May 2017 Biking Cycling Bicycling Challenge!

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  • d8nni
    d8nni Posts: 49 Member
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    I've biked to and from work every day this month except Friday the 5th. I worked from home that day. It's a bummer because I'm competing in the BTW challenge with other people at the office who never work from home. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll get sick. :smile:
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    3.5.2017 - 15km commute
    4.5.2017 - 5.7km evening ride instead of a run
    8.5.2017 - 13.9km commute
    10.5.2017 - 24km commute incl. long detour home
    11.5.2017 - 25.4km commute incl. another detour home
    13.5.2017 - 27.1km ride
    14.5.2017 - 22.7 + 3.9 km km ride
    15.5.2017 - 9.6km commute
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    148.9km of 200km May goal

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    @d8nni Really great that you manage to bike to work every day!
    I try too, but I don't always manage. Sometimes I'm late, or too wimpy to deal with the weather, or just plain lazy...
  • 35dollars
    35dollars Posts: 830 Member
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    Fri 12 - 24.08 miles
    Sat 13 - rest
    Sun 14 - missed planned ride
    Mon 15 - missed planned ride
    Tue 16 - 24.4 miles: MTD 292.26 / 500, YTD 1593.72 / 4000

    "Stuff to do" got in the way of Sunday, Work from Home killed Monday and then had a puncture on the way home last night - followed by a tyre-weld failure, and a pump failure and a gas canister or spare tyre failure, followed by a long walk home.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    35dollars wrote: »
    "Stuff to do" got in the way of Sunday, Work from Home killed Monday and then had a puncture on the way home last night - followed by a tyre-weld failure, and a pump failure and a gas canister or spare tyre failure, followed by a long walk home.
    Hope that's got the whole year's bad luck out of the way!
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
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    I haven't been posting updates in this thread, but this month to date I've ridden for 13 hours 18 min, 186.3 miles. I've been alternating road and mountain biking. The time is split about evenly between the two, mileage probably about 60/40 road/mountain (estimated because Strava doesn't seem to have a way to filter by bike).
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,885 Member
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    sijomial wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    sijomial wrote: »
    First Century ride of the season ticked off - an organised Audax event round the beautiful New Forest. For people not in the UK please note the New Forest isn't new and mostly isn't a forest!

    Unfortunately it was far harder than it should have been, unexpectedly chilly but I just felt really off colour. Stomach upset early on wasn't exactly ideal.... But the countryside was absolutely beautiful - loads of bluebells and lots of foals for the wild horses too. Was aiming for 6hrs 30mins but did it in 6:44.
    Last 10 miles were a real painful grind.

    This is quite entertaining - an animated satellite view of my ride. https://www.relive.cc/view/975278572


    Month to date: 9 Hours 135 miles 32 Personal Records 4 Activities

    Year to date: 98 Hours 1,644 miles 129 Personal Records 95 Activities

    Congratulations!

    So ... what's next? :mrgreen:

    @Machka9
    My next big event is a 205km Audax called The London Ditchling Devil.

    "The London Ditchling Devil, a 200km Audax from Wimbledon in South London visiting Ditchling Beacon and The Devils *kitten* along the South Coast before coming home to Richmond Park.

    The Ditchling Devil is a traditional non-competitive day tour where the emphasis is simply on completing the route and enjoying the day. We start outside the Windmill tearooms on Wimbledon common and ride out to of London through Chipstead to the elevenses stop at Highbrook Village hall nr Ardingly (50km). From there its more quiet country roads towards the coast where we bounce of Brighton via Ditchling Beacon and the Devils *kitten* before heading for lunch at Upper Beeding Village Hall near Steyning (105km). Then it's an easy hop over to Chiddingfold (146km) for some afternoon tea and cake - can you spot a pattern here? - before the gradual climb towards the Surrey Hills and the final dash for home to the Roehampton Gate Café in Richmond Park (205km).

    Read more at http://www.cyclosport.org/event/04-Jun-2017/UK/the-london-ditchling-devil.html#8CfeO6SuiHOusAEo.99"

    Lives up to the description of an eating competition held in beautiful countryside.

    Sounds good!! :) A rolling eating competition!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,885 Member
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    Review ... (Distances include cycling + walking)
    March 15: 489.8 km (304.3 miles) = 38 hours 4 min
    April: 491.94 km (305.6 miles) = 43 hours 6 min
    May: 361.81 km (224.8 miles) = 35 hours 50 min
    June: 569.53 km (353.9 miles) = 41 hours 53 min
    July: 230.7 km (143.35 miles) = 32 hours 45 min
    Aug: 211.3 km (131.3 miles) = 28 hours 8 min
    Sep: 306.7 km (190.6 miles) = 35 hour 2 min
    Oct: 441.82 km (274.5 miles) = 47 hours 43 min
    Nov: 660.21 km (410.23 miles) = 60 hours 41 min
    Dec: 499.91 km (282.8 miles) = 54 hours 56 min
    Jan: 864.79 km (537.35 miles) = 65 hours 36 min
    Feb: 470.53 km (292.4 miles) = 40 hours 39 min
    March 16: 917.73 km (570.2 miles) = 66 hours 13 min
    April: 417.83 km (259.6 miles) = 40 hours 23 min
    May: 267.09 km (165.9 miles) = 36 hours 10 min
    June: 552.1 km (343 miles) = 54 hours 48 min
    July: 709 km (440.5 miles) = 60 hours 41 minutes
    Aug: 775.9 km (482.1 miles) = 54 hours 52 minutes
    Sep: 371.3 km (230.7 miles) = 32 hours 20 min
    Oct: 649 km (403.3 miles) = 49 hours 46 min
    Nov: 403 km (250.4 miles) = 52 hours 16 min
    Dec: 511.05 km (317.55 miles) = 52 hours 2 min
    Jan: 741.9 km (461.0 miles) = 70 hours 3 min
    Feb: 600.5 km (373.1 miles) = 57 hours 30 min
    Mar: 1113.2 km (691.7 miles) = 78 hours 25 min
    Apr: 1181.9 km (734.4 miles) = 76 hours 45 min

    April's goal was 1000 km of cycling, and we did that ... May is a strength-building month.

    May 1 - 3.5 km walking (40 min) + 20.4 km spin bike (44 min) + 1.7 km rowing (12 min)
    May 2 - 6.5 km walking (80 min)
    May 3 - 2.6 km walking (30 min) + 20.9 km cycling (66 min)
    May 4 - 7 km walking (85 min) + 16 flights of stairs (13 min)
    May 5 - 4.7 km walking (55 min) + 7 flights of stairs (6 min)
    May 6 - 163.3 km cycling (515 min) ... May's century ride. :)
    May 7 - 2.2 km walking (27 min)
    May 8 - 3.5 km walking (40 min) + 22.5 km spin bike (50 min) + 1.8 km rowing (12 min)
    May 9 - 5.2 km walking (65 min) + 20 flights of stairs (16 min)
    May 10 - 5.4 km walking (65 min)
    May 11 - 3.5 km walking (40 min) + 13 flights of stairs (10 min)
    May 12 - 2.5 km walking (30 min) + 12 flights of stairs (9 min)

    May 13 - 51.8 km cycling (160 min)

    May 14 - 52.5 km cycling (165 min)

    May 15 - 3.5 km walking (40 min) + 22.5 km spin bike (50 min) + 2.3 km rowing (15 min)

    May 16 - 3 km walking (35 min)

    May 17 - 2.2 km walking (25 min)

    And then on May 18th, I went into surgery and haven't moved much since ... although I am hoping for a short walk today.


    2017 Monthly May
    Walking Distance (km): 55.3
    Walking Time (min): 691.3
    Cycling Distance (km): 288.5
    Cycling Time (min): 1055.1
    Stairs Climbed Number: 68.0
    Stairs Climbed Time (min): 54.4
    Other Distance: 5.8
    Other Time: 39.0

    Totals
    Total Distance (km): 349.6
    Total Distance (miles): 217.2
    Total Time (min): 1839.7
    Total Time (hr): 30:39:42
  • 35dollars
    35dollars Posts: 830 Member
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    Haven't posted here for ages, mainly because I haven't been on the bike much. Here's what I've been up to:

    Fri 12 - 24.08 miles
    Sat 13 - rest
    Sun 14 - missed planned ride
    Mon 15 - missed planned ride
    Tue 16 - 24.4 miles - plus 5 mile walk home after puncture, failed tyre-weld, failed CO2 bottle, failed inner tube
    Wed 17 - missed planned ride, no spare tube
    Thu 18 - missed planned ride, no spare tube
    Fri 19 - missed planned ride, no spare tube
    Sat 20 - rest + fixed puncture
    Sun 21 - 21.98 miles: MTD 314.24 / 500, YTD 1615.7 / 4000
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    @35dollars puncture + tyre-weld/pump/gas canister/spare tyre failure all in one? Yikes! I had a flat on my way to work on Thursday, but just had a short walk the last bit of the way to the office, and the spare tire I keep there was alright. I agree with sijomial - the amount of bad luck you had on that ride should be enough for the rest of the year.

    @Machka9 I hope your surgery went will. I wish you a speedy recovery

    @JetJaguar Nice riding!
    No, Strava doesn't allow you to filter by bike. A workaround I read on the Strava forums once:
    Strava shows the total milage of a bike, and you can "add components" on the gear settings part of the website. You can use that to log the milage at the beginning of a month, e.g. add a chain with brand "1500km" and model "on 1st May 2017". Then you can look at the total distance at the end of the month and compare with your notes to see how much you rode on the bike in question.

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    3.5.2017 - 15km commute
    4.5.2017 - 5.7km evening ride instead of a run
    8.5.2017 - 13.9km commute
    10.5.2017 - 24km commute incl. long detour home
    11.5.2017 - 25.4km commute incl. another detour home
    13.5.2017 - 27.1km ride
    14.5.2017 - 22.7 + 3.9 km km ride
    15.5.2017 - 9.6km commute
    17.5.2017 - 7.9km commute
    18.5.2017 - 9.2km commute
    21.5.2017 - 6.7km home to start + 55km Cyclotour Genève-Lausanne . My first official cycling event! Most people did the entire tour of the lake (~180km), but more than 60km in a day is already a distance PR for me, so I only signed up for the shortest option.
    I surprised myself by finishing in less than 2.5h. According to Strava, my average speed this year is ~19km/h; so with stops at the two aid stations to eat and drink (and chat a bit) I expected the 55km would take me 3 hours. I guess having other people to follow helped, or maybe the fact that the course was rather flat (only 250m of elevation along the way). In any case, it was fun :smiley:
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    227.4km of 200km May goal
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    @Machka9

    Get well soon. :flowerforyou:
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    sijomial wrote: »
    sijomial wrote: »
    First Century ride of the season ticked off - an organised Audax event round the beautiful New Forest. For people not in the UK please note the New Forest isn't new and mostly isn't a forest!

    Unfortunately it was far harder than it should have been, unexpectedly chilly but I just felt really off colour. Stomach upset early on wasn't exactly ideal.... But the countryside was absolutely beautiful - loads of bluebells and lots of foals for the wild horses too. Was aiming for 6hrs 30mins but did it in 6:44.
    Last 10 miles were a real painful grind.

    This is quite entertaining - an animated satellite view of my ride. https://www.relive.cc/view/975278572


    Month to date: 9 Hours 135 miles 32 Personal Records 4 Activities

    Year to date: 98 Hours 1,644 miles 129 Personal Records 95 Activities

    Couple of decent rides this week, need to work on my hill climbing which is my worst aspect....

    Month to date: 15 Hours 234 miles 41 Personal Records 7 Activities

    Year to date: 1048 Hours 1,743 miles 138 Personal Records 98 Activities

    Couple of hard indoor sessions on the WattBike concentrating on pushing my FTP. Need to get used to training at high HR so the upcoming long climbs don't come as a shock to me.

    Glorious 63 mile ride in the Surrey Hills AONB today, almost perfect weather and got into a nice rhythm. Pretty good times on my two "test hills" considering my legs were a bit fatigued.


    Month to date:22 Hours 353 miles 54 Personal Records 13 Activities

    Year to date:111 Hours 1,862 miles 151 Personal Records 104 Activities
  • 35dollars
    35dollars Posts: 830 Member
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    @_nikkiwolf_ My repair kit on the bike now includes two spare tubes, and a working pump! Hopefully I won't be needing them again soon - without wishing to tempt fate, this was my first puncture for about 18 months, after I had previously gone through a really tedious spate of them before that.
  • 35dollars
    35dollars Posts: 830 Member
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    Mon 22 - 26.64 miles
    Tue 23 - 39.78 miles: MTD 380.66 / 500, YTD 1682.12 / 4000

    Not going to get anywhere near 500 miles - going to be somewhere around 440, I reckon. My target now is to hit 700km for a Strava challenge badge
  • pedermj2002
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    I've slacked off this month a bit. I'm only at 176 miles, and there's only a week to go. I doubt I'll clear 300. Then again, I have a new bike, and desire to put some miles on it, so we'll see. Just have to wait until the end of the month, I guess.
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    3.5.2017 - 15km commute
    4.5.2017 - 5.7km evening ride instead of a run
    8.5.2017 - 13.9km commute
    10.5.2017 - 24km commute incl. long detour home
    11.5.2017 - 25.4km commute incl. another detour home
    13.5.2017 - 27.1km ride
    14.5.2017 - 22.7 + 3.9 km km ride
    15.5.2017 - 9.6km commute
    17.5.2017 - 7.9km commute
    18.5.2017 - 9.2km commute
    21.5.2017 - 6.7km home to start + 55km Cyclotour Genève-Lausanne
    23.5.2017 - 20.8km commute + 18km evening ride
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    266.2km of 200km May goal

    Strava let me down yesterday :'( For two out of three rides, it gave me 0km distance / 10s time after finishing the ride. It's especially frustrating since yesterday evening was the first time I added a bit of mountain, not just the usual hills. I still have a "classic" bike computer, so at least I know distance and time; but it would have been nice to be able to compare segment times the next time I try...
    I reinstalled the app now, hopefully that will prevent it from happening again!
  • rileysowner
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    Haven't been active cycling most of this month. I've had various physically demanding tasked to do that have cut into both my time and energy level, and I really have not felt very motivated. Hopefully I can pick things up for the next few days, although next week I am away all week, and may not have access to a bike.
  • pedermj2002
    pedermj2002 Posts: 180 Member
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    @_nikkiwolf_ What do you mean when you say "classic bike computer"? The Garmin devices (all of them, I think) can upload to Garmin Connect, which can then sync to Strava for you automatically. You don't get segments while riding, but you can compare afterwards easily.
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    @pedermj2002
    Nothing as fancy as one of those garmins!
    With classic I mean a little magnet on a spoke and a wire from the sensor on the fork to the unit on the handlebar - this guy, to be exact: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0093GEASA/
    So really very last century.... I don't think it'll talk to Garmin connect ^^
  • pedermj2002
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    @_nikkiwolf_ Ah, in that case, there's not much to do. I'd go for one of the Garmins if you can (or even a Wahoo or other competitor). Having longer battery life than the phone can manage is helpful for those longer rides. The added features are pretty nice too.
  • _nikkiwolf_
    _nikkiwolf_ Posts: 1,380 Member
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    @pedermj2002 I'm currently thinking about getting a TomTom Adventurer GPS watch; that I could use for cycling, (trail) running and hiking. Not as convenient to have the stats displayed on a watch rather than on a display on the handlebar; but for checking my speed and distance during the run my little Sigma bike computer is enough, and I could upload the rides and look at the details once I get home.
    A bit more costly than a pure bike unit though... Actyally, my current running watch has been having issues for a few month, I keep hoping it will break completely so I have an excuse to buy a multisport watch ;)

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