Strava hurts my feelings
06-25-12, 08:17 PM
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Past and future Beanz! Like I said, it's all cycles. Every so often I get an urge to kick some arse so I get into shape. Be ready come next year. I will be turning 50 just before Breathless Agony and Big Bear. Perfect time to show what I still got after all these years. My gate to the shack times will be down to 55 minutes, maybe 50 if I concentrate on the shack without the village. I did 56 minutes to the shack on a ride to the village so I wasn't going all out. Right now I'm at about 260 so I've got lots of room for improvement.
You better train cause I'm coming after you!
2005 Beanz...225 lbs
2009 Beanz....228 lbs
You better train cause I'm coming after you!
2005 Beanz...225 lbs
2009 Beanz....228 lbs
06-25-12, 08:48 PM
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06-25-12, 10:47 PM
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06-25-12, 11:04 PM
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No bike even in the picture! Oh, and welcome to the clyde forum btw. 
Beach - I can't sort by men or women, the option doesn't appear to exist... that must be an extra feature for women members. As to how you got #7? No idea.
Beach - I can't sort by men or women, the option doesn't appear to exist... that must be an extra feature for women members. As to how you got #7? No idea.
06-26-12, 11:36 AM
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The sort is on the leaderboard..you can sort by "all time and various date ranges" and next to that it says "men and women" and if you hit the down arrow, it shows the option to go men only or women only.
I see maybe that when I uploaded I was 7th as most of the people on the women's leaderboard were from 6/23 so maybe at the time I uploaded I was 7th but as others uploaded their data I moved to 10th of 10 LOL And more than double the time of the person in 9th (I was walking and they were riding) Ha ha ha
06-26-12, 04:45 PM
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I made a few of my own on my commute to work. One stretch has a few intersections so if you don't hit the lights right, you get slowed down...but I don't care and I am NOT going to run lights ... I just created them to see how I do...
06-26-12, 05:01 PM
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Just create multiple segments between the traffic lights/stop signs. That way, if you do get caught at a light, it doesn't count against your time.
07-01-12, 01:03 PM
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Decided to sprint almost all out on one segment to see how good I could do. Well stupid Strava hurt my feelings again.
Dang you strava stop pointing out how slow I am.
https://app.strava.com/segments/1186017
Dang you strava stop pointing out how slow I am.
https://app.strava.com/segments/1186017
07-02-12, 05:04 AM
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In the 350+ group I am the mackdaddy. The funny part is I'm probably dropping 20lbs away from being in the top 10 on the 14th street bridge. 
07-02-12, 06:41 AM
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07-02-12, 06:26 PM
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In my area, a lot of the cyclists have segments on those darned big climbs. So I decided to create some segments on some of the flats that you can just power on. The time difference in strava is not as horrific for those segments compared to the climbs (where I'm dead last) Overall, I really like Strava for tracking my PR and I find I'll put more effort/ride faster in an area with a segment so it's a good motivational tool.
Overall, I really like Strava for tracking my PR and I find I'll put more effort/ride faster in an area with a segment so it's a good motivational tool.
07-03-12, 08:52 AM
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I am usually around 220/500 on my local area, but now I know where these segments are I will give them a blast - I don't believe that these fastest times have been set randomly in the middle of a 40 mile ride.
07-03-12, 10:23 AM
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My hurt feelings become a fire to climb up a couple of pages.
Then I saw a stinking biker being towed up a long climb by a moped. It has to be about the PRs and not Top 10s.
I did post a top 10 last spring, I had a 30 mph tailwind. Its fun when a 58 yo chubby dude posts with the 30something grayhounds.
Then I saw a stinking biker being towed up a long climb by a moped. It has to be about the PRs and not Top 10s.
I did post a top 10 last spring, I had a 30 mph tailwind. Its fun when a 58 yo chubby dude posts with the 30something grayhounds.
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07-03-12, 10:35 AM
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I just loaded a bunch of my data into Strava and was groaning while comparing my time to a bunch of guys on the route of the old Morgul Bismark. Then I noticed something odd: Almost all of the top guys did it on the *same* day. Yes, it was their race data from the Superior Morgul Classic held this past May.
07-03-12, 10:56 AM
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Gotta learn to only look at the PR's. My ride today i thought was bad and the heat(humidity) bonked me out but i ended up getting 5 PR's on the ride.
I am putting aside 5 bucks a paycheck to get the premium membership, hoping that if i can filter out all the skinnys that my ranking will be way better and it wont hurt as much
I am putting aside 5 bucks a paycheck to get the premium membership, hoping that if i can filter out all the skinnys that my ranking will be way better and it wont hurt as much
07-03-12, 02:54 PM
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Just started using Strava mid June, after tracking April, May, and part of June using Endomondo and a smart phone. My wife freaked when she saw the huge spike in my data usage. Now I am on Garmin to Strava Via USB, and we are back on the "old fogies" data plan.
I usually come in at about the fifth percentile on the segments I do, but I live and commute in a very active cycling community with a lot of super jocks, so I don't let it get to me. I will probably upgrade to premium to see how I do in my age group.
I did one segment yesterday, called the Harvard Charge, in Irvine CA, where I got a PR 18.2 mph for 1.2 mi, (slight cross wind) which was 532 out of 895 (woot)
I usually come in at about the fifth percentile on the segments I do, but I live and commute in a very active cycling community with a lot of super jocks, so I don't let it get to me. I will probably upgrade to premium to see how I do in my age group.
I did one segment yesterday, called the Harvard Charge, in Irvine CA, where I got a PR 18.2 mph for 1.2 mi, (slight cross wind) which was 532 out of 895 (woot)
07-05-12, 05:09 AM
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Pleased to have set 2x PB's, and 2x 2nd place times today (Within 1 second and within 5 seconds) Wasn't going for times, I am too heavy legged from the 10% Tour right now. My local segments are improved on the 2x PB's.
45/109
24/59 (Climb from a standing start due to Temp. Traffic Lights)
42/60
74/106
108/123 (Exhausted by the time I got to this)
45/109
24/59 (Climb from a standing start due to Temp. Traffic Lights)
42/60
74/106
108/123 (Exhausted by the time I got to this)
