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Old 03-03-15 | 11:03 AM
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Check out those punishing ascents and those wicked powerful legs. Gotta love how it doesn't mirror itself after the 3.5mi turnaround even though it's just a reversal of the same route. Sometimes phone computers make mountains out of molehills.
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Old 03-03-15 | 12:06 PM
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My flat commute home (with gravel in the middle and little towns on the ends). This chart also proves I am one of those cyclists that actually stops at stop signs, thankfully no stop lights along my commute.
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Old 03-03-15 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rpecot
That is awesome. My LBS had a di2 demo last week and the Shimano guy said, don't ride this if you're not ready to buy a new bike. I resisted for the most part, but played with a bike on the stand. Smooth, crisp shifting, AND you can play with the data later? Cool.
You can, but you need a computer/head unit that supports the Shimano D-fly sensor, e.g. Garmin Edge 510/810/1000 to record the data. Neither Garmin Connect, Strava or Endomondo shows Di2 data as the time of writing. Only di2stats.com shows you what you want, but you have to upload activities manually.
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Old 03-03-15 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by icyj
My flat commute home (with gravel in the middle and little towns on the ends). This chart also proves I am one of those cyclists that actually stops at stop signs, thankfully no stop lights along my commute.
How many stops do you have? Looks like maby 8 or 9 by looking at your chart.
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Old 03-03-15 | 12:28 PM
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How many stops do you have? Looks like maby 8 or 9 by looking at your chart.
Exactly! 9 stops total, but one is avoidable if I stay on the highway and avoid the gravel. Looks like your commute is comparable to mine in length!
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Old 03-03-15 | 12:48 PM
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Here are my to work and to home graphs from Strava.



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Old 03-03-15 | 09:51 PM
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Full of spikes and troughs, looks nice

That's my current daily to work 24ish miles - 80% up hill, lots of stops (red lights and stop signs) - I hit a store in the middle - I can do this in an average of 3 hours - quickest was 2:54
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Old 03-03-15 | 10:43 PM
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Here's my commute home. Mostly flat with a bridge in the middle. There's a decent section in the middle with only one potential stop at a light and a few overpasses.

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Old 03-03-15 | 11:35 PM
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Houston. Flat as a pancake.
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Old 03-20-15 | 10:42 PM
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Me fighting 20mph headwinds. For most of the commute it felt like my bike was moving backwards.
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Old 03-21-15 | 10:50 PM
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Flat commute.
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Old 03-22-15 | 03:44 AM
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Me fighting 20mph headwinds. For most of the commute it felt like my bike was moving backwards.
Wow, that must have been hard. 208W but 9 mph in avg...
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Old 03-22-15 | 08:18 AM
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Flat with very small inclines. This is going to work.
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Old 03-22-15 | 09:31 AM
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