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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    RT66 wrote: »
    Anyone else going for this one?
    :)

    77km a day, lol at trying to explain that much bike time to the wife!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Inquitus wrote: »
    77km a day, lol at trying to explain that much bike time to the wife!

    If you're never there, how can she ask?
    :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭C3PO


    RT66 wrote: »
    Anyone else going for this one?
    :)

    Just getting to grips with only achieving about 75-80% of the climbing challange .... not sure I can face another one yet!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    RPL1 wrote: »
    Just getting to grips with only achieving about 75-80% of the climbing challange .... not sure I can face another one yet!

    Only????? That was a huge challenge tbf. I "achieved" one third of your total.. :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Going to give it a blast - probably more do-able than the cllimbing challenge (for me, anyway:))

    I see you can't count turbo miles towards the total.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,734 ✭✭✭C3PO


    RT66 wrote: »
    Only????? That was a huge challenge tbf. I "achieved" one third of your total.. :o

    Yeh but I bet you're not seeing "meters elevation" in your sleep like I am!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭on_the_nickel


    Under 5 minutes is my main goal for next year life.

    I have a plan. It involves giving up the beer, crisps, cakes, sweets for 3 months, a sh1tload of intervals, a paceman and a 80mph tailwind.

    I can now retire from cycling. Anyone want a bike?


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    ................and a 80mph tailwind.

    Well, your wish was granted today anyways !!!

    On that note, I expect to see a few KOM or QOM today, esp in an E-W direction.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭on_the_nickel


    Well, your wish was granted today anyways !!!

    On that note, I expect to see a few KOM or QOM today, esp in an E-W direction.

    Imagine what I could have done if I didn't have the beer and crisps last night!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭cantalach


    Well, your wish was granted today anyways !!!

    On that note, I expect to see a few KOM or QOM today, esp in an E-W direction.

    The wind is pure northerly at the moment at all but 4 reporting stations where it is a nor-easter. So N-to-S segments are definitely the order of the day!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    NE wind my arse.

    The wind today is coming from everywhere.

    Just back from a cycle.
    Kenmare to Kilgarvan - Loo Bridge. Head wind (traveling N - NE).
    County bounds to Ballyvourney. Side wind fromthe North.
    Mullaghanish head and side wind from N/NW.
    Stumbled on the descent as I was blown from the west.

    Road to Macroom - side wind from East.

    Renanaree to Mointh of the Glen (traveling south wide head wind).
    Mouth of Glen to Top of Coum to Morleys Bridge - block headwind coming from the west.
    Morleys Bridge to Kenmare - westerly side wind.

    Kenmare to my house 4km up Molls Gap road - headwind from the west.

    The general tendency of the wind today is from the north. But there are westerly and easterly gusts.

    Several descents today were in the 21 & 24 sprocket - and I descended N S E and W today.

    Give me incessant rain and cold over this. A 5 hour interval session. I thought it would never end.

    My average speed on one descent was 22km.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    ROK ON wrote: »
    NE wind my arse.

    The wind today is coming from everywhere.

    Just back from a cycle.
    Kenmare to Kilgarvan - Loo Bridge. Head wind (traveling N - NE).
    County bounds to Ballyvourney. Side wind fromthe North.
    Mullaghanish head and side wind from N/NW.
    Stumbled on the descent as I was blown from the west.

    Road to Macroom - side wind from East.

    Renanaree to Mointh of the Glen (traveling south wide head wind).
    Mouth of Glen to Top of Coum to Morleys Bridge - block headwind coming from the west.
    Morleys Bridge to Kenmare - westerly side wind.

    Kenmare to my house 4km up Molls Gap road - headwind from the west.

    The general tendency of the wind today is from the north. But there are westerly and easterly gusts.

    Several descents today were in the 21 & 24 sprocket - and I descended N S E and W today.

    Give me incessant rain and cold over this. A 5 hour interval session. I thought it would never end.

    My average speed on one descent was 22km.

    i_want_you_to_htfu_wmid.jpg

    :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭cantalach


    ROK ON wrote: »
    NE wind my arse.

    The wind today is coming from everywhere.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    The general tendency of the wind today is from the north. But there are westerly and easterly gusts.

    Yeah, especially in the kind of terrain you were in! Chapeau for taking that on today!


  • Registered Users Posts: 437 ✭✭fran83


    How do I join the boards club??


  • Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭vistafinder


    Once you pass the drug test your sorted.


  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 74,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Bit disappointed I'm only in 2nd place on this segment

    Now if I could break the sound barrier I should hopefully regain the KOM

    @fran83, you should be able to join up via the club page, assuming you're already registered on Strava


  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭seve65


    RT66 wrote: »
    Anyone else going for this one?
    :)

    aye why not, not much of a chance of reaching it, but will keep me on my toes following the other lunatics :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Beasty wrote: »
    Bit disappointed I'm only in 2nd place on this segment

    :D
    Top ten speeds on that segment:
    1,024.4km/h
    970.5km/h
    757.8km/h
    635.8km/h
    576.2km/h
    553.2km/h
    547.7km/h
    542.3km/h
    507.5km/h
    498.4km/h

    what the hell is going on there?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭AIR-AUSSIE


    :D
    Top ten speeds on that segment:
    1,024.4km/h
    970.5km/h
    757.8km/h
    635.8km/h
    576.2km/h
    553.2km/h
    547.7km/h
    542.3km/h
    507.5km/h
    498.4km/h

    what the hell is going on there?
    I was literally looking at that this morning and thinking the same. :pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    what the hell is going on there?
    Strava seems to have difficulty with looping segments. While it's registering the distance correctly - in this case 15.4km for the number of laps being done - when someone does a single lap, Strava is logging that as a completion of the entire segment. So in this case the fastest guy has done a single lap (around 400m) in 54 seconds, but strava is recording that as having completed the entire segment of 15.4km in 54 seconds. That's 285 m/s or 1,024km/h.


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  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 74,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    seamus wrote: »
    a single lap (around 400m)
    458m on the black line;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Muckers


    Any more of those 3 months premium free codes out there?


  • Registered Users Posts: 24,462 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    seamus wrote: »
    Strava seems to have difficulty with looping segments. While it's registering the distance correctly - in this case 15.4km for the number of laps being done - when someone does a single lap, Strava is logging that as a completion of the entire segment. So in this case the fastest guy has done a single lap (around 400m) in 54 seconds, but strava is recording that as having completed the entire segment of 15.4km in 54 seconds. That's 285 m/s or 1,024km/h.

    hmmm.... an idea froms...:pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,442 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Muckers wrote: »
    Any more of those 3 months premium free codes out there?


    Not sure if this one is still valid (only a months trial, apparently).........but worth a try!

    Click on the linky

    http://www.strava.com/register?code=1monthtrialea

    Alternatively, these codes may work at the Upgrade link on your free account
    BLACKIE12
    vamoscycling2012


  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 74,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    hmmm.... an idea froms...:pac:
    I've already tried it! I have a 56km non stop session at Sundrive uploaded from a couple of years ago - only gave me a maximum lap speed of 432kph:(


  • Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭Iwernia


    Alternatively, these codes may work at the Upgrade link on your free account
    BLACKIE12
    vamoscycling2012[/QUOTE]



    invalid or expired


  • Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 74,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    I've had what I presume is a complete stranger from the other side of the world recently started following me, and giving me kudos for various rides.

    I can't think of any link (he has followed a couple of other Irish-based riders), but it's prompting me to go and spook-out some obscure riders from the likes of Outer Mongolia by following them and giving them kudos:)

    (in fact, I'm going to follow the first Outer-Mongolian rider I can find if there are any - if not, I guess it will have to be someone from somewhere like Laios)


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    I see Jean-Claude (aka Laurens) Ten Dam is joined up to Strava.
    Look at his La Doyenne (LBL) file, and all those big VAM numbers :eek: (kudos)
    Note: he finished 63rd, 5min39sec behind Iglinsky.


  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭seve65


    I see Jean-Claude (aka Laurens) Ten Dam is joined up to Strava.
    Look at his La Doyenne (LBL) file, and all those big VAM numbers :eek: (kudos)
    Note: he finished 63rd, 5min39sec behind Iglinsky.

    and he got 47 Kudos:D


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  • Registered Users Posts: 340 ✭✭maloner


    I see Jean-Claude (aka Laurens) Ten Dam is joined up to Strava.
    Look at his La Doyenne (LBL) file, and all those big VAM numbers :eek: (kudos)
    Note: he finished 63rd, 5min39sec behind Iglinsky.

    I think his heart rate numbers are mad.

    Half his race was in zone 2, and only a little time in zone 4.

    His climb up La Redoute near the end of the race (1.5km @ 9.7%) was square in the middle of zone3 (159bpm), yet his VAM for that was 1672 and 370 watts.

    Impressive stuff.

    I think its great to be able to see these details for pro riders. You can check out various other pro's by looking at his following list.


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