will do !
amazon said its been dispatched this morning
same here!
thanks for the link.. paid 35 tho.. forgot about the 20% off 
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same here!
thanks for the link.. paid 35 tho.. forgot about the 20% off 
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same here!
I didn't know there was one until now
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check the speeds and times LOL
Although I guess he could have zig zagged up the road whilst I did a straight line but still funny
sounds like a mountain if hes zig zaged up it lol
I don't get it? he's clearly faster than you and the other guy and thats it?! only 3 people on the segment.. I bet if there was 100+ you'd be at the bottom while he would be somewhere near the top
3.6mph - 3:18
3.7mph - 3:32 (14 seconds slower but higher speed)
it's not supposed to be an epeon post grudas... just 3.7mph being a lot slower than 3.6mph.....
but anyway grudas with hundreds of people I can still be near the top when I want to be so.....
3.7mph - 3:32 (14 seconds slower but higher speed)
it's not supposed to be an epeon post grudas... just 3.7mph being a lot slower than 3.6mph.....
but anyway grudas with hundreds of people I can still be near the top when I want to be so.....
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thats not near the top.. you're 7mp/h/avg behind the top.. thats a lot of effort to get there.. uniq pwned everything you or I have achieved tho
thats not near the top.. you're 7mp/h/avg behind the top.. thats a lot of effort to get there.. uniq pwned everything you or I have achieved tho
well I don't go out and try to get koms I'm sure there are a few near me I could get with a few tries and on that one where I'm 7th I could likely improve by a mph or two.
main goal = lose weight still
I'll worry about koms when I have a bike with drop bars
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back to the future
check the speeds and times LOL
Although I guess he could have zig zagged up the road whilst I did a straight line but still funny
lol knew exactly which segment you were looking at
It is quite a short segment and rob owens used the strava iphone app which will be less accurate then a garmin. Strava doesn't interpolate between gps points it just chooses the closest, so he may have ridden ever so slightly faster but his phone didn't record a gps point until a bit later at the end and a bit earlier at the start resulting in him riding further for the same segment and thus a longer time.
That's the problem with using phones, you can both gain and loose time on a segment compared to what you actually did, it gets worse the shorter the segment.
lol knew exactly which segment you were looking at
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still waiting for you to set a time on it
my latest on it was riding half way up it at about 7-8mph then thinking **** it and just walking the rest
it's always at the end of my ride though so my legs are already a bit tired.
I usually just ride all the way to the end of scotswood road on the way home now and then turn left after the college , left again and up the slightly less of a gradient hill towards the old pub on westgate road
adds a few miles but is a lot easier.
It looked like it was about to rain today though so just wanted to get home.
felt 2 spots when I was near BNQ but luckily the rain didn't come
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I've given it a go and only made it half way up, need to lose weight and get more fit before I actually make it up
Dropped over 5kg in a week in hospital so probably lost some much needed strength to power up it.
Excuses out the way I might make it up next year lol - I don't see me improving too much over winter when the weather gets really bad.
Dropped over 5kg in a week in hospital so probably lost some much needed strength to power up it.
Excuses out the way I might make it up next year lol - I don't see me improving too much over winter when the weather gets really bad.
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https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&...id=dRW7dsL0XKre5QjhbrYG6Q&cbp=12,0.22,,0,1.11
I stuggle with any gradient great than 0%, some people on here would likely have no problem with this hill though
I stuggle with any gradient great than 0%, some people on here would likely have no problem with this hill though
we've done this before it doesn't look anything special on street view but it's much steeper than it appears..
http://veloviewer.com/segments/5253066/athlete/2584042
the average gradient is only 10% apparently but as you can see there are sections with much more.
lose so much speed when you hit the 16.5 , 17.5 , 18 etc
only 0.3 miles but 110ft different between the bottom and the top according to strava and velo viewer is saying about the same with almost 35 metres
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