Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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You can use it to compete against friends. I also gave up on that as hill climbs destroy me far beyond the level of calories burnt.rjsterry said:So essentially, Strava is a way of getting into a p*ssing contest with random strangers. Glad I've never bothered.
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Maybe. I'm not a top rider by any stretch but I'm not a massive slouch either. My PB up a hill I do a lot, as in, flat out sprint to the top as fast as I can possibly go is 1.56, which is about 29kph average.shirley_basso said:The local hill here isn't a hill to anyone who can produce a lot of power.
I can think of 1, maybe 2 at a push, climbs where w/kg actually count over pure watts.
The top time up there is 1.23, or 40kph average, and he's done it from a standing start.
That's definitely in the grey area of believable or not.0 -
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You'd be surprised how much of a slouch you are when you compare yourself to people who actually aren't slouches. There are some extremely talented cyclists around here, despite the bland scenery.rick_chasey said:
Maybe. I'm not a top rider by any stretch but I'm not a massive slouch either. My PB up a hill I do a lot, as in, flat out sprint to the top as fast as I can possibly go is 1.56, which is about 29kph average.shirley_basso said:The local hill here isn't a hill to anyone who can produce a lot of power.
I can think of 1, maybe 2 at a push, climbs where w/kg actually count over pure watts.
The top time up there is 1.23, or 40kph average, and he's done it from a standing start.
That's definitely in the grey area of believable or not.0 -
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I find it easier to spot dodgy runs as you'll see sub 4 minute miles for multiple miles (which coincides nicely with a fairly leisurely cycling pace).0
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shirley_basso said:
You'd be surprised how much of a slouch you are when you compare yourself to people who actually aren't slouches. There are some extremely talented cyclists around here, despite the bland scenery.rick_chasey said:
Maybe. I'm not a top rider by any stretch but I'm not a massive slouch either. My PB up a hill I do a lot, as in, flat out sprint to the top as fast as I can possibly go is 1.56, which is about 29kph average.shirley_basso said:The local hill here isn't a hill to anyone who can produce a lot of power.
I can think of 1, maybe 2 at a push, climbs where w/kg actually count over pure watts.
The top time up there is 1.23, or 40kph average, and he's done it from a standing start.
That's definitely in the grey area of believable or not.
It always strikes me what a wide disparity in ability there is in cycling - even when I was younger and faster (and reasonably quick up hills), when the stronger regional riders pitched up, they would leave me for dust. And then pros would have left them for dust. When I'm passed by the big boys, I just can't get my head round the amount of power they put out, mile after mile. It's awesome to watch (if a bit depressing).
Compare that with running, where the time differences bettwen good club sprinters and the world record holders are much narrower.0 -
This, one our local hill climbs is typically won in around 8-9 minutes which is pretty darn quick.shirley_basso said:
You'd be surprised how much of a slouch you are when you compare yourself to people who actually aren't slouches. There are some extremely talented cyclists around here, despite the bland scenery.rick_chasey said:
Maybe. I'm not a top rider by any stretch but I'm not a massive slouch either. My PB up a hill I do a lot, as in, flat out sprint to the top as fast as I can possibly go is 1.56, which is about 29kph average.shirley_basso said:The local hill here isn't a hill to anyone who can produce a lot of power.
I can think of 1, maybe 2 at a push, climbs where w/kg actually count over pure watts.
The top time up there is 1.23, or 40kph average, and he's done it from a standing start.
That's definitely in the grey area of believable or not.
For about 3 years, we had a domestic pro race go up it in well under 6. Obviously there is some drafting but that’s insanely quick. They did it about 5 or 6 times on a circuit.
Ian Bibby has a lot of the local KoMs so they seem pretty reliable. Times are crackers even compared to when I wasn’t a slouch. Now that I am a slouch, they seem other worldly.0 -
Exactly. I came off the back of a pretty solid year of hardcore (for me!) training, 150-200 miles a week consisting of intervals, chain gangs, pace lines, long weekend rides, then a solid week in the pyrenees.
I was pretty bloody good (in my own mind), even talent worthy of mention in the SCR thread, back in the day.
Joined the local chaingang up here and barely, just barely made it round hanging desperately onto the back.0 -
At the tour series, the fastest (1km) lap was done at 33.5 mph.
They were going around consistently at between 28 and 31mph for 1 hour plus 5 laps. I was at the side of the road and couldn't believe the speed they were cornering at. This round was held in my local town and from a roundabout, there was a long drag and I doubt I could do 20mph up it into a head wind.
Same as the National champs - they went like the clappers in a gale. Some guy I spoke to from Brighton (finished 30th) said it was 'fun'. 'Fun' ?! I would never go out in those conditions.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
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Yes if you are keen to log everything and monitor your performance over a period, that bit makes a lot of sense (although that's of minimal interest to me). It's being notified that an unidentifiable other person has ridden a tiny bit of your route fractionally quicker that I find a bit baffling.rick_chasey said:
Honestly, the best thing about it is it's so easy to track your rides. Sticking it on takes about 3 seconds, and you stick the phone in your pocket.rjsterry said:So essentially, Strava is a way of getting into a p*ssing contest with random strangers. Glad I've never bothered.
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Being notified is simply an automatic feature of the app.rjsterry said:
Yes if you are keen to log everything and monitor your performance over a period, that bit makes a lot of sense (although that's of minimal interest to me). It's being notified that an unidentifiable other person has ridden a tiny bit of your route fractionally quicker that I find a bit baffling.rick_chasey said:
Honestly, the best thing about it is it's so easy to track your rides. Sticking it on takes about 3 seconds, and you stick the phone in your pocket.rjsterry said:So essentially, Strava is a way of getting into a p*ssing contest with random strangers. Glad I've never bothered.
Caring about it is another matter. 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
You can set your activities (or account) to private so that you don't get any of that. A lot of what I do on there is comparison with myself e.g. if I'm training for a marathon I like to look back and see how my heart rate compares over my long training runs (the pace I run on them is pretty much the same so it gives me an idea of my relative fitness). However, I do also like see how I'm going in relation to friends of a similar standard or other runners in the area who tend to be around the same part of the leaderboard as it helps me push myself a bit.rjsterry said:
Yes if you are keen to log everything and monitor your performance over a period, that bit makes a lot of sense (although that's of minimal interest to me). It's being notified that an unidentifiable other person has ridden a tiny bit of your route fractionally quicker that I find a bit baffling.rick_chasey said:
Honestly, the best thing about it is it's so easy to track your rides. Sticking it on takes about 3 seconds, and you stick the phone in your pocket.rjsterry said:So essentially, Strava is a way of getting into a p*ssing contest with random strangers. Glad I've never bothered.
I have to admit that when I first started using it, almost exclusively for cycling back then, I would actively look for achieveable segments to chase and managed to bag a few with favourable conditions but these days they are all out of reach and with ebikes being so prevalent they are pretty much pointless.0 -
Talking of e-bikes, it does slightly annoy me when some fat lad on one seems to think it's an achievement to pass a me on my normal bike. I think to myself that if they had a normal bike and consistently made that sort of effort that they wouldn't be so fat.1
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It's fine. I haven't ridden with even a basic computer for years. I briefly had a mapmyride account but quickly got bored with it as the GPS trace was wildly inaccurate and I couldn't be bothered laboriously entering routes manually.pblakeney said:
Being notified is simply an automatic feature of the app.rjsterry said:
Yes if you are keen to log everything and monitor your performance over a period, that bit makes a lot of sense (although that's of minimal interest to me). It's being notified that an unidentifiable other person has ridden a tiny bit of your route fractionally quicker that I find a bit baffling.rick_chasey said:
Honestly, the best thing about it is it's so easy to track your rides. Sticking it on takes about 3 seconds, and you stick the phone in your pocket.rjsterry said:So essentially, Strava is a way of getting into a p*ssing contest with random strangers. Glad I've never bothered.
Caring about it is another matter. 😉1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Just be content with the thought that one day, fat bloke will be far from home amongst hills... with a flat battery. It's just a matter of time.briantrumpet said:Talking of e-bikes, it does slightly annoy me when some fat lad on one seems to think it's an achievement to pass a me on my normal bike. I think to myself that if they had a normal bike and consistently made that sort of effort that they wouldn't be so fat.
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pinno said:
Just be content with the thought that one day, fat bloke will be far from home amongst hills... with a flat battery. It's just a matter of time.briantrumpet said:Talking of e-bikes, it does slightly annoy me when some fat lad on one seems to think it's an achievement to pass a me on my normal bike. I think to myself that if they had a normal bike and consistently made that sort of effort that they wouldn't be so fat.
Nah, the fatties are just in town pretending they are racing fit.
I do rmember some fatty spouting off in the local press about being caught up in a traffic snarl-up in his car a few years ago, so he wasn't able to get to his spin class at a gym in Exeter. Well, durr...0 -
rjsterry said:
It's fine. I haven't ridden with even a basic computer for years. I briefly had a mapmyride account but quickly got bored with it as the GPS trace was wildly inaccurate and I couldn't be bothered laboriously entering routes manually.pblakeney said:
Being notified is simply an automatic feature of the app.rjsterry said:
Yes if you are keen to log everything and monitor your performance over a period, that bit makes a lot of sense (although that's of minimal interest to me). It's being notified that an unidentifiable other person has ridden a tiny bit of your route fractionally quicker that I find a bit baffling.rick_chasey said:
Honestly, the best thing about it is it's so easy to track your rides. Sticking it on takes about 3 seconds, and you stick the phone in your pocket.rjsterry said:So essentially, Strava is a way of getting into a p*ssing contest with random strangers. Glad I've never bothered.
Caring about it is another matter. 😉
Haha, the GPS on my Xoss is so accurate you can see where I've gone slghtly off the road to find a bush. Though it goes nuts in long tunnels, so I take the elevation gain with a pinch of salt. But it's quite nice to have reminders of significant rides, such as this:
https://ridewithgps.com/trips/27138081
I certainly am not going to bother with it on the commute though, any more than I'd take it with me on a walk to the shops.0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNdWQJhMHXY
Someone passing me on an E-Bike reminds me of this.0 -
A favourite memory from a few years ago getting passed by a young couple laughing at me slogging in 38 degree heat while going up the Sant Salvador in Mallorca. Their batteries died 2/3 on the way up. Not only did they not make it to the top but they would have had to pedal those heavy lumps back to whence they'd come.pinno said:
Just be content with the thought that one day, fat bloke will be far from home amongst hills... with a flat battery. It's just a matter of time.briantrumpet said:Talking of e-bikes, it does slightly annoy me when some fat lad on one seems to think it's an achievement to pass a me on my normal bike. I think to myself that if they had a normal bike and consistently made that sort of effort that they wouldn't be so fat.
Edit - My reward. It did not annoy me in the slightest. 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Had an appointment for a haircut and went to head off only to discover my wallet wasn't in its usual place.
The last time I could remember using it was Saturday so check through clothing I'd worn since then, looked down the sides of chairs and sofas, under the bed and realised the last time I'd seen it was when I put it in a safe pocket on my rucksack before hiking in the mountains on Saturday afternoon so looked in there and no sign.
By this stage I was running late and beginning to think I most have lost it up the mountain so cancelled my appointment and sent a text to the wife saying I'd lost it. I got a reply saying the bowl where I usually keep it along with my keys was overflowing so she'd moved it to a completely random drawer without bothering to tell me. Who moves other people's important stuff like keys or a wallet without telling them?0 -
Your wife obviously.Pross said:Had an appointment for a haircut and went to head off only to discover my wallet wasn't in its usual place.
The last time I could remember using it was Saturday so check through clothing I'd worn since then, looked down the sides of chairs and sofas, under the bed and realised the last time I'd seen it was when I put it in a safe pocket on my rucksack before hiking in the mountains on Saturday afternoon so looked in there and no sign.
By this stage I was running late and beginning to think I most have lost it up the mountain so cancelled my appointment and sent a text to the wife saying I'd lost it. I got a reply saying the bowl where I usually keep it along with my keys was overflowing so she'd moved it to a completely random drawer without bothering to tell me. Who moves other people's important stuff like keys or a wallet without telling them?seanoconn - gruagach craic!3 -
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Your wife obviously.Pross said:Had an appointment for a haircut and went to head off only to discover my wallet wasn't in its usual place.
The last time I could remember using it was Saturday so check through clothing I'd worn since then, looked down the sides of chairs and sofas, under the bed and realised the last time I'd seen it was when I put it in a safe pocket on my rucksack before hiking in the mountains on Saturday afternoon so looked in there and no sign.
By this stage I was running late and beginning to think I most have lost it up the mountain so cancelled my appointment and sent a text to the wife saying I'd lost it. I got a reply saying the bowl where I usually keep it along with my keys was overflowing so she'd moved it to a completely random drawer without bothering to tell me. Who moves other people's important stuff like keys or a wallet without telling them?
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^^^^ Spoilsport ^^^^
This annoys me in a trivial manner.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Must have been quite the party if the key bowl was completely overflowing.- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Professional cyclists who don't stay behind the lead offical's car during the roll-out before the start of a race.1
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Planning committee this morning for a new primary school. In keeping with the policy of the applicant (who is also the planning authority) it has been designed with no parking / drop off facilities for parents to encourage walking / cycling. The proposals include excellent facilities for safe walking and cycling with parking restrictions being placed within 400m if the school..
Officer recommendation for approval but after the boomers on the committee spent hours talking about it, openly dismissing their own policies and officer recommendation, and saying how it is essential to allow parents to be able to drive their kids to school they eventually voted to defer a decision until parent parking can be provided.
Absolute fuckwits. The school site isn't ideal but that is because 70% of recent residential development in the area was rejected by the planning committee and got approved at appeal which has resulted in piecemeal development with no co-ordinated master plan. Now the kids from those homes will have to be found places in existing schools.
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