Soldato
It's the code you get if you complete their Team Sky survey. It should work unlimited times until they expire it.
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Cheers! I'll have to have a read. I can't tell if it is genius marketing or awful marketing.
Man of Honour
This morning I woke to three Strava notifications saying someone had stolen my KOMs. It would be annoying were it not for the fact that I never had KOMs on those segments 
I guess they were already KOM and the process Strava follows is to delete their old time from the leaderboard and then add the new one (I was second or joint second on most/all of them)?
I guess they were already KOM and the process Strava follows is to delete their old time from the leaderboard and then add the new one (I was second or joint second on most/all of them)?
Weather forecast wasn't good for today so I was dressed for rain... Which held off on my commute! Typical!
http://www.strava.com/activities/217996016
Got overtaken by a guy I know I've caught before (while I stopped at a roundabout) so gave chase! A little further up the road (as I reeled first guy in) another really quick guy overtook us and first guy looks back at me and asked if I wanted to chase! Of course! Totally buried myself but could only just about keep up with first guy - towards the end of the acre (1.5 mile long straight stretch of road) I couldn't keep pace any longer so left them to it! Still a 3rd best and PR on 2 segments I ride daily isn't bad! In full wet weather gear lol
http://www.strava.com/activities/217996016
Got overtaken by a guy I know I've caught before (while I stopped at a roundabout) so gave chase! A little further up the road (as I reeled first guy in) another really quick guy overtook us and first guy looks back at me and asked if I wanted to chase! Of course! Totally buried myself but could only just about keep up with first guy - towards the end of the acre (1.5 mile long straight stretch of road) I couldn't keep pace any longer so left them to it! Still a 3rd best and PR on 2 segments I ride daily isn't bad! In full wet weather gear lol
Soldato
This morning I woke to three Strava notifications saying someone had stolen my KOMs. It would be annoying were it not for the fact that I never had KOMs on those segments
I guess they were already KOM and the process Strava follows is to delete their old time from the leaderboard and then add the new one (I was second or joint second on most/all of them)?
I moved from north london to south, all my KOM's in north are slowly disappearing.. especially over the summer months haha.. these will probably be around for a while.. me and my brother seem to be the fastest strava users around the area lol.. I'm 1st he's right behind me on most things lol.
http://www.strava.com/segments/5343257
http://www.strava.com/segments/5551130
http://www.strava.com/segments/2770931
http://www.strava.com/segments/3972809
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Try some of that on it. I crashed on ice last winter and ripped my new waterproof a week after I got it. Fixed it with that and its as good as new now.
Soldato
Weather forecast wasn't good for today so I was dressed for rain... Which held off on my commute! Typical!
http://www.strava.com/activities/217996016
Got overtaken by a guy I know I've caught before (while I stopped at a roundabout) so gave chase! A little further up the road (as I reeled first guy in) another really quick guy overtook us and first guy looks back at me and asked if I wanted to chase! Of course! Totally buried myself but could only just about keep up with first guy - towards the end of the acre (1.5 mile long straight stretch of road) I couldn't keep pace any longer so left them to it! Still a 3rd best and PR on 2 segments I ride daily isn't bad! In full wet weather gear lol
Not a bad effort in 55C heat!
(I think something is bugged with the temps! hehe!)
Soldato
Thanks again for this - ordered the winter glove/merino liner bundle. I'd usually balk at paying so much for gloves but the Rapha GT gloves are easily the best I've ever owned and the padding on these looks similar.
Soldato
Has anyone here used Pit Stop tyre sealant instead of carrying a tube, tools and a pump? Looks like it works quite well with tubulars and I'm interested if it performs with clinchers too.
Man of Honour
Most of mine haven't been touched for a while (aside from these phantom three that were never KOMs in the first place
).Just got a 2nd that I'm a bit annoyed by. I wasn't really paying attention or trying for the KOM but if I'd known it was even on the cards I'd have gone faster. Oh well.
I'd already bit the bullet and ordered the DHB's as I was ordering a turbo tyre and wanted it before the weekend
But I still think it's worth getting some of that stuff if the reviews are anything to go by - it's only a matter of time until I develop more rips and tears lol
It was warm!
It's something to do with the Samsung S5 being developed with a temp sensor and then they pulled it before production, so I guess IpBike is pulling a dummy reading from somewhere?
I've not dug deeper into IpBike to see if I can exclude the reading, I will do at some point!
Found the really fast guy on Strava flyby! Sweet!
Lets just say his ride destination is where a certain elite military unit is based on the outskirts of Hereford... lol, no wonder I couldn't catch him
Man of Honour
Found the really fast guy on Strava flyby! Sweet!
Lets just say his ride destination is where a certain elite military unit is based on the outskirts of Hereford... lol, no wonder I couldn't catch him
That said - the bit where you were trying to catch him was a PR for him too.
Anyhow, looks like you've got a new target speed to aim for
Soldato
What's with all the NFTO riders on that segment? :s
Man of Honour
So..I'm considering a weekend ride to Newcastle to visit a friend. I'll no doubt have to change this as the I discover aspects of the routes are horrendous but one thing I'm wondering about is: 143 miles with just over 5k feet of climbing or 159 miles with just over 4k feet.
Effort-wise, would you trade 19 miles for 1000 feet of climbing? I'm thinking to go with the shorter and more hilly (though still quite flat mostly) route.
Effort-wise, would you trade 19 miles for 1000 feet of climbing? I'm thinking to go with the shorter and more hilly (though still quite flat mostly) route.
Shorter, Hillier with that length of ride, you'll not notice the extra 1000 ft spread out. If it was 1000ft difference for a 40 mile ride it be noticeable, but that will be rolly over that length of ride and you'll never notice it (5000 over 140 miles is pretty flat)
Man of Honour
Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. As you say, 5k feet of climbing over ~140 is pretty flat. I think there was one reasonable looking hill about 30 miles in (edge of the Peak District) but the rest of it was just slight gradients the whole way.
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