 s is beyond me anyway.

Ah, the 2 seconds I was looking for were for your KOM
I'm not sure I can average 33 up Balham to take back that one.