Silly Commuter Barge Racing

meanredspider
meanredspider Posts: 12,337
edited November 2013 in Commuting chat
Great ride up the canal yesterday racing barges

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Great path too - you gotta love a country where canals, rail and cycling are given this much investment

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Beautiful day despite some rain

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I even got to pass by the office on the way home

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ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Very nice, must be getting pretty cold there now?
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    itboffin wrote:
    Very nice, must be getting pretty cold there now?

    It's actually still very mild - only just dipped below double figures the last few night. As they're on Spikers at home already, I'm not complaining :wink:
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    it's been 2c last couple of nights here in Wilts, 3c now so i guess its all downhill from here.

    20cm of snow in the alps this morning as well, winter is HERE
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    You have to admire the sense of priorities on those barges. The small ones carry a lifeboat on the stern. The large ones don't have a lifeboat but they do have a car or two :lol:

    Incidentally, last week I cycled 100km from Delft to Utrecht on a 3 speed step through. The total recorded elevation gain was 72 feet! I do more than that in the first two and a half minutes of my commute!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Rolf F wrote:
    You have to admire the sense of priorities on those barges. The small ones carry a lifeboat on the stern. The large ones don't have a lifeboat but they do have a car or two :lol:

    Incidentally, last week I cycled 100km from Delft to Utrecht on a 3 speed step through. The total recorded elevation gain was 72 feet! I do more than that in the first two and a half minutes of my commute!

    And why is it that EVERY barge has someone washing the deck on it??

    I know - I'm sure the Garmin elevation drift was great than the real elevation change. Bloody Garmin called it quits at 50 miles and froze. I did Amsterdam to Utrecht and back - hard ride on a windy dyke on the way out and back on the Amstel.

    Ditched the GP4000Ss for Open Pave CGs - great grip on wet cobbles and, better still, no punctures
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Rolf F wrote:
    You have to admire the sense of priorities on those barges. The small ones carry a lifeboat on the stern. The large ones don't have a lifeboat but they do have a car or two :lol:

    Incidentally, last week I cycled 100km from Delft to Utrecht on a 3 speed step through. The total recorded elevation gain was 72 feet! I do more than that in the first two and a half minutes of my commute!

    Ha brilliant i hope you recorded it on strava.

    Does explain a lot about way the Marmotte is such a car crash event :? :shock:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    itboffin wrote:
    Rolf F wrote:
    You have to admire the sense of priorities on those barges. The small ones carry a lifeboat on the stern. The large ones don't have a lifeboat but they do have a car or two :lol:

    Incidentally, last week I cycled 100km from Delft to Utrecht on a 3 speed step through. The total recorded elevation gain was 72 feet! I do more than that in the first two and a half minutes of my commute!

    Ha brilliant i hope you recorded it on strava.

    Does explain a lot about way the Marmotte is such a car crash event :? :shock:

    The really hilarious thing about the Strava recording is that all my segment times are pretty much all ranked eg about 865th out of 874 :lol: - I have minimal credibility in The Netherlands.... I think the Dutch folk are too sensible to go cross country on town bikes. Mind you, I did get one 5th place (out of 9 segment rides in total....). Max speed on the Utrecht trip was a heady 20mph and it rather nicely averages overall at 11.5mph with uphill average 11.8mph and downhill average 11.7 mph! That takes a few moments to work out.

    Incidentally, the route would have got a healthier climb total going the other way. I started at 60 feet above sea level and ended up at minus 28 feet in Utrecht!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Yes - my ride goes from +16m to -14m elevation (Utrecht is low)

    Stupidly my Garmin Connect graph goes from -300m to +200m in scale (WTF use is -300m???)

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/401806205
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    meanredspider wrote:
    Yes - my ride goes from +16m to -14m elevation (Utrecht is low)

    Stupidly my Garmin Connect graph goes from -300m to +200m in scale (WTF use is -300m???)

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/401806205

    Bryton are no better at this. Actually, I'm sceptical about that 72 feet; barely more than a foot a mile. The elevation profile looks like all the little ups and downs add up to a lot more than that and the river bridge in Utrecht would have taken a fair chunk of that total on its own.
    Faster than a tent.......

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