Road Cycling

Roady said:
Went from the Strava segment you linked! Really wish there was some kinda 'correction' you could flag on Strava segments to correct dodgy elevation data with other data from riders who've ridden it (I believe segment data comes from the creators GPS data?). I mean Strava are aware of screwy data as there's even a 'Fix elevation data' built into their ride data system. :rolleyes:
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From only using Strava for the last year, I've found it to have several flaws including...
Blatantly dodgy elevation data to used to create some segments eg. http://www.strava.com/segments/2284551 vs http://www.strava.com/segments/15435477
Categorised climbs that don't conform to Strava's own rule of a minimum 3% gradient average (multiplied by climb length in metres being 8000+) when using "Segment Explore" eg. http://www.strava.com/segments/12840251
Ride recordings that you choose to keep private and off the leaderboard (like say yesterday when I took along my smartwatch to compare against my Lezyne Super GPS) interfere with your personal weekly distance, achievement and leaderboard stats
It doesn't keep PBs for different bikes separate, so any segments I do on my road bike at least uphill and on flat should beat my fatbike, but having records for the fatbike for training purposes would be useful
etc.

My Lezyne has a barometer which is used to give its own view of a ride's elevation, but when I've asked Strava to correct it using their own elevation data, I've had the ride data corrected by approximately -10 to +10%! Makes it all a bit pointless as a Lezyne feature, if Strava's data is more accurate!
 
Yeah my replacement nipples are brass, I think I'm going to swap them all out this evening/weekend to brass (as I've got plenty of them) and attempt to re tension the whole thing again pre-hub change. At least that'll answer how crucial/critical/fast I need my hub and spokes...
 
A few photos from my ride on Sunday

Team Dynamic Rides, Group A, in formation with full custom Castelli kit :) Some non member riders drafting for extra speedzzz :p

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Me, looking fresh 8 miles in.

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Me flat out to the finish, in the rain, 65ish miles in / 72 miles

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Jonny ///M said:
I'm a dynamic ride, can I join?

Been doing what I can at the moment, weather is crap so hard to get out sometimes.

Left home last night in my short sleeve top and had to put my gillet on within 30 seconds due to drizzle, took it off for the ride as I'd be getting warmed up but had to put it back on after the main climb on the night.

Lack of communication sent some guys straight on and some of us up the usual route with more of a climb, ended up with 5 of us and one guy kept going through hard and looking behind all the time messing up the rhythm of the rest of us. He had sat in more for most of the night and took the shortcut rather than go up the big climb, ended up on my knees come the last mile or so as I'd worked like **** whilst he stayed strong.

Deep down I don't mind so much as I'm taking myself to another dimension which should help next year if I end up trying to do a bit of racing.
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Your club/group runs sound like zero enjoyment, just a big mess of people attacking, being dropped, waiting and getting lost (in no particular order) :p
 
FrenchTart said:
https://everesting.io/

To be honest the start of Sky Rd is a bit steep but most of it is pretty steady and it's never utterly horrendous. I say that now having not tried to Everest it :p

To be honest if there's something of an even more mild gradient I'd consider it...
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If you wanted something super shallow in the vicinity, you'd have to do Cragg Vale. 3.4%, 17.3km lap, 276m elevation per lap. 30 laps in total. The only downside with that is it's probably not steep enough for you to really fly down on the descents, so you'd need to pedal that bit more on the way down.
 
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Vonhelmet said:
If you wanted something super shallow in the vicinity, you'd have to do Cragg Vale. 3.4%, 17.3m lap, 276m elevation per lap. 30 laps in total. The only downside with that is it's probably not steep enough for you to really fly down on the descents, so you'd need to pedal that bit more on the way down.
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Tbh I'm a wuss on descents since breaking my collarbone so that might not be a bad plan. How busy is the road?
 
Roady said:
Yeah my replacement nipples are brass, I think I'm going to swap them all out this evening/weekend to brass (as I've got plenty of them) and attempt to re tension the whole thing again pre-hub change. At least that'll answer how crucial/critical/fast I need my hub and spokes...
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Got my seized nipple removed with WD40 & mole grips! :D

Replaced them all on the rear wheel, requiring the mole grips for 2 others. As they're alu they literally disintegrate around the body leaving only the head and a slight nub on the rim side. Lots of scuffing and scratching on my rim now but at least it's alloy so just cosmetic. Retensioned the wheel slowly using my spoke tensionmeter until most of the flex was gone, it wasn't very centered! I kept going by eye & meter until it was fairly central then did the rest of the truing and tension by eye, without the meter, as I know I'd tend to follow numbers too strictly and over tension it.

SDK^ said:
A few photos from my ride on Sunday
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Great pics, you all look like you're out for a casual social spin around the lanes, then BOOM ~20mph average over 70 miles! :D

SDK^ said:
I have red/black Castelli kit too
Pretty cool how my helmet, shoes and bike have the same red/black, front to back combination.
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/red&black kit wearer signing in.

Vonhelmet said:
Now that's badass. Red and black is for heroes.
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And some white bits, say some stripes & sponsorship branding? :cool::D

Local youngster Josh Sandman finished 2nd in the Junior 10TT Championships (not sure which round? 6? 7? He's 18th overall in the series). Zoom!
 
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Went out for a ride on Tuesday for the first time in over a week and got caught in torrential rain and 400MPH gusts (promise I'm not exaggerating), was bloody awful, not the welcome back ride I was expecting :p, made me unbox the turbo. Just need to fit my turbo tyre on to the rear wheel I bought. Made me rage last time to the point my neighbors must think I'm a right potty mouth.

Going to try again tonight, if not am working from home tomorrow and will pay a trip to the LBS and get them to do it while I also hand in my man card.

Looking forward to some indoor training. My hours are now 9:30-6 so I'm never home and ready before 7, so my outdoor riding is now well out the window during the week. So will basically be 90% turbo training apart from riding at the weekends where I will try to make the most of the weather :(
 
merlin said:
Indoor training is not for me. :)
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I enjoy the regimented structure during the winter weeks but if I can will still try and get outdoors at the weekend for my sanity. Long sessions on the turbo I don't find difficult to manage but I'm itching to get outdoors after a few weeks solely stuck inside.

Usually braving the winter weather for a weekend or two is enough to make me retreat back indoors for a few weeks before heading out again :p

Perfect opportunity to get a solid periodised block in and sustain fitness during winter and get all the 'summer best' bits serviced where need be.
 
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