Little website tip of the day

CleeRider
CleeRider Posts: 304
edited April 2013 in Road general
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If you're like me and ride hard to always attempt to beat your best time on a route, check this first for road closures, temporary traffic lights etc to ensure you have a clean run.

Sure enough the one time I didn't check this, I came across a road closure due to resurfacing work that forced me to go on a horrible broken pavement for 300m.

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  • diy
    diy Posts: 6,473
    As a general safety thought - be aware that riding like that all the time is going to massively increase your risk of an accident. Did some work many years ago with someone researching motorcycle accidents. Stark conclusion that the low mileage sports riders were the highest risk, because they always road hard. The best balance were those with about 1.5 to 2x the avg mileage, because they did a variety of different riding.

    Not saying this is you, but if you are always out to go faster than before, it might be a factor.
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  • CleeRider
    CleeRider Posts: 304
    No not to worry, I'm doing 25+ miles with plenty of climbs and therefore always keeping some back for the endurance of the ride.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    diy wrote:
    Not saying this is you, but if you are always out to go faster than before, it might be a factor.

    Sort of ironic isn't it that this is probably due a lot to a certain other website and people 'bagging' segments :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Always going out to beat your PB? Just leads to heartache when you fail ...
    Attack segments intelligently and you'll do better ... ;)
  • CleeRider
    CleeRider Posts: 304
    Slowbike wrote:
    Always going out to beat your PB? Just leads to heartache when you fail ...
    Attack segments intelligently and you'll do better ... ;)
    Not like that really. Doesn't matter if I don't beat my best time as long as I see a general trend towards a stronger, fitter, faster me :)
    I'm seeing constant PRs on various climbs on Strava even when I just miss out on an overall time improvement so that is always an encouragement.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    CleeRider wrote:
    Not like that really. Doesn't matter if I don't beat my best time as long as I see a general trend towards a stronger, fitter, faster me :)
    I'm seeing constant PRs on various climbs on Strava even when I just miss out on an overall time improvement so that is always an encouragement.

    Good attitude, small acorns and all that :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • diy
    diy Posts: 6,473
    I'm at the level/age where my PR are memories - I was chatting to a guy a few years older than me and he said - its about "resetting" your goals.
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Some nice wit from Dr Hutch this week about the fact that accurately tracking your performance will only lead to ultimate disappointment as performances tail off and age kicks in.

    I am a big fan of Strava but ultimately like to get out and ride. Some of the more leisurely paced club rides are great for ensuring that sometimes I just forget about looking at the bloody computer, and instead sit back and enjoy a chat with the bloke next to me whilst having my head up looking at the lovely scenario going by. I find it helps to maintain the balance that head down, going balls for leather to get a segment time just doesn't give me.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    Some nice wit from Dr Hutch this week about the fact that accurately tracking your performance will only lead to ultimate disappointment as performances tail off and age kicks in.

    To be fair, I think most Strava PRs are tailwind related - so as you age, you just need bigger tailwinds!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • diy
    diy Posts: 6,473
    No what you need is a more expensive bike surely - well that is what I'm telling the wife ;)
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  • Lycra-Byka
    Lycra-Byka Posts: 292
    Rolf F wrote:
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    Some nice wit from Dr Hutch this week about the fact that accurately tracking your performance will only lead to ultimate disappointment as performances tail off and age kicks in.

    To be fair, I think most Strava PRs are tailwind related - so as you age, you just need bigger tailwinds!


    How dare you! My recent stint of KOM's averaging 30mph were muscle powered only. I've just got 4mph quicker all of a sudden.

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