Strava Boards.ie Club

WOOOHOOO First in my age group (and the next younger group too!!!) up Stocking Lane.

Many thanks Yi Harr, much obliged

6th in overall climbing, 4th in overall distance. Not too shabby! In fairness, it's not all down to me :-p

http://cosmocatalano.com/strava/club_leaders/

Moved up to joint first on lusk by pass with Beasty and one other.I think Beasty has his name on every segment in North County Dublin

Zen0 wrote: »

Thanks very much Yi Harr. Finally, I can compare my performance to that of other decrepit oul lads!

I'll be in that group then so...

Any Boardsie members exiled in London?

Anybody else joining the cycling challenge for a laugh ?

app.strava.com/challenges/specialized-classic

This guy has got off to a what one might call an energetic start:
app.strava.com/rides/5251721

and that wasnt his only ride of the day !:eek:

To quote from dubbtech.com/2012/03/14/specialized-challenges-us-to-47-days-of-climbing-pain/

• It’s a smidge under 20 vertical miles (19.95 miles).
• It’s like climbing Mount Everest 3.6 times.
• Going up, you’d be halfway through the Earth’s stratosphere.
• You’ll climb the total of all five Spring Classics put together … times three

joined

A few segments have sprung up on my commuting route.

How can you be KOM when there's no Mountain? Or even a slight gradient? (Rock Road I'm looking at you ).

Some really fast times all the same. Impossible to beat in morning traffic with lights etc. That's my excuse anyway.

daragh_ wrote: »

A few segments have sprung up on my commuting route.

How can you be KOM when there's no Mountain? Or even a slight gradient? (Rock Road I'm looking at you ).

Some really fast times all the same. Impossible to beat in morning traffic with lights etc. [COLOR="Silver"]That's my excuse anyway.[/COLOR]

I agree with the koh / kom inflation but I set up two flat segments (one each way) at the back of the airport where one could consistently measure "performance " as there's no junction of note for a good few km.
Kos should be the term for these, and I vote for a c prefix to denote commutes :-)

Lumen wrote: »

Segments with traffic lights are a bit silly though.

You can flag certain segments as potentially dangerous, which is what I'd be inclined to do when a segment has been set up with traffic lights.

For example, someone has created an "up the Rathgar Road" segment which is about putting in the best time from Rathmines to Rathgar. Even without the traffic lights bang in the middle, putting your head down and TTing this stretch is a recipe for disaster cos there's traffic constantly turning on and off the road.

Although I do like that someone has created a segment for the Templeogue road, giving me the second fastest time. I even remember the day. I'll never get it any faster though unless I decide to take the road bike to work again. Or unless I get a 50km/h easterly tailwind.

buffalo wrote: »

I had one of my segments - Knockmaroon Hill, http://app.strava.com/segments/714676 - marked as hazardous by someone. Going uphill, no traffic lights, part of my regular spins when I lived out that way. Were one of ye jealous of my KOM on it?

I noticed that and reported it to try and get it unmarked. I haven't checked back recently, but I've heard nothing.

Did you do better than 1:16 on it?

http://app.strava.com/segments/714676

Lumen wrote: »

I noticed that and reported it to try and get it unmarked. I haven't checked back recently, but I've heard nothing.

Did you do better than 1:16 on it?

http://app.strava.com/segments/714676

I flagged it as non-hazardous about a week ago as well. I have 1.15.

CramCycle wrote: »

Welcome to the dark side :pac:

Cheers CramCycle.

Won't be challenging for any KOM's but will be able to notch up a few Km's here n' there. Started using Strava at the start of the year and have done just under 1,100k & 4,500m.