Pedal Power Thread

neil_g said:
thatll be those android phones... wouldnt get that with an iphone :D

on a serious note, going to try some south downs this weekend. coronary inbound..
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for the same route, same app, same
phone is recorded 1.67, 1.65 and 1.52 miles. these GPS apps are that accurate lol(iPhone BTW)
 
POAH said:
for the same route, same app, same
phone is recorded 1.67, 1.65 and 1.52 miles. these GPS apps are that accurate lol(iPhone BTW)
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its the hardware and atmosphere that are the main impacts on accuracy apparently - http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy/

garmin claim to be accurate to within 15 meters (average) for example, google suggests iphone 4 is a little further out at up to 20 meters.
 
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I also find that it depends where you have your phone about your person. My spurious readings recently (like my example above) are all when I've had it in the pocket of my shorts. If I have it in my back pack it has tracked flawlessly so far.
 
TopBanana said:
I also find that it depends where you have your phone about your person. My spurious readings recently (like my example above) are all when I've had it in the pocket of my shorts. If I have it in my back pack it has tracked flawlessly so far.
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thats interesting, i normally have mine in my pocket. will try it in my bag and see if theres a difference
 
neil_g said:
thats interesting, i normally have mine in my pocket. will try it in my bag and see if theres a difference
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I've had quite a few strange readings, for instance it only picking up the middle mile of a 10mile ride and they've always been when it's in my pocket - must be something to do with where the GPS chip is compared to my leg or something - and maybe a particularly weak GPS signal as it's not a particularly expensive or modern phone. :shrug:
 
all readings where from the same pocket in my shorts.

went up to the braes again today but this time I forgot my helmet lol

clearly I am just not ment to cycle the commonwealth course on my own :(
 
I'm bike less whilst it's away for its 6 week free service. Sad to say I miss it lol :D
 
I took my bike for its first run this morning! I got the Trek Domane 2.0. Its very quick compared to my hybrid. I knocked over a minute off my pb, without killing myself!
I'm petrified someones gonna steal it off the bike rack at my work. Iv got two kryptonite locks and theres cctv all over it but i'm thinking of buying two Dobermans and chaining them to the wheels!!!
Its insured but it will break my heart if someone steals it.
 
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My wife n+1ed today with a specialized dolce sport. The big grin in her face and the need to nip of for a lap of Richmond park is great to see. However, she now has more bikes than me! I need to think about something steel framed I think...
 
Lee_weir said:
I took my bike for its first run this morning! I got the Trek Domane 2.0. Its very quick compared to my hybrid. I knocked over a minute off my pb, without killing myself!
I'm petrified someones gonna steal it off the bike rack at my work. Iv got two kryptonite locks and theres cctv all over it but i'm thinking of buying two Dobermans and chaining them to the wheels!!!
Its insured but it will break my heart if someone steals it.
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nah its a road bike :p :lol:
 
What phone holders, if any, do people have? I don't generally use my phone anymore, but want to do some longer rides where a map would be good, and plan to use the phone (Samsung S2). Anyone have any recommendations? Will be all on road, so barring the usual pot holes, not too bumpy.
 
menthel said:
Great ride out today. 90k and over 1000m of climbing! I love my new bike.
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Great stuff, sounds like you are flying :-)

I've gone the opposite way, travel for work, holiday then food poisoning this week has meant hardly anything done last 3-4 weeks and triathlon in a month....
 
akr said:
Great stuff, sounds like you are flying :-)

I've gone the opposite way, travel for work, holiday then food poisoning this week has meant hardly anything done last 3-4 weeks and triathlon in a month....
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Sounds like a bummer.

Cycling is going well at the moment. Next planned cycle is down to camber sands but will try something before then. All building up to the dunwich dynamo.
 
menthel said:
Sounds like a bummer.

Cycling is going well at the moment. Next planned cycle is down to camber sands but will try something before then. All building up to the dunwich dynamo.
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It's worse as I keep seeing my brother and brother in law's updates on strava, they are on course to destroy me - I'm considering sabotage.

Dunwich ride sounds excellent, friend from work has done it few times - assume you are not tree trying it on a Boris Bike like someone did!
 
akr said:
It's worse as I keep seeing my brother and brother in law's updates on strava, they are on course to destroy me - I'm considering sabotage.

Dunwich ride sounds excellent, friend from work has done it few times - assume you are not tree trying it on a Boris Bike like someone did!
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Nope, and not with a dog in a basket on the front either! ;)
 
well, I'm absolutely shattered after todays ride - it may not look like much, but first 1/3 had lots of 20+mph average speed in sustained lumps (3-4 miles a a time) - again, not a biggie for the racing snakes, but for a 16.5 stone 50 year old bloke who only recently got back on the bike it was going some. Then the last 2/3 managed to be into the 10-15mph headwind - it even backed and veered to stay in my teeth as I changed direction :(

Frankly, I'm completely cooked. And I apologise to anyone who i've replied to and sounded even more grumpy than normal. It's a combo of low blood sugar and unrequited hunger (i'm on a diet, and despite burning an extra 3000+ kcals today, I'm trying very hard not to go over my ration...)
 
TheBigYin said:
well, I'm absolutely shattered after todays ride - it may not look like much, but first 1/3 had lots of 20+mph average speed in sustained lumps (3-4 miles a a time) - again, not a biggie for the racing snakes, but for a 16.5 stone 50 year old bloke who only recently got back on the bike it was going some. Then the last 2/3 managed to be into the 10-15mph headwind - it even backed and veered to stay in my teeth as I changed direction :(

Frankly, I'm completely cooked. And I apologise to anyone who i've replied to and sounded even more grumpy than normal. It's a combo of low blood sugar and unrequited hunger (i'm on a diet, and despite burning an extra 3000+ kcals today, I'm trying very hard not to go over my ration...)
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Saw the ride on strava, looked like a good one! The wind was a big problem today in comparison to the intermittent rain.
 
Finally read this thread. A good read. My brother and I've quite the cycling history both being under sixteen road and tt champions in the nineties. I stopped riding at the turn of the century for some reason or other! All our bikes were builds my favourite being my track bike. Although after the 92 Olympics I did ride CB's gold winning bike around our track and it was the best couple of minutes of my life. I was thirteen years old!

Anyway I'm starting to hanker for a new bike for the three mile each way commute and some short 40 milers on days off. I have a very bad back now though and as much as I long for a nice road bike I don't think my creaky back will stand for it!

I'm definitely out of shape though as I did a ten miler on the turbo last week and only just got in under half an hour!
 
I think sadly, the time has come to sell my mountain bike, I just don't have the time to ride at the moment. Since I live in Norfolk, I really need a weekend away to do the bike justice, and I can't see me getting a chance to do that at all this year.

So I think I'll have to work out a price for it and get it up for sale, and just hire a bike when I go to a trail centre.

Keeping the road bike though!
 
neil_g said:
thats a shame, what have you got andy (mods - not outside of classifieds activity, just interested)
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Cove Stiffee with Revelation Race up front, SLX Groupset, RaceFace Evolve All Mountain finishing kit, Mavic XM719 rims on SLX hubs. Love the bike, but haven't ridden it for almost a year now..

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neil_g said:
nice, ive always like cove. i was going to get a hustler before i got the trek but someone out bid me.
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I was really surprised at how light it was, I had the first Boardman Team when they were launched, and then went to this and there was barely any difference in weight, despite the Cove being a lot harder hitting.

The Treks are all great bikes too, was a trek that first got me bitten by the bug :)
 
Got a little bit hit by a car today. Daft woman turning right across traffic failed to see the large lump in yellow on a bike. Me and bike were fine. I love cycling in tooting!
 
menthel said:
Got a little bit hit by a car today. Daft woman turning right across traffic failed to see the large lump in yellow on a bike. Me and bike were fine. I love cycling in tooting!
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Glad to hear you're ok. It's scary how easily these things can happen and shows how much you need to keep your wits about you watching out for dodgy drivers!
 
menthel said:
Got a little bit hit by a car today. Daft woman turning right across traffic failed to see the large lump in yellow on a bike. Me and bike were fine. I love cycling in tooting!
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Glad to hear you and bike still in one piece. Cycling in London certainly has it's moments! If I had one those video helmet cams I'd need to buy a lot of disk space to store the good, bad and ugly from my commute.
 
akr said:
Glad to hear you and bike still in one piece. Cycling in London certainly has it's moments! If I had one those video helmet cams I'd need to buy a lot of disk space to store the good, bad and ugly from my commute.
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Thanks. I couldn't face videoing my commute. I would never want to get on a bike again if I watched it back!
 
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