First KOM!!!

goonz

junglist_matty wrote:

goonz wrote:

I cannot physically cycle very slowly because I have quite a high cadence so I just go for it when I can

You can always choose the granny gear; high cadence, low speed

Congrats on your first KOM

I have a compact and I refuse to move to the smaller ring unless its a massive hill, which I have not encountered since last year Paris ride.

diy

I take it you are aware that its only been ridden by 157 riders? Well done anyway. If it motivates you that is all that matters.

Paul 8v wrote:

Strava is addictive, there's a guy near me that always goes after all of mine, quite a nice rivalry even though we've never met!

Do it in the car and then maybe he'll have a heart attack trying to beat you :twisted:

alihisgreat

goonz wrote:

junglist_matty wrote:

goonz wrote:

I cannot physically cycle very slowly because I have quite a high cadence so I just go for it when I can

You can always choose the granny gear; high cadence, low speed

Congrats on your first KOM

I have a compact and I refuse to move to the smaller ring unless its a massive hill, which I have not encountered since last year Paris ride.

No shame in moving to the small ring if you want to ride low intensity into a strong headwind.

You can easily ride slow (16mph?) and high cadence on the big ring if you're running a compact... you don't even need to cross the chain outrageously.

Paul 8v

diy wrote:

I take it you are aware that its only been ridden by 157 riders? Well done anyway. If it motivates you that is all that matters.

Paul 8v wrote:

Strava is addictive, there's a guy near me that always goes after all of mine, quite a nice rivalry even though we've never met!

Do it in the car and then maybe he'll have a heart attack trying to beat you :twisted:

Haha, sorely tempted!

bernithebiker

diy wrote:

I take it you are aware that its only been ridden by 157 riders?

It's not so much the number of riders as the quality of them.

Round our way, each segment only has between 30 and 10 riders, but 30% are Cat 1 or above....Gulp!

charliew87

I was KOM on a loop round my old school until a couple of weeks ago. Was out on Saturday night and felt my phone vibrate with a notification from Strava that I'd just lost the KOM. Almost ruined my night, and went out on Monday evening after work and got it back. It's so bloody addictive!

diy

There is one near me - I was in the top 20, but now the weather has warmed up I've slipped to top 30, but that is out of 2500 riders.

With my new 11-25 (was running a 12-25) I reckon I can take a second off and get back to top the 20. Just blimin windy at moment.

thefd

My parents live on a farm with their own private road which has a hill up to their house - I made one there. Should remain KOM for a while as only me and my brother-in-law have cycled up it (and he is fairly slow)

goonz

TheFD wrote:

My parents live on a farm with their own private road which has a hill up to their house - I made one there. Should remain KOM for a while as only me and my brother-in-law have cycled up it (and he is fairly slow)

Let me know where it is, I will drive up it in my Discorvery, lets see you top that! :twisted:

thefd

goonz wrote:

TheFD wrote:

My parents live on a farm with their own private road which has a hill up to their house - I made one there. Should remain KOM for a while as only me and my brother-in-law have cycled up it (and he is fairly slow)

Let me know where it is, I will drive up it in my Discorvery, lets see you top that! :twisted:

Not a chance....

BTW - your signature link takes people to their own dashboard in Strava and not to yours (Not sure if you meant that)

goonz

TheFD wrote:

goonz wrote:

TheFD wrote:

My parents live on a farm with their own private road which has a hill up to their house - I made one there. Should remain KOM for a while as only me and my brother-in-law have cycled up it (and he is fairly slow)

Let me know where it is, I will drive up it in my Discorvery, lets see you top that! :twisted:

Not a chance....

BTW - your signature link takes people to their own dashboard in Strava and not to yours (Not sure if you meant that)

No I didn't, ill need to check that.

Cheers

junglist_matty

goonz wrote:

I have a compact and I refuse to move to the smaller ring unless its a massive hill, which I have not encountered since last year Paris ride.

I would consider a cadence of 110+ high, and anything 80-100 normal.... If your riding a high cadence (as you say you do) and using the big ring that would equate to around about 30mph+ either that or your chainline is terrible!

Don't be afraid to use the middle ring, cadence for most road cyclists is 80-100rpm.... A lot of elite cyclists tend to sit around 110rpm but they have some strange ability to ride with ridiculous power output at silly high cadences.


I sit on the middle ring (39T - which is the same as most compact small rings) most of the time and using the middle rings of my cassette, I can sit around 20-25mph at 95-105rpm

goonz

junglist_matty wrote:

goonz wrote:

I have a compact and I refuse to move to the smaller ring unless its a massive hill, which I have not encountered since last year Paris ride.

I would consider a cadence of 110+ high, and anything 80-100 normal.... If your riding a high cadence (as you say you do) and using the big ring that would equate to around about 30mph+ either that or your chainline is terrible!

Don't be afraid to use the middle ring, cadence for most road cyclists is 80-100rpm.... A lot of elite cyclists tend to sit around 110rpm but they have some strange ability to ride with ridiculous power output at silly high cadences.


I sit on the middle ring (39T - which is the same as most compact small rings) most of the time and using the middle rings of my cassette, I can sit around 20-25mph at 95-105rpm

Ok, to be more precise it feels like I have a high cadence. and most likely not as high as you have suggested, when I say refuse I mean I dont want to hit hills in granny gears if I can help it. Still, would be interesting to measure my cadence and see exactly how I am performing.

junglist_matty

goonz wrote:

Ok, to be more precise it feels like I have a high cadence. and most likely not as high as you have suggested, when I say refuse I mean I dont want to hit hills in granny gears if I can help it. Still, would be interesting to measure my cadence and see exactly how I am performing.

Do it manually... on your next ride, sit at a comfortable pace and count the number of revolutions of either your left or right leg whilst keeping an eye on the stopwatch, after 1minute has passed, you'll have an accurate figure for cadence.... It's not hard

goonz

Thats just sooo not scientific enough! Right wil try it on my way home tonight.

junglist_matty

goonz wrote:

Thats just sooo not scientific enough! Right wil try it on my way home tonight.

Who needs science That's all electronic cadence monitors do; count the number of revolutions every 10 seconds (or so) and multiply by 6 to get a moving average.

ellotreacle

Nice one, now you need to own it not share it
One of the reasons I like strava, it makes you push and challenge your self to beat every other bugger out there.

Bobbinogs

ellotreacle wrote:

One of the reasons I like strava, it makes you push and challenge your self to beat every other bugger out there.

Yes, but that is also one of the downsides in that having a nice potter in the sunshine is a fantastic thing to do but there are no smily face awards on Strava.

diy

junglist_matty wrote:

goonz wrote:

Ok, to be more precise it feels like I have a high cadence. and most likely not as high as you have suggested, when I say refuse I mean I dont want to hit hills in granny gears if I can help it. Still, would be interesting to measure my cadence and see exactly how I am performing.

Do it manually... on your next ride, sit at a comfortable pace and count the number of revolutions of either your left or right leg whilst keeping an eye on the stopwatch, after 1minute has passed, you'll have smacked in to the back of someone due to watching your computer

fify

Paul 8v

Bobbinogs wrote:

ellotreacle wrote:

One of the reasons I like strava, it makes you push and challenge your self to beat every other bugger out there.

Yes, but that is also one of the downsides in that having a nice potter in the sunshine is a fantastic thing to do but there are no smily face awards on Strava.

Yeah tried the potter thing tonight, that went out the window after about five minutes, there is no hiding on strava!

goonz

Got a couple of 2nd overall places tonight, I now have my nemesis to beat who has pretty much all the KOMs on my route but only by a couple of seconds over me. Also the times he seems to ride would suggest a lot less traffic so he definitely has the advantage over me!