Strava.com - Put your money where your mouth is

itboffin

Bow before your new master you worms for I now own my "summer commute" climb 1 only about 10 more to go :?

1 miles avg 5% @ 12mph shameful but damn its hard, how they figure avg 5% I have no idea, my Garmin says 6-9% the whole way.

I'm a bit sleepy now too

itboffin

Also if you're on here person that created the Andover station climb that's just odd, its like 100 yards or something, yes its a proper hill and yes i also OWN it but that's still odd.

cyclingprop

Just got my first uh-oh email .

ShutUpLegs

cyclingprop wrote:

Just got my first uh-oh email .

Go out there and show them who's boss!

bobbygloss

I discovered a new training strategy on friday.
Barbecue after work, few beers then cycle home at about 11pm via a local hill, setting a new KOM in the process.
So, my conclusion is that beer and darkness are the key to faster cycling up hills.

cyclingprop

ShutUpLegs wrote:

cyclingprop wrote:

Just got my first uh-oh email .

Go out there and show them who's boss!

Yeah will do - its on the commute tomorrow so I just need to turn it up to 28 for a segment

dhope

Fairly gentle 3 hills with the KW but got a bit lost so ended up on Whitedown where I got a surprisingly decent time up. Okay, not Ed/IP/Hammond fast but better than I'd have expected.
Now that Box Hill has been resurfaced it's almost pleasant.

willy b

4 new KOMS in the peaks, including two cat 4s and one cat 3, Nice to ride some proper hills again!

attica

Prevailing winds last week meant that I got two Uh-oh emails in quick succession.

I may have had this in the back of my mind when I rode home on Friday and nailed both of them.

Two more uh-oh emails generated :evil:

Yukirin

dhope wrote:

Fairly gentle 3 hills with the KW but got a bit lost so ended up on Whitedown where I got a surprisingly decent time up. Okay, not Ed/IP/Hammond fast but better than I'd have expected.
Now that Box Hill has been resurfaced it's almost pleasant.

Still cant find that route unaided. Homing pigeon I am not!
Can only get to box hill via the busy roads which is not much fun.

okgo

It takes time to learn the lanes, I am still pretty useless to be honest.

But knowing the top of coombe bottom/staple lane/green dene, and also the cross roads at top of effingham drag and white down, are usefull as they offer routes in most directions I find!

asprilla

Right, I uploaded to Strava tonight and it appears my GPS is off as it appears that I rode though a load of houses on the right hand side of Church Road from the A316 to Richmond Hill. Is there any way I can manually match this?

cjcp

@Padders - were you riding with some mates on the trail in RP yesterday? Three chaps seemed to be riding it yesterday and one of you stole from Roehamton-Richmond Gate KOM, while the other two came close. I think you also came close to the lap KOM. Stay away from that one. It's mine. IT'S MINE, I TELL YOU, ALL MINE!!!!

UndercoverElephant

King of the Mountains, Baby!

http://app.strava.com/activities/9611062#171694106

padders

cjcp wrote:

@Padders - were you riding with some mates on the trail in RP yesterday? Three chaps seemed to be riding it yesterday and one of you stole from Roehamton-Richmond Gate KOM, while the other two came close. I think you also came close to the lap KOM. Stay away from that one. It's mine. IT'S MINE, I TELL YOU, ALL MINE!!!!

The last two days I've taken advantage of the weather to extend the commute and blast round on the RP trail, even ventured into Wimbledon Common this morning (4 off road KOMs in the bag!), I really should swap over to some proper cx tyres though as the GP4000s make for sketchy fun on the gravel corners.

Now I just need to find a few seconds on that particular segment :twisted:

veronese68

Padders gets about a brazillion achievements on every ride. I dread to think what will happen if he gets a lighter bike.
I keep an eye out for him in Bushy Park but I think he's too fast so I never actually catch a glimpse of him. If I do I'm going to try to lasso him to get my speed up.

UndercoverElephant

Veronese68 wrote:

Padders gets about a brazillion achievements on every ride. I dread to think what will happen if he gets a lighter bike.
I keep an eye out for him in Bushy Park but I think he's too fast so I never actually catch a glimpse of him. If I do I'm going to try to lasso him to get my speed up.

daviesee

UndercoverElephant wrote:

King of the Mountains, Baby!

http://app.strava.com/activities/9611062#171694106

KoM?
but, but, but it's flat!
Impressive power output and speed mind you!

PS:- I am keeping quiet on my wins. Somebody will just take them if I go public 8)

padders

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Padders gets about a brazillion achievements on every ride. I dread to think what will happen if he gets a lighter bike.
I keep an eye out for him in Bushy Park but I think he's too fast so I never actually catch a glimpse of him. If I do I'm going to try to lasso him to get my speed up.

What was that? Catching a glimpse of my Brazilion? Hadn't realised the lycra had worn so thin... :P

asprilla

If IP is picking up KOMs all over Mt Olympus does that mean we have to start calling him Zeus?

cjcp

Padders wrote:

cjcp wrote:

@Padders - were you riding with some mates on the trail in RP yesterday? Three chaps seemed to be riding it yesterday and one of you stole from Roehamton-Richmond Gate KOM, while the other two came close. I think you also came close to the lap KOM. Stay away from that one. It's mine. IT'S MINE, I TELL YOU, ALL MINE!!!!

The last two days I've taken advantage of the weather to extend the commute and blast round on the RP trail, even ventured into Wimbledon Common this morning (4 off road KOMs in the bag!), I really should swap over to some proper cx tyres though as the GP4000s make for sketchy fun on the gravel corners.

Now I just need to find a few seconds on that particular segment :twisted:

Right, fcuk it! It's On! You're not having *my* KOM.

:twisted:

Fwiw, I used 30mm Mud 2s over the winter. They were fine, even for the Broomfield trail, but you could probably get away with a slightly psi now than you would during the winter.

UndercoverElephant

daviesee wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

King of the Mountains, Baby!

http://app.strava.com/activities/9611062#171694106

KoM?
but, but, but it's flat!
Impressive power output and speed mind you!

PS:- I am keeping quiet on my wins. Somebody will just take them if I go public 8)

Yeah, a bit of a misnomer, I'll give you. I was keeping the speed from the gun lower than usual so I could do the whole segment at a decent clip. Got stuck behind a learner driver towards the end. Can't complain too much mind, gives me somewhere to go if I get beat.

Nearly broke the 40 limit on this segment:

http://app.strava.com/rides/9368879#170812948

And still didn't get the KOM. And, you really should go public, it's much more fun.

veronese68

Padders wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Padders gets about a brazillion achievements on every ride. I dread to think what will happen if he gets a lighter bike.
I keep an eye out for him in Bushy Park but I think he's too fast so I never actually catch a glimpse of him. If I do I'm going to try to lasso him to get my speed up.

What was that? Catching a glimpse of my Brazilion? Hadn't realised the lycra had worn so thin... :P

Well you've already shown your penis on Strava according to one report. And it had notched up a few achievements. :shock:

daviesee

UndercoverElephant wrote:

.....And, you really should go public, it's much more fun.

Oh drat and darn it, I'll wave bye bye to these then......

http://app.strava.com/rides/9265430#167819380

http://app.strava.com/rides/9217901#167240111

PS:- In my defence, these were done in the past week with NO tailwinds.

il_principe

Asprilla wrote:

If IP is picking up KOMs all over Mt Olympus does that mean we have to start calling him Zeus?

Yes, yes it does. Lovely riding out here in Cyprus. Suspect the BA garrison Tri/cycling club may be a little miffed by some of my KOMmage. Cracking day up to mt Olympos yesterday. Bro in law laid down a gauntlet. A mate of his (sadly not on Strava) is training for SAS selection. Did Garrison to summit in 2:58. Didn't think I'd get close, but smashed myself to pieces and beat him by 50 seconds! Nothing in the tank today, attempted another Kom but was 2 mins off the top. Very nearly bonked as well. Cyprus is fantastic for riding, but a little hot. It was 32 degrees at 1000 feet today!

Packing for the flight home now. *sad face*

UndercoverElephant

daviesee wrote:

UndercoverElephant wrote:

.....And, you really should go public, it's much more fun.

Oh drat and darn it, I'll wave bye bye to these then......

http://app.strava.com/rides/9265430#167819380

http://app.strava.com/rides/9217901#167240111

PS:- In my defence, these were done in the past week with NO tailwinds.

Good work! You should be happy for the extra competition, you're well ahead of the other seven people who've had a crack.

JamesFree

Unknowingly picked up this one the other day, didn't even know there was a segment there! But pleased with it considering the amount of times and people that have rode it.

http://app.strava.com/segments/797595

daviesee

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Good work! You should be happy for the extra competition, you're well ahead of the other seven people who've had a crack.

I done myself in to get that first one - by one second. :P
I'll need a tailwind if someone tops it :twisted:

There is a climb that has my name on it this week though. Already got third when I wasn't "participating"

willy b

Arhh, another "Oh No" email

Paul E

Another for me too, going to have to smash it tomorrow and put it out of reach