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I keep losing signal, only recorded the last 6 miles of the last ride I did.Anyone else had this?
I have patchy GPS reception on all such apps on my Galaxy S2, have installed Tracker Booster and it seems to be improving the pickup by forcing GPS to stay permanently on.
I switched to an Edge 500 after one too many phone probs (either dropping connection or running out of power when I needed to make a call). Much better.
I use it, sorta annoying though as I use a Powertap on the road but its wired and non GPS
Good excuse for a new power meter then!
Agreed, brilliant site.
I use endomondo for recording my rides (Android) and then just upload then gpx file to Strava. Very straight forward process which seems to work well.
Strava is also a good way to find new trails! (Via segment explorer)
Good excuse for a new power meter then!
2 more like it...one in the race wheels for CX/TT's also. So not going to happen.
Unles syou'd like to buy 2 powertaps? 🙂
I'll sell you a wireless one 🙂
I have a Starbar? Will you accept that?
power meter - one of the new pedal based ones must be the way to go now?
Endomondo - what does it do that Strava doesn't?
I hadn't heard of it until I saw this post. I have joined up and uploaded the last few month's rides. It looks good, although I wish I had known about it before as I would have riden some of the segments a bit quicker...
Strangely I am KOM on quite a lot of hills, but they are hills I have only ridden once, and no one else has ridden them. So how did they become Segments? as I haven't created them.
power meter - one of the new pedal based ones must be the way to go now?
How come? The Look one isn't ANT+, so you have to use the Polar head unit, and the Garmin one's still not out, but is double the price of a PowerTap/Power2Max. Potentially good to swap between bikes, but I'm not sure they're specifically better than crank/hub based.
If someone mentions Brim Brothers and the word Power meter in the same sentence without a smirking face I am going to go mental...70's tech rehashed.
But yeah, Polar are dead in the water, Garmins Vector - although nice - is overpriced for something you will crash and break. Yes I have broken pedals in crashes.
All the parts are replaceable, but I agree it's a lot. Be interested to see what it's like though. Looks like there'll be a new firmware update on the Edge 800/500 to ddisplay all sorts of power metrics, no doubt they'll find a way to stop them working with other ANT power meters!
ohhh, looks ace, I'll have to sign up once I've got my garmin working again.
it doesn't completely suck like MapMyRide does.
Should make it a winner!
Only works with "fitness" type Garmins? Can't import normal gpx?
Also only cycling and running?
I'm in,uploaded and kickin' back with a beer 8)
Already king on two segments unwittingly 😯
Added you Muf!
Anybody signing up to the "Base Miles" Challenge, the winner has done quite a few since Jan the 6th 😆
I'm on the Base Miles thing, I only get out on my bike at the weekend so won't get a good mileage though will be recording my turbo sessions - don't usually bother.
yep, just working out a new GPS to use it more fully - my phone gps is crappy and getting worse...
what GPS are folks using? anyone with a edge 200 yet?
There's another thread about those. I'd not bother, just looks like a glorified Cateye job! 500s can be had for a sensible price.
Sorry, but I think Endomondo is a far better GPS app' service.
Unlike some of the comments here I've never had it drop the GPS signal. I had been using Gpsed on a Blackberry but that's gone to the wall, constantly drops the signal and doesn't even allow your time to keep going now..AVOID.
Endomondo allows you to tailor the data to suit different types of cycling and loads of other exercising. It also puts the data into loads of different graphs (if that's what you're in to) for instance it will tell you how your times have improved (or not) over 1k, 5k, 15k and 20k over all your rides. When it records it has some really nice features like auto pause, so if you stop for a 'chat' to a walker it will pause your route and time. Definitely worth looking at, link below.
.... you can also import all your recorded routes from other app's !
Do you work for them?!
IMO neither of them are particularly good for the analytial/training side of it, they can churn out some basic graphs, as can Garmin Connect/Training Centre. Training Peaks is your best bet for an online resource, or offline packages like WKO or Golden Cheetah.
Strava wins my vote purely for the segments, which just adds a whole new element of interest.
Yup just started - out of the 8 KOM I currenly have 6 only ridden by me 😉 LOL
Sorry, but I think Endomondo is a far better GPS app' service.
No KOM leaderboards = no sale!!
not yet
but I'll start on monday :d
I think the segments functionality could be improved by allowing you to see all segments you have a time for in a table with some summary info including your %age position out of all riders. These would then allow you to zoom to the segment pages to see the detail.
On the club pages a table showing all segments that members have a time for with leaders would be nice too - always good to see where you are better than your mates!
Just getting ready for my first Strava ride, going to try to beat my mate's time of 6:09 for Churwell Hill in Leeds.
I don't fancy my chances, he was on a road bike.
Been out for a gentle road pootle as recovering from virus. found i still got 3rd on a couple of hills, so i'll be out again on that route when feeling better
🙂
Its brilliant isnt it? The social/gaming element makes a massive differnet
njee - are you incognito on there? I cant see any n.... j... on rides I thought we'd have in common.
King of Bookhurst Road - get in 😉 And, more sportingly, King of a climb in Nice nr my brother-in-law that will piss him off no end.
I can see the dog has a serious negative effect on my trail performance, it will either to speed up or get left behind when it goes in rabbit holes or after squirrels.
njee - are you incognito on there?
I'm Nick Evans, NJEE being my initials 🙂
Got times on most of the Surrey Hills segments, on and off road, but I've only got the last few months of rides as CSV files.
Made an account, and got the app, to see what all teh fuss is about, but not used it in anger yet.
Seems (at least around here) it's mainly road riding, with exactly 1 segment. Further afield searching with a filter on "mountain" seems to return road rides along the river 😕 And it's all abotu bits of rides, rather than whole rides? Thought I was looking for rides that other people had done (for inspiration) but it insisted on showing me 1 single 3km long hill instead.
I assume if I ride up 1 hill enough times I become KoM regardless because despite it being a busy hill, nobody will ever log it on Strava?
At least endomondo lets me do multiple sports.
At least endomondo lets me do multiple sports.
Strava lets you do runs too?
I assume if I ride up 1 hill enough times I become KoM regardless because despite it being a busy hill, nobody will ever log it on Strava?
It's nothing to do with how often you ride up it - it's speed. So if you're the fastest then you'll be KOM if you ride it once. Or you could ride it 500 times and still be bottom. You're quite right about people needing to be Strava users though.
You can get complete rides off it if you want to follow people's routes, and as above can do running or whatever if you want.
I realise it's speed. But since nobody else uses it, then I must be KoM on my first ride? (assumed it might take more than 1 ride before it recognises one as the fastest).
Only signed up thinking there might be some target times to beat (either uphill or time-trial etc.), which might be more interesting than just km counting. Certainly plenty of cycling terrain (both on and off road) around here, which is often quite busy, but maybe everyone around here uses something else.
I guess so then, I've got a few segments with 3 people or so, but loads with 100+, depends where you are I guess!
Surrey Hills are is overrun with Strava users. IIRC njee20 has a better time than me on Boxhill but hasn't tried the harder road climbs to the west 😉
I've not got times on White Down or Ranmore (from Dorking) because I only had history for the last few months.
I got around to challenging your time on the "Reservoir Descent" at Swinley last night, Nick.
Just pipped you to KOM. In the dark. On a fully rigid singlespeed.
You just got pwned by a STW cliche 😀
Haha! I noticed that had gone from my list of KOMs, but it's such a bugger to find them unless you're KOM! Roll on next years Gorrick Enduro, I'll get that back, if I work out where it is...!
njee LOL at your VAM of 3269 for New Road (8.5% apparently)
I guess there are a few bugs here and there which need sorting out...
Does this change my riding next time I am out?
I can see there are quite a few what look like tactical KOM segments which shorten what I consider the legit start and end points of climbs, do you now ride to those to put people you know are slower back in their place?
But more importantly, do I ride balls out up segments I would have tempo'd up to gain a more respectable place in the league tables?
Eg I could do another 2-3kmh up Box Hill if I killed myself and threw up at the top - but that's what TTs are for isn't it?
One thing is for sure the dog will get left behind on 3 Amigos, Evian etc from now on 😈
Yes that 'New Road' one is very odd, it's just near my house, it's a very slight incline, 3% at most, and yet the profile shows a massive chasm in the middle of the road!
Eg I could do another 2-3kmh up Box Hill if I killed myself and threw up at the top - but that's what TTs are for isn't it?
Ride it 2-3kmh harder, but then just keep going at the top, that's how you get faster 🙂
It would be interesting to know the circumstances surrounding KOMs on some of the busy climbs. Sure the Surrey League 3-day has included a Prologue up the Zig Zags before, imagine that'd be a good chance to get a PB!
Njee - yeah I'm sure you're more than capable of blasting my times on all the climbs!
My best times seem to be on the shorter, steeper road climbs - Coombe Bottom, White Down, Crocknorth and Polesden Lacey, I'm more a sprinter than a climber.
A chap I follow on Strava can't be much heavier than me but has far higher power outputs than me on climbs I have looked at despite me being significantly faster on them than him. So either he's put his weight in wrongly or something else is wrong I think - any ideas?
Ive noticed a few like that mudshark - and wierd stuff like njee's road. I think it's early days and bit buggy.
How do you delete them? I have a KOM on the road from Ewhurst into Cranleigh one where I left the GPS on as I was driving home 😆