Strava.com - Put your money where your mouth is

sketchley

JonGinge wrote:

Il Principe wrote:

Not sure I agree with the cafe finish being the proper segment. Problem is that corner is blind and there's always a chance of peds, dog walkers etc being around to mess things up. Hence I use the 2.2k seg. It ends at the summit after all.

Vermin, that's a pretty good time for a first effort, especially in March. Looking forward to the resurfacing.

I like this. Purely by moving the goalposts I have a sub-6 min time up box hill. Huzzah! Having it.

The resurfacing and removal of the speed bumps will make a huge difference.

There's speed bumps! Can't say I noticed....

rick_chasey

The route will be selective.

Box Hill is almost exactly like the Poggio in Milan San Remo, albeit less twisty.

That, after 290km is pretty selective.

You can imagine 9 goes of it will be pretty selective - especially since the laps give little time to get organised.
Box Hill
Average: 3.8 %
Length: 4.38 km
Height start: 43 m
Height top: 213 m
Gradient: 170 m

Poggio
Average: 3.7 %
Length: 4 km
Height start: 20 m
Height top: 169 m
Gradient: 149 m

cjcp

vermin wrote:

iPete wrote:

vermin wrote:

Had a bit of time on my hands today so decided to see what all the Box Hill fuss was about. Found it, rode up it, was unimpressed (although the view was nice) and rode home again. 6:08 any good as a first effort? Plenty more in the tank for next time.

http://app.strava.com/rides/5421907#103425623

Been thinking about making a similar trip, not worth the effort? I suspect I'd spend much time getting lost!

It's just a quiet bit of road in the countryside; nice enough, I suppose, but not quite how I imagined the big Olympic climb to be!

Wot GT said.

I've written to the Mods asking them to re-name you "Pondlife". Or "Git".

Paul E

Ohh yes first KOM and it would have been quicker but a black cab got in my way a bit at the start and stunted my acceleration.

jzed

Suffer score of 56 on tonights commute. Equal to suffer score from Thursday night chain gang.

roger_merriman

vermin wrote:

iPete wrote:

vermin wrote:

Had a bit of time on my hands today so decided to see what all the Box Hill fuss was about. Found it, rode up it, was unimpressed (although the view was nice) and rode home again. 6:08 any good as a first effort? Plenty more in the tank for next time.

http://app.strava.com/rides/5421907#103425623

Been thinking about making a similar trip, not worth the effort? I suspect I'd spend much time getting lost!

It's just a quiet bit of road in the countryside; nice enough, I suppose, but not quite how I imagined the big Olympic climb to be!

meh have you seen the MTB course for the Olympic's technical I rather think not!

okgo

JZed wrote:

Suffer score of 56 on tonights commute. Equal to suffer score from Thursday night chain gang.

If I wasn't sure that number was crap before, I am now, the score from my Sunday ride was 190, so how does it even work that out? Seems nonsense! Says I spent an hour at threshold on Sunday, and another hour at tempo, not sure I trust it.

cyclingprop

My commute was FAR more difficult than the 18 suffer score given.

jzed

Assume it works on a combination of heart rate, distance and climbing. I did seem to be running a much higher heart rate than usual. Put it down to the week off.

sketchley

New Code SubaruMJC2012 for three months!

dhope

Sketchley wrote:

New Code SubaruMJC2012 for three months!

Done! Ta Sketchley

vermin

Thanks Sketchley

rick_chasey

Cheers

Pufftmw

Thanks Sketch

Paul E

Cheers, not sure how much extra it does though as I don't have a fancy garmin

Greenmam

Thanks
Have done it but with no fancy gizmo it makes no real change.

bobinski

Ta Sketchly!

jds_1981

Blooming segment seekers - someone has taken my kom - http://app.strava.com/rides/4301488#80458481
Wearing a hrm too which shows a bit too much effort, especially when they seem to be targeting a zone for this section with a heartrate of around 157..

cyclingprop

We should have a peak hr competition. Who can get the highest without blowing up. Literally.

Pufftmw

Thats not really fair to the older people on this thread

Pufftmw

Where have my power readings gone? Last 2 rides they've not shown though speed, cadence, hr still there... Going to have to tinker methinks...

jonginge

Pufftmw wrote:

Thats not really fair to the older people on this thread

Trudat.

Also, there's a tendency as you get fitter for your MHR to go down slightly. Your heart's stroke volume goes up.

vermin

When we were in our mid 20s, a buddy I used to row with would do 2k erg tests at over 210 bpm. And he wasn't a hamster.

veronese68

I don't have an HRM. I judge how hard I'm going by feel. What does "I think I'm going to puke." equate to?

okgo

Max HR - totally irrelevant stat from what I've seen, I ride with two lads, one my age (24) one 27, they both have max HR of 205 but they're no faster than I, or any of the other riders with lower HR's.

VO2 is obviously the more important stat. And obviously what mental wattage you can put out for 1 minute, that sorts the men from the boys

il_principe

Just had a little gander at the Specialized Climbing challenge. We have a long way to go folks!

cjcp

Veronese68 wrote:

I don't have an HRM. I judge how hard I'm going by feel. What does "I think I'm going to puke." equate to?

+1. Perceived effort and all that, although I do have my eyes on a Garmin 500 with HRM.

cyclingprop

cjcp wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

I don't have an HRM. I judge how hard I'm going by feel. What does "I think I'm going to puke." equate to?

+1. Perceived effort and all that, although I do have my eyes on a Garmin 500 with HRM.

Just trying to find numbers I'll be near the top of the chart with .

cjcp

cyclingprop wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

I don't have an HRM. I judge how hard I'm going by feel. What does "I think I'm going to puke." equate to?

+1. Perceived effort and all that, although I do have my eyes on a Garmin 500 with HRM.

Just trying to find numbers I'll be near the top of the chart with .

I do this. I create my own, private segments where I'm constantly KOM.

cyclingprop

cjcp wrote:

cyclingprop wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

I don't have an HRM. I judge how hard I'm going by feel. What does "I think I'm going to puke." equate to?

+1. Perceived effort and all that, although I do have my eyes on a Garmin 500 with HRM.

Just trying to find numbers I'll be near the top of the chart with .

I do this. I create my own, private segments where I'm constantly KOM.

Nice!