MFP Grand Tour Cycling Challenge - Discussion/Signup Thread
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Seeing that team three has just been filled up, is there enough interest out there for a fourth team?
I think that was team two mate
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Well then if Team 2 is filled; then I'll jump in with Team 3 at #321 :-D
Someone remind me, how do I log all this? Strava and Excel?0 -
Seeing that Team 3 has been started, I'll take #322 - and here's hoping it ends up being more than just the two of us.Well then if Team 2 is filled; then I'll jump in with Team 3 at #321 :-D
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I'd love to ride if there is a slot.
I'm new to this. I'll take #323 if it is open,0 -
Get a list going guys it makes it easier to track...
321 - Dahamac
322 - glenncomisky
323 - RoadkingDavid
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Well then if Team 2 is filled; then I'll jump in with Team 3 at #321 :-D
Someone remind me, how do I log all this? Strava and Excel?
Strava and the prescribed template posted in the forthcoming "entries thread" which I'll sort out when I can spend more than half-a-hour at a time on the computer before my back starts playing up.0 -
Okay folks - i'm back up to date on this thread - Interesting to see team 2 have a leader who is new to the challenges - welcome aboard tvcjosh, hope you're feeling strong - last challenge, for the Giro d'Italia, the team leaders averaged over 1,100km each... :laugh:
I'll keep the signup open until tomorrow evening (probably around 9pm BST) - so, if anyone has any cycling friends who they can dragoon in to fill the remaining 6 spots in team 3 it'd be cool....0 -
Okay - ready for the submissions sheet, here's a downloadable template for the submissions - same deal as the Giro - if it's not in this format, it doesn't get entered to the spreadsheet. Distances in Km's, Climbs in Metres, times to the second (taken from "moving time" for the Garmin Connect people, from the headline time for Stravisti), links to Strava or Garmin Connect for the route - once again, no GPS, no entry, no exceptions.
Submissions template (in .TXT format...)
http://www.mb-software.co.uk/MFP/GrandTours/LeTour/MFP_LeTour_Challenge_Template.txt
oh - and one slight change from last time - this time, if you have more than one ride in the same day, enter the total amount of distance, altitude gain and time, then just show the separate links to the GPS logs - adding 2 rides a day for you commuters is do-able - adding 2 rides a day together for maybe 10 people every day for 21 days wears a little thin :laugh:0 -
More Dossards...
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oh - and one slight change from last time - this time, if you have more than one ride in the same day, enter the total amount of distance, altitude gain and time, then just show the separate links to the GPS logs - adding 2 rides a day for you commuters is do-able - adding 2 rides a day together for maybe 10 people every day for 21 days wears a little thin :laugh:
That's me told :blushing:
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oh - and one slight change from last time - this time, if you have more than one ride in the same day, enter the total amount of distance, altitude gain and time, then just show the separate links to the GPS logs - adding 2 rides a day for you commuters is do-able - adding 2 rides a day together for maybe 10 people every day for 21 days wears a little thin :laugh:
That's me told :blushing::laugh:
not just you - and, I admit, I actually ASKED for seperate submissions last time, to tie into the strava logs easier, but I wasn't counting on getting 3 teams when I asked for it...
this time I'm trying to streamline things - make it as easy as possible - especially as I'm still holding out a small hope of getting away for a couple of days around my 50th Birthday... sadly, it'll not be offshore anywhere, but it'd be nice to get a couple of days in the lakes or suchlike...0 -
Been away for a few days, many thanks for the dossard.
I am going to be a way most of next week, but, will get the miles in later I promise.0 -
Been away for a few days, many thanks for the dossard.
I am going to be a way most of next week, but, will get the miles in later I promise.
And that's why we work as a team. Hopefully on your off days somebody else will be on. If it's raining on one side of the pond, hopefully there will be clear skies on the other. Cheers! 0 -
Okay folks - i'm back up to date on this thread - Interesting to see team 2 have a leader who is new to the challenges - welcome aboard tvcjosh, hope you're feeling strong - last challenge, for the Giro d'Italia, the team leaders averaged over 1,100km each... :laugh:
I'll keep the signup open until tomorrow evening (probably around 9pm BST) - so, if anyone has any cycling friends who they can dragoon in to fill the remaining 6 spots in team 3 it'd be cool....
whoa whoa! perhaps someone should take the team lead spot. I'm far better served as a domestique 0 -
Yep, that's why on some of the TT days on the Giro, I got my ride in before lunchtime, posted, and told everyone the other side of the pond that they could have a rest day if they needed it.
Not sure if I'll be up for that sort of thing this time - part from my back/hip problems (which are improving incidentally), I've also got my 50th birthday during the Tour's parcours... Pity I couldn't make it over to France for the actual birthday, especially as the birthday's on Bastille Day, and the entire country is "En Fete" anyway, so I'm always good for a party...0 -
TBY - You should have had more foresight when scheduling your birth. Having your 50th during the Tour...... what were you thinking?0
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321 - Dahamac
322 - glenncomisky
323 - RoadkingDavid
324 - CentralCaliCycling
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Hopefully this gets me into the mix. I will not be posting my ride on Saturday until very late if not Sunday morning since unlikely to be home before 9 pm and will have been on the bike for far too long to be thinking straight :bigsmile:0 -
oh - and one slight change from last time - this time, if you have more than one ride in the same day, enter the total amount of distance, altitude gain and time, then just show the separate links to the GPS logs - adding 2 rides a day for you commuters is do-able - adding 2 rides a day together for maybe 10 people every day for 21 days wears a little thin :laugh:
That's me told :blushing::laugh:
And me...
TBY...if I want to keep my Strava in English...not this socialist one-world government metric format you speak of , is that cool? It's doable to change but I have all my personal tracking stuff in English and the last tour muffed me up a bit. 0 -
oh - and one slight change from last time - this time, if you have more than one ride in the same day, enter the total amount of distance, altitude gain and time, then just show the separate links to the GPS logs - adding 2 rides a day for you commuters is do-able - adding 2 rides a day together for maybe 10 people every day for 21 days wears a little thin :laugh:
That's me told :blushing::laugh:
And me...
TBY...if I want to keep my Strava in English...not this socialist one-world government metric format you speak of , is that cool? It's doable to change but I have all my personal tracking stuff in English and the last tour muffed me up a bit.
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well - for the purposes of the logging, I need the distance in Km and altitude gain in Metres, so you may find it simpler to switch your settings on Strava or Garmin Connect to that for the duration - I have my personal settings that way all the time, so whatever I view in those programs shows ME the details in that format, so if you wish to keep your settings on imperial measures for your own purposes, and just "do the math" yourself thats fine - however, as I say, declarations have to be in the correct form - if you declare in miles or feet, you'll get a "null" for that day
I'm not being stroppy or awkward - it's just that
a) it's a continental themed challenge,
b) rule #24 and
c) I'm not prepared to do conversions for 20-odd people, for 21 days worth of logging... it takes enough time as it is!
So - being metrically challenged tvcjosh, do I take it your a Septic as well ? Because if that's the case...
... here's your Dossard Monsieur Team #2 Captain - Sur La Plaque
(and for anyone who doesn't speak the language of the peloton, that’s French for, “Put that thing in the big ring, ****tard.”)0
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