OCD? Rounding out your mileage for a ride
10-15-15, 08:40 AM
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10-15-15, 08:42 AM
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Simple, recharge your battery, replace the tires, chain & cassette & apply lube every Monday. Why try to squeeze mileage out of the battery/tires/chain/cassette, lube other than vanity & the ability to say "My < fill in the blank > lasts longer than your < fill in the blank >?"
10-15-15, 08:43 AM
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About half of my rides end up with me being somewhere on time, or someone else does. In That case I divide the time left in half and turn around at the right time.
If I'm going for a certain distance (like longer than last weekend) I turn around at the half mileage point. That makes it easy to finish at a certain number, but I don't care If I'm off.
If I'm doing a loop I just guesstimate the distance and go. I guess I ride way to much because this year I'm often right on the total I guesstimated.
If I'm going for a certain distance (like longer than last weekend) I turn around at the half mileage point. That makes it easy to finish at a certain number, but I don't care If I'm off.
If I'm doing a loop I just guesstimate the distance and go. I guess I ride way to much because this year I'm often right on the total I guesstimated.
10-15-15, 08:51 AM
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Simple, recharge your battery, replace the tires, chain & cassette & apply lube every Monday. Why try to squeeze mileage out of the battery/tires/chain/cassette, lube other than vanity & the ability to say "My < fill in the blank > lasts longer than your < fill in the blank >?"
Wait....the calendar suggests that I do it Sunday at midnight to be at the end of the week.
..........or........is that the beginning of the week? Now what do I do?? BF braintrust help me!
Rpen....you need to get your front tire to 75 or 80 psi no more 77 anything.
10-15-15, 09:03 AM
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I need to do mine on Wednesday at noon. That's half way through the week.
Wait....the calendar suggests that I do it Sunday at midnight to be at the end of the week.
..........or........is that the beginning of the week? Now what do I do?? BF braintrust help me!
Rpen....you need to get your front tire to 75 or 80 psi no more 77 anything.
Wait....the calendar suggests that I do it Sunday at midnight to be at the end of the week.
..........or........is that the beginning of the week? Now what do I do?? BF braintrust help me!
Rpen....you need to get your front tire to 75 or 80 psi no more 77 anything.
10-15-15, 10:34 AM
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Definitely some form of OCD, but hey, that's what makes the world go round. However, it's also a form of training and a way to max out your riding time, so whatever works! When I fuel up my car, I always land on an even nickel. All I'm doing is supporting that bit of OCD, no other benefit, at least you get something out of it.
10-15-15, 12:03 PM
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No, I don't do that.
I generally do not care about distance, but since getting a power meter I care about time riding, interval times, 3 second power, cadence when out on a training ride.
I generally do not care about distance, but since getting a power meter I care about time riding, interval times, 3 second power, cadence when out on a training ride.
10-15-15, 12:06 PM
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I logged a ride that was 99.2 or something like that and a few people were almost truly upset with me for not riding it up to full century. I got more than one WTF, would it have killed you to finish that last mile !?
I would have but my garmin was telling me my DI2 battery was at 80% the garmin battery was at 20%I had an average power of 220 watts and my average speed was 16.0.
Too much risk of disturbing any of the other metrics while adding part of a mile. I mean what would I do if the di2 power dropped to 79.9!
(For real I got crap for logging a ride that was just short of 100)
I would have but my garmin was telling me my DI2 battery was at 80% the garmin battery was at 20%I had an average power of 220 watts and my average speed was 16.0.
Too much risk of disturbing any of the other metrics while adding part of a mile. I mean what would I do if the di2 power dropped to 79.9!
(For real I got crap for logging a ride that was just short of 100)
10-15-15, 03:33 PM
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So I've noticed lately that I have a habit of trying to finish my rides with either an even number of miles or a multiple of 5 (so 25 or 28 miles rather than 23, for example). I've ridden the same routes enough times to know exactly how much I can add on by a given detour on the way home. I did 77 miles last Saturday and that bothered the hell out of me because I had a slow leak, no more CO2, and had to go straight home so couldn't tack on 3 miles to get to 80.
Anyone else notice themselves doing something like this? I do something similar with time on the trainer, need to finish on a multiple of 10 minute increments.
Anyone else notice themselves doing something like this? I do something similar with time on the trainer, need to finish on a multiple of 10 minute increments.
Those who have suggested otherwise and/or those who recommended controlled substances are themselves the ones who should consider counseling and/or consumption of controlled substances. The concept of going the "extra mile" is time-honored, worthy, and predates these naysayers.
Ride on and enjoy!
10-15-15, 03:45 PM
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First > 100km > 2000kj > 200 TSS ride since crashing
https://www.strava.com/activities/405666441
although usually I don't care, can stop at 899 miles for the month, etc.
10-15-15, 04:23 PM
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I wanted 2000kj on my first long ride since crashing in June so I detoured a little on the way back
First > 100km > 2000kj > 200 TSS ride since crashing
https://www.strava.com/activities/405666441
although usually I don't care, can stop at 899 miles for the month, etc.
First > 100km > 2000kj > 200 TSS ride since crashing
https://www.strava.com/activities/405666441
although usually I don't care, can stop at 899 miles for the month, etc.
10-15-15, 05:04 PM
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After loosing a month and spending another at the seven-hours-a-week limit of my indoor trainer riding patience I had to catchup on both fitness and OCD.
10-15-15, 05:32 PM
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Only once when I found myself back in my neighborhood after a long ride. I had a little over 99 miles reading on the computer so I looped the block about ten times to close the deal.
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10-15-15, 05:46 PM
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Given the constant recalculating going on in my head during longer rides I couldn't imagine not topping a ride off... though there's usually some other number if miles are short. But 77, that's just under 125k, almost 5^3 
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10-15-15, 07:22 PM
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I might be just a little OCD. This summer I rode one of my bikes until the speedo hit exactly 300 miles, then took off the chain and retired it for the winter. I need just a skosh under 9 more miles on another bike to have exactly 2500 miles on it. Then for a winter project I'm going to disassemble it and rebuild it from the frame up with some better components.
Why 300 and 2500 miles? I have no idea.
Why 300 and 2500 miles? I have no idea.
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I guess we all have our little compulsions. I am positively "compelled" to reach my 2000 miles a year. But I don't care how many miles more than the goal I log. I can understand circling a parking lot to finish a goal. Last year I rode 9 miles in the rain to finish my 2000 mile goal.
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10-15-15, 07:50 PM
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40 km = 24.854848 miles. I'd think you want to ride to end at 25 miles (40.2336 km).
I guess we all have our little compulsions. I am positively "compelled" to reach my 2000 miles a year. But I don't care how many miles more than the goal I log. I can understand circling a parking lot to finish a goal. Last year I rode 9 miles in the rain to finish my 2000 mile goal.
I guess we all have our little compulsions. I am positively "compelled" to reach my 2000 miles a year. But I don't care how many miles more than the goal I log. I can understand circling a parking lot to finish a goal. Last year I rode 9 miles in the rain to finish my 2000 mile goal.
Well, OK, that's not 100% true. Miles only mean anything to me when I'm riding an imperial century (100 miles). Otherwise, miles mean nothing to me. I have to break out a calculator to convert kilometres to miles, and that's just too much work for no reason.
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