Tell us about your cycle Yesterday.

Bloggsie · 17-05-2016 03:08PM

roosterman71 wrote: »

Mapmyride seems to be having some issues lately I noticed. I've permanently switched to Strava now

Must be jinxed, as I had issues with strava 18 months or so ago and I went over to mapmyride!

triggermortis · 17-05-2016 04:24PM

More or less the same route as yesterday but slightly different at the start going via Man o War. Once I figure out how to miss sets of lights in Balbriggan then I think this will be my go-to spin for the time I have available

https://www.strava.com/activities/578793188

Borderfox · 17-05-2016 04:36PM

Out by trevet on to Skryne and up to do three laps of the golf course side of Tara, nice day out and bagged a kom on trevet

https://www.strava.com/activities/578826041

Unknown Soldier · 17-05-2016 08:10PM

The fly that enter my eye this morning better not have laid eggs.

That's all I can think about.

What if it did?

I'll have like baby flies eating my brain and stuff

dahat · 17-05-2016 08:12PM

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

The fly that enter my eye this morning better not have laid eggs.

That's all I can think about.

What if it did?

I'll have like baby flies eating my brain and stuff

Did he show up on your Strava Fly bys?

I'll get my coat....

neris · 17-05-2016 09:00PM

Loop up around meath near skryne/tayto park this evening. 10km in and the heavens opened. Dont think ive been so wet on a bike in years. Got so heavy at one stage i thought i was going to have to stop coz visibility was so bad. Did get to see a herd of mr taytos buffalo roaming around aswell. A sopping 26km done

moonshadow · 17-05-2016 10:40PM

I got wet once stayed wet ...kept going but man was it hard...three detours close to home but eventually made it to 41km @ 28kmph.
Legs are dead after 140 on Sunday and hot yoga last night.

Bloggsie · 18-05-2016 06:23AM

a tough slog home last nite, headwind/crosswind most of the way, knackered. Still beats standing on a packed train!

T-Maxx · 18-05-2016 08:22AM

Coming down Howth Hill Sutton side yesterday evening I went through one of those automatic vehicle speed display yokes. I normally don't pay attention to these, but as it happens I read earlier the day in the "I crashed - when was the last time you crashed?" thread on here about a bloke crashing at 70 odd km/h so with this in mind I noted my checked speed as 62km/h, immediately checked the Garmin 53km/h, then concluded that it must be car behind me but a quick check over the shoulder revealed nothing.

I don't have the wheel magnet attached and hence rely on the GPS to determine speed. Can it be out but this much? Or does the display err on the side of caution?

Domane · 18-05-2016 08:28AM

First of my new early morning spins as I've decided that it's impossible to get a cycle in when I get home from work as I've kids to feed and play with and its ten by the time they get to bed. So up at 6am and out for a 30km spin from Clane to Donedea, round to Coill Dubh and home. Did it in an hour and ten minutes which wasn't bad for a just out of bed cycle. Nice morning for it, not too warm, not too cold and had the roads pretty much to myself. Will try to do that at least three times a week.

ThisRegard · 18-05-2016 08:41AM

T-Maxx wrote: »

Or does the display err on the side of caution?

When in the car I notice they tend to be pretty accurate, if there's a difference between the car and display it's usually only a k or two. Maybe it was a dodgy speed check?

T-Maxx · 18-05-2016 09:08AM

ThisRegard wrote: »

When in the car I notice they tend to be pretty accurate, if there's a difference between the car and display it's usually only a k or two. Maybe it was a dodgy speed check?

I'll check again next time if I remember.

I was hoping for confirmation that I'm actually 9km/h faster than I thought...

magicbastarder · 18-05-2016 09:58AM

the radar detector may have had trouble detecting you, being a smaller target than usual, and given an incorrect reading?

magicbastarder · 18-05-2016 10:01AM

T-Maxx wrote: »

I was hoping for confirmation that I'm actually 9km/h faster than I thought...

a double edged sword. what if you found out that you were permanently 9kph faster than expected?
would explain why you keep falling out of bed.

triggermortis · 18-05-2016 10:37AM

https://www.strava.com/activities/579884291

Another 40Km (ish) route and less hilly than the last 2 days. It was colder today so was glad of the arm and leg warmers

Fuzzytrooper · 18-05-2016 11:34AM

Gear cable snapped on my daily commute. I always wondered what a fixie was like...Good thing I have a spare at home (I think)

ezra_ · 18-05-2016 11:47AM

Fuzzytrooper wrote: »

Gear cable snapped on my daily commute. I always wondered what a fixie was like...Good thing I have a spare at home (I think)

When the cable snaps (assuming it was on the rear set), does the gear stay where it is, or does it lack of tension cause it to shift?

crosstownk · 18-05-2016 11:54AM

ezra_ wrote: »

When the cable snaps (assuming it was on the rear set), does the gear stay where it is, or does it lack of tension cause it to shift?

The rear mech will drop down to the smallest sprocket as the cable is no longer working against the tension of the spring in the mech. If you have a screwdriver with you, you can wind in the limit screw to move it up to a larger sprocket if necessary.

smacl · 18-05-2016 12:14PM

T-Maxx wrote: »

I don't have the wheel magnet attached and hence rely on the GPS to determine speed. Can it be out but this much? Or does the display err on the side of caution?

Depends on a lot of different factors, but over short distances GPS speed can be very inaccurate. Don't know the location, but common interference factors are trees or being adjacent to a wall or cliff edge. The accuracy depends on the number of satellites the GPS can 'see' in clear view overhead, whether it is looking at them directly or taking in signals bounced off other objects, and whether some satellites are coming in and out of view. Properly calibrated wheel magnet will give far more accurate speed measurement over short distance.

traprunner · 18-05-2016 12:35PM

smacl wrote: »

Depends on a lot of different factors, but over short distances GPS speed can be very inaccurate. Don't know the location, but common interference factors are trees or being adjacent to a wall or cliff edge. The accuracy depends on the number of satellites the GPS can 'see' in clear view overhead, whether it is looking at them directly or taking in signals bounced off other objects, and whether some satellites are coming in and out of view. Properly calibrated wheel magnet will give far more accurate speed measurement over short distance.

I'd imagine using a smart phone would be much more accurate than a Garmin or the likes. Take an iPhone for example. It uses GPS along with wifi hotspots and mobile phone masts.

magicbastarder · 18-05-2016 12:53PM

the extra benefit a mobile phone mast would give over GPS is very, very marginal; and in fact would probably lead to greater errors, i would guess.

an error on a GPS device of say 20m would probably be dwarfed by the say 100m a lock on mobile phone masts would give, so throw in an even larger error.

Fuzzytrooper · 18-05-2016 12:54PM

crosstownk wrote: »

The rear mech will drop down to the smallest sprocket as the cable is no longer working against the tension of the spring in the mech. If you have a screwdriver with you, you can wind in the limit screw to move it up to a larger sprocket if necessary.

Most of my cycle is relatively flat without too much stopping and starting so I think I'll suffer it for the way home. I tend to spend most of my cycling in the outer gear anyway following starting off so I'll survive.

Must remember to chuck in a screwdriver to my mobile toolkit though.

traprunner · 18-05-2016 12:57PM

On the iPhone the wifi hotspots really improve the accuracy. It can make the difference of a few hundred meters at times depending on sight of GPS satellites. However, there won't be as many wifi hotspots in the middle of the countryside.

cython · 18-05-2016 02:17PM

traprunner wrote: »

On the iPhone the wifi hotspots really improve the accuracy. It can make the difference of a few hundred meters at times depending on sight of GPS satellites. However, there won't be as many wifi hotspots in the middle of the countryside.

You may also find that the GPS hardware in the iPhone (by virtue of being a jack of all trades piece of hardware) is inferior in accuracy to that in a dedicated GPS device. Even across dedicated GPS devices, the sample rate can vary significantly, e.g. a Garmin Edge will generally sample more frequently than a forerunner, because of the higher average speeds cycling than running. And that is before considering that some Garmins also support GLONASS as well.

route66 · 18-05-2016 03:03PM

Fuzzytrooper wrote: »

Gear cable snapped on my daily commute. I always wondered what a fixie was like...Good thing I have a spare at home (I think)

Naww, you got yourself a singlespeed, not a fixie:

From bicyclehabitat.com (link)

“Fixie" is short for “fixed gear,” which is a slang term for bicycles that have drivetrains with one gear that's fixed to the rear wheel so that you cannot coast and must continue pedaling whenever the bike's moving

<snip>

Not to be confused with singlespeeds, which allow coasting

dahat · 18-05-2016 03:21PM

First day of unemployment after being made redundant after 20 years yesterday.

Decided Seskin Hill was to be my pain aftdr two failures in March. Steely determination with some anger mixed in get me up it this time which meant alot to me.

Followed road back to Clonmel via Rathgormack with a headwind to annoy me further. Road home is lumpy as well so was pretty happy to get 58km on at avg 27.8km/h.

All set for The Comeragh Tour Sunday week now with Mabon fallls & Seskin holding no fears of failure.

Luxman · 18-05-2016 06:25PM

dahat wrote: »

First day of unemployment after being made redundant after 20 years yesterday.

Decided Seskin Hill was to be my pain aftdr two failures in March. Steely determination with some anger mixed in get me up it this time which meant alot to me.

Followed road back to Clonmel via Rathgormack with a headwind to annoy me further. Road home is lumpy as well so was pretty happy to get 58km on at avg 27.8km/h.

All set for The Comeragh Tour Sunday week now with Mabon fallls & Seskin holding no fears of failure.

Cycling more or less saved me after the same fate three years ago. Keep pedalling.

dahat · 18-05-2016 06:58PM

Luxman wrote: »

Cycling more or less saved me after the same fate three years ago. Keep pedalling.

I will indeed, even my wife has said that she is glad I have the bike to help with the stress etc.

Bloggsie · 20-05-2016 01:08PM

That was 2 hard slogs home Tuesday & yesterday, I could hardly get my leg over (the bike, durty minds) when I got home yesterday. who can I write a letter of complaint to about the headwind?

ezra_ · 20-05-2016 02:42PM

Bloggsie wrote: »

who can I write a letter of complaint to about the headwind?

I heard that Danny Healy-Rae knows this guy...

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