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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    so - 26 people signed up then.

    guess we're playing at 6's and 7's...

    time to go re-shuffle the packs
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Here we go then - draft re-shuffle of the teams...

    no. MFP Name
    301 BigG59
    302 ntnunk
    303 Cloggsy71
    304
    305
    306
    307 suffer landrian
    308 TDSeest
    309 TheBigYin
    311 CentralCali Cycling
    312 KitTheRoadie
    313 kupe
    314 Bama BoyScout
    315
    316
    317 FitterBody
    318
    319 stewart layzell
    321 jillyian
    322 Hawkeyegal 1995
    323 narak_lol
    324 MrsCentral CaliCycling
    325
    326 canbbot
    327
    328 banshee1013
    329 nerdie professor
    331 m1xm0d3
    332
    333 ruthbardell
    334 Check_Mate
    335 bsexton3
    336 webtracer
    337 lbchilds2001
    338
    339 Spatialized


    Draft of the spreadsheet's here - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BvCfeRX_ATq51ryS3pkhihVaQZvTgwgYUyiYtltUrs8/edit?usp=sharing

    Jason - I think I've already shared it with you and Clive anyway - so you should both get read/write access...

    The Names/Strava Athlete numbers are all in the Rosta Tab, which should be what you need to prepare the filters for the vuelta

    - if we DO get any more additions, then we'll fill up the teams starting with the 6-person teams first - so

    Pastana>Pie>Twinkie>Jumbos (though that MAY mean that the Twinkies may get a "token bloke"... all I can say to that is... tough! ;)

    and, to anyone who's been moved from one team to another - it's not because we don't like you, or because you left your socks on the team bus and we needed to call in an exterminator a week later... it's just because hardly anybody signed back up from the Jumbo's...

    any complaints will be assigned to our customer relations section...

    Good-riddance-to-2014-No-Fault-reform-bills.jpg

    as per usual, if you don't like it, feel free to apply for your entry fee refunding... :)


    Now the hard work begins (at least for me and Jason...)


  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Nice one Mark, I'll update CycLeagues on Monday evening if that's ok, unlikely to get time before that but I'll let you know if I do.
  • Dave2041
    Dave2041 Posts: 257 Member
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    In if it's not too late!
  • sufferlandrian
    sufferlandrian Posts: 8,201 Member
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    Hey look! I'm tied for the lead in the Vuelta on Cycleagues. :smile:
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    okay folks - update time.

    we've had a bit of a "De-Convenience"...

    apparently we can't work it so that we can use a "ghost rider" to fill in all the blank entries in the signup list. Not a terminal problem - it "simply" means that I have to rewrite the "engine room" of the spreadsheet to pick up from a shorter list, and manually set it up so that it ignores the missing riders. And, as this is a reasonably large job (well - it'd not be a big job if I was working on the thing full time and charging for it, but its a good day-shift to fit in amongst my paying work, in the week before a 3 week challenge that I try and clear the decks work-wise for - it means that I'm going to have to "freeze" the signups at the point where I handed the figures over to Jason on Aug12th @ 5:34pm.

    So, yes Dave, you are too late, if only you logged in occasionally, participated in the community a little, and thought to join up in the previous fortnight where we'd been open...

    So - what's the rewrite going to mean to everyone else...

    HOPEFULLY - very little. It should still pick up everyones data properly. The non-riding places will simply be left blank. The only issues that I can't "test" until there's some data in there, is what will happen on the graphs and other automatically created pages like the VAM page etc. So, it's all going to be in a bit of a state of flux for the first few days or so of the Vuelta - looks like I won't get to actually go away from home for a few days as I'd intended to do, because I'm going to need to be there to fix the issues that will arise (I've worked in IT for 30+ years, I know they WILL arise, it's just when, where and what they'll be thats the problem.)

    So - we're on fixed teams, as per this list

    no. MFP Name
    301 BigG59
    302 ntnunk
    303 Cloggsy71
    304
    305
    306
    307 suffer landrian
    308 TDSeest
    309 TheBigYin
    311 CentralCali Cycling
    312 KitTheRoadie
    313 kupe
    314 Bama BoyScout
    315
    316
    317 FitterBody
    318
    319 stewart layzell
    321 jillyian
    322 Hawkeyegal 1995
    323 narak_lol
    324 MrsCentral CaliCycling
    325
    326 canbbot
    327
    328 banshee1013
    329 nerdie professor
    331 m1xm0d3
    332
    333 ruthbardell
    334 Check_Mate
    335 bsexton3
    336 webtracer
    337 lbchilds2001
    338
    339 Spatialized


    Again, apologies for any hassle, and hopefully we'll get it all working well before Jas heads off on his LeJog...



  • Jakess1971
    Jakess1971 Posts: 1,208 Member
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    Dave2041 wrote: »
    In if it's not too late!

    Yep unfortunately due to 'issues' with the current logic and a frigged export list it's a pain to adjust so we had to freeze the entry list, also sliding in a big hitter late on for balancing the teams would mean everything gets re-jigged.

    For those that are late to the ball you can always compete in the 'every man for himself' version in CycLeagues, just select the challenge and see where you are in the leaderboard and cat leagues.

  • FitterBody
    FitterBody Posts: 367 Member
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    Mark, Are you going to have time to issue Vuelta updates of those wonderful event Dossards? Would love to be pinning one on to temporarily replace my kilt on my MFP profile during the Vuelta as I'm a bit worried the sporran will get caught in the chainset on a long gerbil ride.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    FitterBody wrote: »
    Mark, Are you going to have time to issue Vuelta updates of those wonderful event Dossards? Would love to be pinning one on to temporarily replace my kilt on my MFP profile during the Vuelta as I'm a bit worried the sporran will get caught in the chainset on a long gerbil ride.

    yeah - they'll be along real soon now... There's one advantage of organising this thing (yep, pretty much just the one...) and that is I get to pick my own number - i.e. I get to keep 309 - so I can re-use last years number.

    In all honesty, it'll probably be friday when they come off the press... I've an appointment tomorrow with the Cardiologist who did the op last year, and I've been told to expect to be there for something a little longer than the typical 1 hour routine check of BP, HR, ECG and a little chat - so I'm thinking I could be there most of the day - unless they find something untoward - in which case, I could be back in and on the slab, and - well - all bets are off at that point.

    But, as you may imagine, I'm a little preoccupied today, and not really quite in the mood for anything that needs my undivided attention... so, the numbers, and the mapping may just have to wait...



  • FitterBody
    FitterBody Posts: 367 Member
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    Great. Probably won't need mine immediately as still no sight of a usable wheel, so I may be a late starter in catch up mode from my get go whenever that is. Good luck at the cardiologist.
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    29028666446_a78c510ceb.jpgDossard_301 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    29028666166_30707f3482.jpgDossard_302 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

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    28440629754_b33b6e8bae.jpgDossard_308 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28440629644_ed0fcc4320.jpgDossard_309 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    28775231820_383b1e01fa.jpgDossard_311 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28440629144_88713b9659.jpgDossard_312 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28775231210_9a5dfd1d5c.jpgDossard_313 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28775227440_3509e7f46f.jpgDossard_314 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28440628634_32e5cdac66.jpgDossard_317 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28956116232_2e13cae71d.jpgDossard_319 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    28440628234_80cac4ee17.jpgDossard_321 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28956115672_53490c258c.jpgDossard_322 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28985202901_ac82da7368.jpgDossard_323 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28440627654_4ebc8e56e9.jpgDossard_324 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28440627494_418de412ed.jpgDossard_326 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28775229290_8e800f2ee4.jpgDossard_328 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    29028656886_c0ec39c99b.jpgDossard_329 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    28985201591_3e74523545.jpgDossard_331 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28956113332_b8f752dfbc.jpgDossard_333 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28775228460_b675e05042.jpgDossard_334 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28956112402_7b607b905b.jpgDossard_335 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28775227990_2fbc5dd064.jpgDossard_336 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    28956111622_e2e30ce93f.jpgDossard_337 by The Big Yin, on Flickr

    29028656466_db9bc3b244.jpgDossard_339 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
  • jillyian
    jillyian Posts: 423 Member
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    Thanks!
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    I'm currently crunching away at mapping the Vuelta to get the Ascent figures. I doubt I'll have it finished before we start however, as I'm only on stage 14, and I'm beginning to go cross-eyed at the moment from studying the road-book and trying to work out the actual route from the map and the directions sheet which gives the road-numbers.

    Frankly, I hate the Vuelta for it's route planning, with all the finishing loops and so forth, it's just a mess to get the maps and ascents correct.

  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Update - mapping has now ceased for the day - i've got as far as stage 19 and if I attempt the last two, I think I'm going to go insane.

  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Okay Folks, it's Vuelta Day 1 - Team Time-Trial day. So, its a short parcours - 29.4km between the 6 or 7 of us, BUT, as with the real race, where times are taken on the 5th man over the line, with us - to flag the stage as "complete" we need at least 4 riders to book a ride. I know this is going to be tougher on the 6 person teams, but... well... you should have found a friend to sign up and make the numbers up... ;-)
  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    Logging / Analysis spreadsheet is here...

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PH4lMsmOStuN92Vp_oSPXZi_w59bE31b-vv_yKu53eA/edit?usp=sharing

    Any problems or anomalies, drop me a PM about them - there's been a big rebuild on the "back-engine" to cope with the "short teams", so there could be the odd broken formula that may only crop up when we start getting some data in there...
  • ntnunk
    ntnunk Posts: 936 Member
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    So happy it's started!

    Team Pastana: Apologies for the low mileage today. I was on the bike in one form or another from 9:30am until almost 4pm, but it was CX skills so ride a bit, talk, ride a bit, talk. Tomorrow will be a much bigger day though!

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