Road Cycling
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Soldato
My goal was to get an Imperial Century in by the end of July. Debated getting it done tomorrow so went to use Strava to create a route. Set distance to 100m and Elevation to "flat"
Not a single route under 2000m of ascent. The "easiest" one had an 800m climb around 30 miles in! Might need to spend some time myself!
Not a single route under 2000m of ascent. The "easiest" one had an 800m climb around 30 miles in! Might need to spend some time myself!
try komoot as well.
not sure in how popoualted with cyclists area you are, but usually komoot has a lot of routes avail
Tried building your own route, avoiding the big hills? For big rides I tend to aim for a few landmarks and adjust around obstacles I want to avoid (main roads, bad junctions, etc).
Soldato
Will give Komoot a go. I think the problem is that there's a lot of mountains around so trying to get a decent distance inevitably involves going over at least one of them, at least without doing a few loops. My best option might be to just head down to the sea and back.
It's weird that Strava doesn't have the route builder on their website. I know there's the manual one, but it'd be nicer if they had the automated version to create a base that you could then tweak. Think i've got one now that sits around 1200m which is do-able.
Might stick the bike rack on the car ready to call the wife
Caporegime
Just do what the Strava mad lads do and find a roundabout somewhere and get looping!
Associate
Anyone got any recomendations for HR monitors that isnt a Wahoo Tickr as i have just RMA'd my 5th Tickr v2 they only seem to last me 6-12 months? I am guessing that Wahoo will stop replacing it eventually. I did see GP Lamas video on the new rechargable one and he looks like he dosn't much luck with them and showed a lot of failed ones.
Caporegime
Have had zero issues with a garmin HRM dual in 2 years of use.
Soldato
I've been using Coospo BLE/ANT+ hrms from Amazon since '18, for indoors and out.
Soldato
An out and back is boring enough for me!
Soldato
I bought a Magene HRM from Amazon after my Garmin one broke. Was my 3rd in 4years and given the price i decided i'd rather go with cheaper ones and replace more often.
what about Polar ?
they have been on the market since the beginning
Caporegime
Yeah, I don't even like hitting the same roads twice at any point in my ride. Loops all day.
Soldato
Not sure i'm going to get the sympathy i'm after here, but it's now starting to get so warm that even the pool is up to 29C and so not refreshing to jump into after a ride anymore 
Caporegime
Not sure i'm going to get the sympathy i'm after here, but it's now starting to get so warm that even the pool is up to 29C and so not refreshing to jump into after a ride anymore
You won't get any sympathy but I am happy to hear you would be sous-vided in your bougie pool with your robot servants.
Soldato
To top it off i've tried to make a Vimto (freakingly expensive over here) slush drink in the Nutribullet but used too much ice and it's too frozen to drink
I've had 2 polars but the batteries run down really fast, same problem with both. It's as if they remain on after the workout as the battery only last 1-2 weeks.
Swapped to a Garmin and had no issues since
eat it then, dont drink itTo top it off i've tried to make a Vimto (freakingly expensive over here) slush drink in the Nutribullet but used too much ice and it's too frozen to drink
problem solved LOL
Soldato
Not helping. Still sweating at my desk. Not even a beer has helped