Road Cycling
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Will have a crack at lunchtime for you! I prefer ridewithgps for route plotting but I would usually look at Googlemaps first, changing it to cycling will show good cycle friendly roads/routes first.
well that was after I had a go at him... - try it with soundsurprised my virb picked it up so well
Good! Morons need to know!
No sound on work PC...
Being 'national cycle to work day' I was expecting loads of them out today... Hardly saw a soul! Less than any other day!
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Screw a long M6 bolt into it and use it to tap the star nut further down the tube before you make your cut. The long bolt makes it easy to see if it's straight
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https://www.strava.com/routes/3243084
Just double-checking a few of the roads...
edit: The surface on Whitcliffe Lane looks a bit bleh in parts. My original version of the route went SSE out of Ripon and was similarly quiet but with a nicer surface. The disadvantage of that is that you'll add ~5 miles to the journey.
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Cheers FT
The road surfaces all around here are pretty woeful anywhere you go. :/
The alternative is more like this:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3243242
I've not had time to check all the roads with google street view unfortunately so I'd recommend checking everything from about mile 10 onwards.
Well I'm booked up for a blood test. Well, I've got see a private GP first who will discuss what to test for etc. £80 for 30mins ! Then I got the choice of a Ferratin test or Full Blood Count test, the prices are equally eye watering.
I guess it'll be worthwhile to double check there's nothing wrong with me medically, before I try different diets, supplements etc.
FT - I've not forgotten to reply to your superb post. I had to work from home last night, but will claim the time back today, so expect an email later
I guess it'll be worthwhile to double check there's nothing wrong with me medically, before I try different diets, supplements etc.
FT - I've not forgotten to reply to your superb post. I had to work from home last night, but will claim the time back today, so expect an email later
Screw a long M6 bolt into it and use it to tap the star nut further down the tube before you make your cut. The long bolt makes it easy to see if it's straight
Will give it a try, it's got quite a way to go, 20-25mm..
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Yeah, that does seem like a classic case of the Strava segment having duff data.
Well I'm booked up for a blood test. Well, I've got see a private GP first who will discuss what to test for etc. £80 for 30mins ! Then I got the choice of a Ferratin test or Full Blood Count test, the prices are equally eye watering.
I guess it'll be worthwhile to double check there's nothing wrong with me medically, before I try different diets, supplements etc.
FT - I've not forgotten to reply to your superb post. I had to work from home last night, but will claim the time back today, so expect an email later
Personally I don't see anything wrong with immediately working on your diet. Or at the very least, getting in on the logging of intake with MFP. Even if you carry on eating exactly the same as you do now getting an accurate log will provide useful data for when you do change things.
I'll keep an eye out for an email
Yep! Duff data. 99% at the start
There's a segment near me that used to have an elevation gain of like 30,000 feet despite being only a very gentle slope. It's since been corrected, but clearly something on the backend doesn't line up, as Strava still lists my biggest climb as being the 28ft that this segment actually gains. My cat 2s count for nothing!
It is slightly annoying. I've said many times that Strava segments are a bit of a mess. There is next to no moderation.
There is one segment near me which is a 17% average over 0.3mi. In reality it is flat. You have the option to flag segments for a plethora of reasons which is great, but:
what I did was -;
save gpx/data for that ride with "biggest" climb, remove it.. reupload it.. - bam.
Personally I don't see anything wrong with immediately working on your diet. Or at the very least, getting in on the logging of intake with MFP. Even if you carry on eating exactly the same as you do now getting an accurate log will provide useful data for when you do change things.
I'll keep an eye out for an email
Yep, started logging today. Although really need scales to confirm portion sizes.
Today I'll apparently consume; 3,332 caloiries, 350 carbs, 110 fat, 203 protein, 2,004 sodium, 224 sugar.
That's with 3 protein shakes, and the peanut butter though. I can't stomach more than 3 shakes at the moment.
Unfortunately I've cycled the segment 11 times, and I'm not sure I can be arsed with that effort!
yea but if you click on the "biggest" climb link where it says the number of feet it will direct you to the ride it has the data from, that will be the ride to remove and reupload.. should be a one-off.
yea but if you click on the "biggest" climb link where it says the number of feet it will direct you to the ride it has the data from, that will be the ride to remove and reupload.. should be a one-off.
Hmm, I might try that.
Hurrah, it worked! Thanks!
Biggest climb: 1,124ft. That's more like it!
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So many junk segments created by people with bad data, really don't know why Strava don't match the elevation data with other rides from the same segment and then flag them for moderation somehow.
I had that problem too, solved it by climbing something higher, go Ventoux! lol
Examples of some of the junk ones around me:
- https://www.strava.com/segments/6169137 - Elevation -317ft and the segment is all over the place where there are no roads, obviously created by someone on their turbo
- https://www.strava.com/segments/4015725 - Segment created and is just a straight line where no roads are and it's never been ridden (ride created it was removed?)
- https://www.strava.com/segments/2915281 - Similar area to the above but looks to be genuine from a ride, still never ridden. The road here (B4399) is a recent link road and there is nowhere to cross it where this segment is. There may have been previously! Roads change, Stravas maps change, their segments do not?!
- https://www.strava.com/segments/6127146 - Elevation/Gradient data wrong again, it starts at 1,004.8%!
- https://www.strava.com/segments/5297715 - Doesn't look like 25% to me!
My main gripe is that most of these appear around me (in Hereford) when I'm looking for CAT4+ things to climb!
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Good work on the commencement of logging
I'd dump the protein shakes immediately. You don't need anywhere near 203 grams of protein so those 300 kcal could be put somewhere useful instead.
If you want to add me on MFP I'm "aekeron" on there. You can then share your food diary (or just make it public if you like). I will be able to comment on your portion sizes and the choices you've made for certain food types. Some of the kcal and macro data on MFP is a bit dodgy so sometimes you'll want to pick another option for one of your meals/foods/etc.
If you end up looking at my diary I'll warn you that my logging is pretty all over the place at the moment
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