Road Cycling

topgun06 · 13 May 2015 at 20:32

Yes just seen yours, nice averages too! What happened to the strava? Forget to start it?

FrenchTart · 13 May 2015 at 20:46

I was feeling a bit out of it and was kind of on auto pilot so when I stopped to meet my friend as he left work I automatically hit finish/save. Pretty dumb :/

Vonhelmet · 13 May 2015 at 22:18

Higher speeds you say? I've just been out and done 33 flat miles and averaged 16.7mph. Nothing compared to some of you guys, but very good for me. I made a point of just leaving my Garmin on the route screen, so I could just follow the line, rather than worrying about speed or cadence or anything like that. Turns out it worked quite well!

https://www.strava.com/activities/303994960

FrenchTart · 13 May 2015 at 22:23

Nice work. I had a bit of a similar experience recently when I temporarily didn't have a cadence monitor on my new bike. Not constantly looking at my cadence meant that I pushed a little harder and hit faster speeds than normal.

FishFluff · 13 May 2015 at 22:35

FrenchTart said:
Nice work. I had a bit of a similar experience recently when I temporarily didn't have a cadence monitor on my new bike. Not constantly looking at my cadence meant that I pushed a little harder and hit faster speeds than normal.

I rely on my cadence meter far too much, especially on the hills.

topgun06 · 13 May 2015 at 23:24

It can be very useful on the longer more steady hills.

James07 · 14 May 2015 at 00:57

grudas said:
nice!

I got one too! was aiming to go from 2nd to 1st on that!

http://app.strava.com/segments/6509378?filter=overall

the funny thing is that the guy under me just got it two days ago !! haha bet he's looking at the "uhoh somone took your KOM" message now.

Haha fantastic and nicely done! There's a couple round here I'm aiming for but I think it may be off for a few weeks after tonight, check my latest thread haha.

FishFluff said:
Might have a crack at that next time I'm out that way

Give it a go! Its a beaut route!

whyscotty · 14 May 2015 at 07:40

Ave of 15 mph - The fat man is getting faster

https://www.strava.com/activities/301493079

physichull · 14 May 2015 at 08:03

A lethargic week after an active week last week. Cycled to work this morning and got passed again by this flattop van of a landscaping firm. He passes me in exactly the same point, every day, and the passenger always leans out the window and shouts "Put some ******* lights on!", be it broad daylight or the murky gloom of the morning (in which case, I do actually have lights on!).

SDK^ · 14 May 2015 at 08:15

You really shouldn't judge fitness gains and/or losses using average speed.

James07 · 14 May 2015 at 08:16

physichull said:
A lethargic week after an active week last week. Cycled to work this morning and got passed again by this flattop van of a landscaping firm. He passes me in exactly the same point, every day, and the passenger always leans out the window and shouts "Put some ******* lights on!", be it broad daylight or the murky gloom of the morning (in which case, I do actually have lights on!).

What makes me laugh is they can see you well enough to plan opening a window to shout that.. What else do that want? They'll only complain when the moon lights blind them!

xD

Tell him to eff off, thats what I do..

FrenchTart · 14 May 2015 at 08:16

So many stupid people in the world. Hope you shouted back obscenities...

FrenchTart · 14 May 2015 at 08:17

SDK^ said:
You really shouldn't judge fitness gains and/or losses using average speed.

Indeed. Nothing wrong with feeling happy about achieving a new PR though.

BennyC · 14 May 2015 at 08:19

Looking at ANT+ USB dongles for TrainerRoad to use with either my old Windows Laptop (which I might just leave in the garage) or my MBP.

I see Garmin do a very small one for around £30-35 but I've also found larger ones listed as compatible with their watches on ebay for less than £10.

I know it would probably be tempting fate to buy the cheaper larger one but other than if they differ USB1/USB2 they should both still work? Just a HRM & SC sensor with my 500 at the moment.

SoliD · 14 May 2015 at 08:32

I've used a suunto one which is now with Roady. Absolutely fine. No difference between that and the garmin tbh.

FrenchTart · 14 May 2015 at 08:32

You should probably be fine to be honest. I have the Suunto Movestick Mini and it works well but that's obviously more in the expensive price range. Looking at the TR site it's a lot more forgiving about Ant+ than it is about BTLE:

USB1 and USB2
There are two kinds of ANT+ USB dongles to choose from: USB 1.0 and USB 2.0. USB 1.0 can connect up to 4 devices at a time, while USB 2.0 can handle up to 8. Most newer dongles will be 2.0 since 1.0 is no longer in production.

USB 1.0 dongles will work with TrainerRoad with a few exceptions. You will need a USB 2.0 dongle for the Wahoo KICKR. As far as we know, any USB stick that uses ANT+ communication protocol will work with TrainerRoad. If you are unsure which you have, check the info on the back of the stick.

Do you already have an Ant+ speed/cad sensor on your bike btw? If not, the cheap Decathlon one (£16 iirc) is decent enough for turbo use.

whyscotty · 14 May 2015 at 08:49

SDK^ said:
You really shouldn't judge fitness gains and/or losses using average speed.

Surely ave speed over a set course/ distance is a basic indication of progression?

BennyC · 14 May 2015 at 08:49

FrenchTart said:
You should probably be fine to be honest. I have the Suunto Movestick Mini and it works well but that's obviously more in the expensive price range. Looking at the TR site it's a lot more forgiving about Ant+ than it is about BTLE:

Do you already have an Ant+ speed/cad sensor on your bike btw? If not, the cheap Decathlon one (£16 iirc) is decent enough for turbo use.

Thanks, yep bought the 500 bundle so have them already

Will acquire an ANT+ dongle today and hope it arrives in time for my next TT session

Thomas. PLease. · 14 May 2015 at 09:01

Roady said:
Slow SS riders hey

You've not had much luck with punctures recently! Same wheels? Fairly sure there's no dink/rough edge on the rim which might be damaging them or have you found a hole on the rolling surface?

Different wheels and tyres each time. Having been cycling properly for about 3 years now I could count the number of punctures I'd had on the round almost on one hand. Until this year. Not sure if thats just because I'm doing way more miles though.

Will do some investigation on gatorskin tubs, if not will just get conti competitions again. If they puncture then I'm ditching the tubs for good.

Roady · 14 May 2015 at 09:42

MM-Seat said:
Well.. Tried as hard as I could on a ten miler to increase my average from 13-13.5 and ended up with nearer 16!

http://app.strava.com/activities/303884425

Good work! Well done!

Vonhelmet said:
Higher speeds you say? I've just been out and done 33 flat miles and averaged 16.7mph. Nothing compared to some of you guys, but very good for me. I made a point of just leaving my Garmin on the route screen, so I could just follow the line, rather than worrying about speed or cadence or anything like that. Turns out it worked quite well!

https://www.strava.com/activities/303994960

Great ride mate!

whyscotty said:
Ave of 15 mph - The fat man is getting faster

https://www.strava.com/activities/301493079

Well done & keep it up!

FishFluff said:
I rely on my cadence meter far too much, especially on the hills.

topgun06 said:
It can be very useful on the longer more steady hills.

I think this is it, depending how you ride and how you pace yourself there are a number of ways of doing it. Some methods will work for one person and not another!

I now use HR (<170bpm) and cadence (70-85) on long hills, usually standing. Now I'm stronger I find I can control my effort and pacing easier than when sitting...

Previously with my lack of hill experience I just paced myself sitting spinning in my lowest gears @ 90 cadence. Even then I would struggle & blow up. Now I'm getting better anything below 8% (or short sharp <12%) I stand and push it at 70-80 cadence in as high a gear as I feel I can maintain.

Sitting I tend to spin at 85-95rpm and my HR can rapidly spike 180+ before I realise. Towards the end of a long/hard ride I'm tired so I will sit and spin up hills, I'm usually so tired at this stage that I don't rapidly spike my HR and blow up!