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sketchley

hhmmm. I do have an SCR last place up box hill. Guess were I'm going on Sunday.....

cyclingprop

Ed F wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

With due respect that's bollox.... It hits nearly 20% in places

Fair enough. It must just be therefore that I am Power Awesome

EdFatherF? Change your screen name...

notsoblue

Ditchling Beacon is probably just well known amongst cyclists because its the bit in the London - Brighton charity ride where you spend most of the time avoiding people walking their BSOs up.

okgo

Both of your times look like they are l2b times, as you can't go much faster than 5mph anyway! But I reckon Ed would probably do that in half of your time, and would be KOM for ever and ever

I didn't use strava when I did it, but would like to do it again outside of the l2b.

What is your best up Box? box is quite a good marker apparently according to people I have spoken to, if you can do it under 6 mins then the potential is clearly there (so I'm told)! I've not done it for about 4 months and am not anywhere near that yet

sketchley

okgo wrote:

Both of your times look like they are l2b times, as you can't go much faster than 5mph anyway! But I reckon Ed would probably do that in half of your time, and would be KOM for ever and ever

I didn't use strava when I did it, but would like to do it again outside of the l2b.

What is your best up Box? box is quite a good marker apparently according to people I have spoken to, if you can do it under 6 mins then the potential is clearly there (so I'm told)! I've not done it for about 4 months and am not anywhere near that yet

00:11:56 :oops:

Ask me again on Monday.....

p.s. No excuses but I do weigh 18 stone and getting up these hills, Ditchling particularly, is achievement enough for me.

cyclingprop

I too can vouch for Ditchling being troublesome at 18+ stone.

il_principe

okgo wrote:

What is your best up Box? box is quite a good marker apparently according to people I have spoken to, if you can do it under 6 mins then the potential is clearly there (so I'm told)! I've not done it for about 4 months and am not anywhere near that yet

There are only 12 people on Strava with a sub 6 min time...

il_principe

Another gripe! Elevation data is all over the place. Just ran today's ride through Garmin connect and enabled elevation corrections - went from 2700 feet to a 4339. Deleted and posted the corrected data instead!

sketchley

Il Principe wrote:

Another gripe! Elevation data is all over the place. Just ran today's ride through Garmin connect and enabled elevation corrections - went from 2700 feet to a 4339. Deleted and posted the corrected data instead!

Sun spots innit....

okgo

Il Principe wrote:

okgo wrote:

What is your best up Box? box is quite a good marker apparently according to people I have spoken to, if you can do it under 6 mins then the potential is clearly there (so I'm told)! I've not done it for about 4 months and am not anywhere near that yet

There are only 12 people on Strava with a sub 6 min time...

Yeh. There's loads of good riders that don't use strava. They far outweigh the good ones who do I would say. One lad did it in 5.15 on one of our club runs!

And the strava comment was in jest, didn't mean for you to take it so literally. I thought it was a sportive

willy b

Interesting comments on Box Hill.

I spent 4 years in Sheffield, and the rest in North Notts, so used to big hills, which is one thing I seriously miss about the South & London. I have only riden Box Hill once, and I was expecting a long climb with some steep sections.

When I got to the top I was quite upset that it ended! Thought it was going to go on a lot longer! Next time I can hit it with speed!

Still a nice climb as others have said.

5 PRs tonight around Regents Park, felt good! There are some very quick times around there though, which is always a little upsetting

TheStone

Is Strava working as normal?

Put in a ride for tonight and it doesn't have the usual "2nd best time" etc on the Dashboard.
I was disappointed as felt good, but then drilled in and few PBs on segments, but nothing on the Dashboard.

cyclingprop

Think its having problems. Equalled a KOM and smashed my pb on a segment, but nowt.

notsoblue

Got a PR and a 3rd place on tonight's ride. I love spring!

Flyingbogey

I got a pb and 5th overall on one of the cs7 Claphams in spite of being on my old Mtb, bike shop please fix my road bike soon, I HATE riding the tractor.

roger_merriman

Sketchley wrote:

hhmmm. I do have an SCR last place up box hill. Guess were I'm going on Sunday.....

Ah male chicken! I'm just ahead on box hill and I think a few other climbs.

rick_chasey

Wehay.

I'm currently the fastest guy for "today" on the A308 > Blackfriars (Embankment Drag) segement.

First time I'm #1 (even if it is for just today).

okgo

Haven't commuted for a few days now, missing all the action

sketchley

roger merriman wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

hhmmm. I do have an SCR last place up box hill. Guess were I'm going on Sunday.....

Ah male chicken! I'm just ahead on box hill and I think a few other climbs.

Going to try and get on SCR page one on Sunday, watch out!

sketchley

:twisted: @DDD try harder. From Colliers Wood to to Clapham South I beat you on every segment this morning, including Balham Hill. Colliers Wood to Oval (the real test on CS7) I beat you by 2.5 minutes! If your not careful I'll be asking for that your Power Awesome trademark gets transferred to me. There's no hiding on Strava! :twisted:

notsoblue

Sketchley wrote:

:twisted: @DDD try harder. From Colliers Wood to to Clapham South I beat you on every segment this morning, including Balham Hill. Colliers Wood to Oval (the real test on CS7) I beat you by 2.5 minutes! If your not careful I'll be asking for that your Power Awesome trademark gets transferred to me. There's no hiding on Strava! :twisted:

Those words used to have meaning

roger_merriman

Sketchley wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

Sketchley wrote:

hhmmm. I do have an SCR last place up box hill. Guess were I'm going on Sunday.....

Ah male chicken! I'm just ahead on box hill and I think a few other climbs.

Going to try and get on SCR page one on Sunday, watch out!

heh! as further motivation my times would of been done on this! ;-)

Pufftmw

Just loaded a ride and it automatically came up as a "stationary trainer" :shock: I then edited it and its now a ride as it should be but there is no mapping or segments but all the usual power/cadence/speed/altitude/hr are all there :?

Might try & delete and re-load it manually & see what happens...

Pufftmw

Hmm - nothing changed Perhaps it didn't get a GPS lock...

DonDaddyD

Sketchley wrote:

:twisted: @DDD try harder. From Colliers Wood to to Clapham South I beat you on every segment this morning, including Balham Hill. Colliers Wood to Oval (the real test on CS7) I beat you by 2.5 minutes! If your not careful I'll be asking for that your Power Awesome trademark gets transferred to me. There's no hiding on Strava! :twisted:

WTF!?

I don't like this, time was all you feared was that when you looked over your shoulder there was another cyclist bearing down upon you. Now you have to be faster than imaginary people and people you haven't met who only exist on the Internet. "The Ethernet has eyes!"

PLUS! I got personal records for Balham Hill, Clapham North to Oval, CS Oval to Kennington, CS Kennington to Ele&Castle and Oval to Castle drag race. And also London bridge Northbound.

Were you the guy on the Pearson, grey Giro helmet, blue Northface rucksack and blueish gillet? Because I dropped him a couple times.

So let me get this right. By my standards I had a pretty solid ride, decent scalp, personal bests, alright commuting speeds. I mean sure! Not the team captain but super domestique, surely? And before I've even got to bask in that special glow of 'I enjoyed that'. Someone had already taken me down before I even knew about it.

Oh it is so much this:
You are on the Notsoblue list!

notsoblue

mr_ribble

Rick Chasey wrote:

Wehay.

I'm currently the fastest guy for "today" on the A308 > Blackfriars (Embankment Drag) segement.

First time I'm #1 (even if it is for just today).

Can you post the link for that segment. Cheers

rick_chasey

Mr_Ribble wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Wehay.

I'm currently the fastest guy for "today" on the A308 > Blackfriars (Embankment Drag) segement.

First time I'm #1 (even if it is for just today).

Can you post the link for that segment. Cheers

http://app.strava.com/segments/807640

mr_ribble

Grr. How dare Nicolas Hutchings take my KOM

dhope

Rick Chasey wrote:

Mr_Ribble wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Wehay.

I'm currently the fastest guy for "today" on the A308 > Blackfriars (Embankment Drag) segement.

First time I'm #1 (even if it is for just today).

Can you post the link for that segment. Cheers

http://app.strava.com/segments/807640

Reckon I've got that beat today. Just can't upload until later what with USB ports being locked down at work :evil: