Road Cycling

6thElement · 31 May 2016 at 16:30

Lethal` said:
May:

but still no #everestnofilter climbing challenge award

Just looked at my numbers for May, about 265 miles with 38000ft of climbing

Vonhelmet · 31 May 2016 at 17:20

FrenchTart said:
Pretty sporty ride home after work... 22.3mph average. Sadly only for 3.5 miles but still

I think I'll be lucky to manage 12.3mph with the wind that's blowing outside.

FrenchTart · 31 May 2016 at 17:21

Vonhelmet said:
I think I'll be lucky to manage 12.3mph with the wind that's blowing outside.

I think possibly we might be heading in opposite directions home

Lethal` · 31 May 2016 at 17:23

6thElement said:
Just looked at my numbers for May, about 265 miles with 38000ft of climbing

Aha... you must live somewhere other than London. I was kinda annoyed to do a 90 mile ride on Saturday and have 40 miles of that only accumulate about 400ft. (the route out to Surrey and back)

I was almost tempted to drive out to start and save the energy for more hills.

madindehead · 31 May 2016 at 17:54

Lethal` said:
Aha... you must live somewhere other than London. I was kinda annoyed to do a 90 mile ride on Saturday and have 40 miles of that only accumulate about 400ft. (the route out to Surrey and back)

I was almost tempted to drive out to start and save the energy for more hills.

More than welcome to meet me in Marlow and start the climbing there! Haha. Although, I need to get my legs back, so will have to be a few weeks.

SoliD · 31 May 2016 at 18:06

Loving the fact today was spent not riding with the wind going on!

6thElement · 31 May 2016 at 18:17

Lethal` said:
Aha... you must live somewhere other than London. I was kinda annoyed to do a 90 mile ride on Saturday and have 40 miles of that only accumulate about 400ft. (the route out to Surrey and back)

I was almost tempted to drive out to start and save the energy for more hills.

The Rocky Mountains do have a little more vert

Lethal` · 31 May 2016 at 18:55

madindehead said:
More than welcome to meet me in Marlow and start the climbing there! Haha. Although, I need to get my legs back, so will have to be a few weeks.

Cool. I'm up for less climby rides too now that the challenge is over. I think I would have easily achieved it through regular riding if I hadn't had 9 days off cycling in the middle of the month. Only 6000m required for June's so should be able to tone it down a tad

6thElement said:
The Rocky Mountains do have a little more vert

Just a tad!

lordrobs · 31 May 2016 at 18:56

SDK^ said:
This was earlier than I expected : SRAM HydroHC (eTAP) disc brakes

Available from October

Hydraulic brakes with electronic shifting makes so much sense from a design point of view. Will never be in my price range unfortunately.

That doesn't sound ideal Roady. You have to go back 24 hours to identify the culprit for a dose of food poisoning though. Whenever I fly it seems to take a couple of days for my weight to stabilise. Not sure if it is dehydration or being out of sync with my meals as I don't eat on planes.

Bear · 31 May 2016 at 19:13

madindehead said:
That is very fast! How are people with eTap finding the experience? I know Bear has it.

I like it, if only you could change the gear change speed like you can with Di2 then it would be great. I love the quick snappy changes with Di2 but the tactile changes with etap. If etap had the snappy changes of Di2 it would be perfect as I love the lack of extra cables, so the bike looks very tidy.

I have been debating whether to start an Italian build and use EPS but think it may be a bit silly.

Vonhelmet · 31 May 2016 at 19:29

FrenchTart said:
I think possibly we might be heading in opposite directions home

I managed 13.3mph. Not only was it absurdly windy, I also got stuck in an unfilterable queue, and tiredness did the rest. Suckage.

Vonhelmet · 31 May 2016 at 19:42

Bear said:
I have been debating whether to start an Italian build and use EPS but think it may be a bit silly.

I'm strongly considering an Italian frameset and a campag groupset for poser points... Never mind that everything comes from the Far East these days.

SoliD · 31 May 2016 at 20:24

Not sure if anyone is doing Tour of Cambridgeshire at the weekend, but I'll be riding the TT course on the Friday and will be having a post race beer on the Saturday in the local area. (first for 7 weeks could be interesting

)

GSVBagpuss · 31 May 2016 at 20:38

If anyone thinks of doing an Everesting - don't! It's brutal. We made it though and raised £4K for my friends charity. Can wear the grey stipe with pride now

https://www.strava.com/activities/593862654

Lethal` · 31 May 2016 at 20:49

SoliD said:
Not sure if anyone is doing Tour of Cambridgeshire at the weekend, but I'll be riding the TT course on the Friday and will be having a post race beer on the Saturday in the local area. (first for 7 weeks could be interesting )

I was tempted for the Gran Fondo but wasn't quite so tempted when I read £68 especially after doing Velothon the other week. Maybe next year!

GSVBagpuss said:
If anyone thinks of doing an Everesting - don't! It's brutal. We made it though and raised £4K for my friends charity. Can wear the grey stipe with pride now
https://www.strava.com/activities/593862654

Nice. Well done!

BennyC · 31 May 2016 at 21:00

GSVBagpuss said:
If anyone thinks of doing an Everesting - don't! It's brutal. We made it though and raised £4K for my friends charity. Can wear the grey stipe with pride now
https://www.strava.com/activities/593862654

Awesome! Congrats :cool:

If I were to ever be mad enough to Everest anything, from what I've explored so far this would be the segment: (ignore the double digits glitch 1.2m in) Steady 4-8% all the way to the top

https://www.strava.com/segments/1320123

No thanks Jeff:

madindehead · 31 May 2016 at 21:11

BennyC said:
Awesome! Congrats

If I were to ever be mad enough to Everest anything, from what I've explored so far this would be the segment: (ignore the double digits glitch 1.2m in) Steady 4-8% all the way to the top

https://www.strava.com/segments/1320123

No thanks Jeff:

I need to go and try that climb! Looks pretty fun

Not far from my house

Congrats on the Everest GSVBagpuss!

FrenchTart · 31 May 2016 at 23:59

GSVBagpuss said:
If anyone thinks of doing an Everesting - don't! It's brutal. We made it though and raised £4K for my friends charity. Can wear the grey stipe with pride now
https://www.strava.com/activities/593862654

Amazing work

Bear · 1 Jun 2016 at 06:41

GSVBagpuss said:
If anyone thinks of doing an Everesting - don't! It's brutal. We made it though and raised £4K for my friends charity. Can wear the grey stipe with pride now
https://www.strava.com/activities/593862654

Great job!!

GSVBagpuss · 1 Jun 2016 at 06:53

BennyC said:
Awesome! Congrats

If I were to ever be mad enough to Everest anything, from what I've explored so far this would be the segment: (ignore the double digits glitch 1.2m in) Steady 4-8% all the way to the top

https://www.strava.com/segments/1320123

No thanks Jeff:

I'm slow and steady so 4-8% worked for me. It's a fun challenge - make sure you have piles of support both roadside and to ride with you. Can't imagine doing 18% ramps 134 times!