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Malt_Vinegar said:
What i really want is notifications of segments starting, and general speed info and perhaps the ability to add in HRM and/or other sensors
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The Elemnt does Live Segments which works pretty well. Times are 'Provisional' as Strava get the ultimate say. Though you do need to be a Premium member, on a 60 day free trial currently but can't see me keeping it as it doesn't offer anything of real use that TP doesn't.

I'll miss Live Segments but don't value them highly enough to pay for, just wait until you get home :p
 
I don't understand the need for live segments, can anyone explain? Surely if you're going for a segment just go full gas and if you really care check when you get back rather than looking at a screen across the whole segment not concentrating on the road or really even your own riding.
 
Popped to the Trek store this afternoon for my fit which in hindsight probably wasn't really needed and in the search for 'optimisation' has done more harm than good :o *Should add they were pretty impressed with how it was with my own setup* :cool:



After 2 40m & 1 75m rides I was quite comfortable (100mm stem). Though we made the following changes:

  • Levelled my uneven hoods
  • Moved my hoods further down so they're flush with the tops of the bars & more accesible on the drops (they were a bit high)
  • Dropped 5mm stem spacer
  • Saddle angle decreased as I've had some discomfort and should coincide with the spacer drop.
  • Saddle height unchanged

Sounds wonderful but I had the most uncomfortable 30 miles home I've had in a long time. Generally I've always got my position to that 'sweet spot' without any hassle and should have just kept it as it was :o

Bars & hoods felt like they were falling away and no matter how much back extension I went in to it was uncomfortable. I ended up tipping the bars up slightly after 10m (in a bid to bring the hoods closer as my arms were fully extended) and then shortly after realised my saddle had plenty of room to come forward. As it happens it had been refitted in excess of the min/max mark and was now fitted to the physical limit on the rails, so further back than it was originally. Talk about being stretched out :eek: #allthereach

Shunted the saddle forward which helped to some degree but by this point toes in both feet had started to go numb and some 'cyclists palsy' was evident in my left hand which I've never experienced before. Grip pls respond.

I think I'll keep the 110mm stem as my saddle was as far back as it could have been so bringing it & my weight a little further forward over the bike shouldn't be a hinderance, though will negate any extra reach it would have added. Tweaked my bars so the tops that run in to the hoods are angled ever so slightly up rather than parallel to the ground as it's what I'm used to and is comfortable.

Still, belter of a day for it. 26 degrees and blue skies.

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SoliD said:
I don't understand the need for live segments, can anyone explain? Surely if you're going for a segment just go full gas and if you really care check when you get back rather than looking at a screen across the whole segment not concentrating on the road or really even your own riding.
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There's no need. Easy enough to note the start/end points as you say. Just a feature I'm taking advantage of while it's free.

I'd much rather focus on power PR's than e-Peening segments :p but it's another measure of progress I suppose.
 
I'm quite upset with this glorious weather I've not got out, rode to work today, but whatever stomach issue I had at the weekend hasn't fully gone away, as it was so ridiculously difficult. Really annoying as well because it is club hill climb tomorrow, which I have missed the last 2 years, one of which was due to sickness. What is it about this time of year for me.
 
SoliD said:
I don't understand the need for live segments, can anyone explain? Surely if you're going for a segment just go full gas and if you really care check when you get back rather than looking at a screen across the whole segment not concentrating on the road or really even your own riding.
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If you see you are behind or struggling to beat the KOM then you can back off and save energy. Short segments then it's kinda useless but when you're going for a 5 min+ segment then knowing you have no chance of beating the KOM is useful.
Anyway, it's no different to looking at power/speed/HR/cadence data whilst riding.
 
I take back all my gushing about Pro4 tyres - two tyre levers broken trying to put new ones on. Combined with chain and cleaning and stuff I've been doing bike maint for about 5 hours. Sigh.
 
FrenchTart said:
I take back all my gushing about Pro4 tyres - two tyre levers broken trying to put new ones on. Combined with chain and cleaning and stuff I've been doing bike maint for about 5 hours. Sigh.
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I think that's just you mate. :p

Shame about the fitting Ben, what machine did they have up there? I keep saying I'm going to go for a fitting and I defo think I will as I get numb fingers after a while. Although I might **** about on the trainer with my bike fit app first and see what adjustments I can tweak in.
 
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