Have you tried stalking him down on Strava?
Maybe set up a segment to capture his activities?

Glitch in the matrix.

Well I have only noticed it since the arrival of our Covid-19 situation, but then I've not been sat in my living room every morning before either.

I shall disappear off to Strava to see if I can find anything.

Just seems a bit odd.

Is he riding in a circle with a 5 mile radius?

They just go round, and round, and round...

Not quite the same but I know a guy who rides the same 100 mile route every Saturday without fail 52 weeks of the year. Never deviates at all. I can kind of see the appeal in a weird way but my other mates think he's bonkers.

Pretty sure all of us have wee rituals that we do every day and are very comforting. You know, like always using the same kind of mug for your tea or always waving at the same person on your commute.

Perhaps this is his.

Training?

I have friends who pretty much exclusively use the turbo outside of racing. It is efficient and easily controllable to follow a training program and get the results you want.

Some people like familiarity, it gives them comfort so ride the same routes. It also allows comparisons over time.

When training normally I have a standard 100km loop I will ride several times per week. Sometimes I ride it in the opposite direction. Standard routes allow judgment about how you are going. It’s a roadie thing. I also have quite a few shorter loops that I will ride multiple times (say 10-12) with garmin lapping. Again standard measurement.

Some of the loops are on designated road race circuits, hence it adds to the familiarity come race time as well. Chobham Common is my stalking ground if anyone is interested.

Always nicer than the turbo.

I’ve heard that some people ride the same loop at Swinley multiple times too 😉

Pretty sure all of us have wee rituals that we do every day and are very comforting. You know, like always using the same kind of mug for your tea or always waving at the same person on your commute.

Perhaps this is his.

Could be, and I'm not criticising him, but someone that's clearly so fit (more signs of man-love) and dedicated - wouldn't he do something a bit more varied? How does he block out the boredom of doing the same tiny loop, day-in day-out?! And why? I know we're not quite up to Northern Powerhouse promise yet, but we're not short on tarmac.

He's also becoming kind of my routine. Get up, make coffee, watch man cycle past. Watch man cycle past again. Go out to car, miserable man obviously don't say hello because he's a roadie. Get shopping. Come home. Put shopping away. Watch man cycle past.

Maybe do what Remi does?

Can you start putting out random signs for him?

Go on, Storck Man!
You again?!
We should stop meeting like this!
Other roads are available...

Or what might be quite amusing is to find him on Strava then set a faster time on "his" loop. 😂

Maybe it’s a ghost.

He’s probably just married to a total ratbag.

Stop storcking him!

You should definitely put up signs. A few words on each one as he comes by, so it takes lots of laps to read the whole message. Or invite him in for a cuppa, via sign. He might need it.

I have a few local loops, one of which I ride very frequently. Sometimes I look forward to it because I don't have to think about it at all, just ride. Having said that it is a great loop packed with features - challenging climbs, singletrack, and it finishes on a glorious descent. The people in the farm on the top must see me come by three times a week.

I think I know the moor you're referring to and if so, the local road club are running weekly Strava segment challenges and there's a few of them spending a load of time chasing the top spot so that could be the reason.
I think I know the guy on the Storck (used to ride in the club with him) and you're right, he's a pretty strong rider so he'll be trying to get bragging rights for getting his virtual trophy

I’ve heard that some people ride the same loop at Swinley multiple times too

Yes, for a while I commuted through Swinley. A short section of blue on the way out, and the rest of blue and red on the way home. I absolutely loved it. Because I was doing it every day I got faster and faster and honed the lines on everything tighter and tighter. It was brilliant. But again, none of that applies to road really.

Maybe he's an on-call firefighter.

Interval training ?

Just guessing, but if the loop takes him up a hill and round to do it again, then maybe.....

Is there a lack of velodrome s locally
Maybe he dosent have a pump or tube and doesnt want a long walk
Maybe he is scared of turning right so takes all the left turnd
Maybe his wife is pregnant very vey pregnant
Maybe he loves you and wants to meet up and by riding past your hpuse he massively increases his chances obvs

As above, could be on call.

Can you start putting out random signs for him?

Go on, Storck Man!
You again?!
We should stop meeting like this!
Other roads are available…

Or what might be quite amusing is to find him on Strava then set a faster time on “his” loop.

Heh 🙂

I don't want to upset him, he's doing what he loves- I just find the ridiculously short circuits and frequency really confusing.

I think I know the moor you’re referring to and if so, the local road club are running weekly Strava segment challenges and there’s a few of them spending a load of time chasing the top spot so that could be the reason.

Possibly, but I've never seen another roadie go past more than once. Lot of 'runners' go around in circles, and lots of MTBers cycle across the moor, but only see him just pound past in endless circles around and around.

He doesn't wear the village cycling club jersey either, but that's probably no accurate assessment of anything.

Maybe he loves you and wants to meet up and by riding past your hpuse he massively increases his chances obvs

Don't tease me.

Maybe he loves you and wants to meet up and by riding past your hpuse he massively increases his chances obvs

If he’s called Dave then he’s definitely flirting with you.

The people in the farm on the top must see me come by three times a week.

Do it in reverse, dare you! It will freak them out.

Because I was doing it every day I got faster and faster and honed the lines on everything tighter and tighter. It was brilliant. But again, none of that applies to road really.

Wanna bet?

Wanna bet?

Well, I ride road as well, and I bring the same level of skill to that. But pinning it on road to that extent is simply not safe, so I don't do it and I don't think many other people do. Of course you're only here to say 'yeah roadies go fast too rarr' but whatever, the lines on road are far easier to work out, there's far less detail to consider.

the lines on road are far easier to work out, there’s far less detail to consider.

I'm not convinced that is true. Picking a line to avoid road imperfections when cornering at 70+kph while also trying to avoid ending up piling into a dry stone wall is for me far more taxing than ragging a mtb through a forest.

As above, absolutely signs, changed each time he passes.

If
You're
Finishing
This
You're
Too
Repetitive

Or

I
Have
Cake
And
Espresso
Every lap
So you don't
have too but now I'm hyperactive

That sort of thing.

Go out and cut your grass or trim your hedge or whatever. Everytime he goes past run in the house and get a new outfit on, freak him oot.

Hand him up some bottles

Maybe he’s lost
My sister once did a whole lap of the M25 because she missed her junction

Paint a line on the road and go out there and time his laps, you could stand forward or backward from the line like a track coach and give some encouragement, I am sure it would be appreciated!

Countdown laps to go board, last Lap bell and helper with a chequered flag.

Hide in the bushes then sprint him on the finish with full no handed victory celebration.

He's not one of those tags that tells the police if you leave the area 😁 ?

I think we have to allow for on call for work carer first responder for a relative or friend who could need him at short notice

I’m a roadie, I age a 1.5 mile triangular circuit, two hills, I use it for hill repeats, actually quite a few people do the same, someone even did 500kms on the same segment over solstice.
There’s no houses on my little segment but your man is possibly doing the same as me?

Training for a return to the Track?

Performance art, or trying to hypnotise a buzzard

Picking a line to avoid road imperfections when cornering at 70+kph while also trying to avoid ending up piling into a dry stone wall is for me far more taxing than ragging a mtb through a forest.

Been there. Done that. Got the titanium.

Mess with his head and give random false deltas to his best lap that day on a chalk board. 😆

Because I was doing it every day I got faster and faster and honed the lines on everything tighter and tighter. It was brilliant. But again, none of that applies to road really.

It really does. Optimise your gear changes for the hills, perfect lines for corners, know where to avoid surface irregularities, know when to put the power down, practice where to start the sprint. Then come race day and 18 laps, it’s a definite advantage.

Yep, as @TiRed says, knowing a road race circuit is well worth. Potholes that you wouldn't be able to see in a bunch, the ideal line into / out of corners without going across the white line, places to attack where you can be out of sight around a bend quickly which bits are usually sheltered from wind and where it's good to hide in the bunch. Even knowing that you need to be on the left or right of the bunch at any given point. I made up about 30 places in the final km of a road race once as everyone was jostling for position, some people went to early up the drag to the finish and being on the downwind side and the inside of the slight bend in the road meant I had a wind-free flow up the outside of the bunch as the front end of it faltered and the riders on the left went the long way through the corner.

How short is this circuit? How often is he coming past.

I love some of the suggestions though..... hypnotize a buzzard!

Circuit is about a mile but..he's not out there today.

What have I done?

Strava weekly challenge over?

Circuit is about a mile but..he’s not out there today.

What have I done?

Put a sign out saying:

Dave?? Come back!

He's going for the Strava hometown hero award.

I’m not convinced that is true. Picking a line to avoid road imperfections when cornering at 70+kph while also trying to avoid ending up piling into a dry stone wall is for me far more taxing than ragging a mtb through a forest.

I don't think it is in general terms - but obviously anything is hard if you do it fast enough. But the point is that riding like that on road is just too dangerous to be done regularly so people tend not to do it. At least I've never met anyone who does or talks about doing it. I've never seen roadies walking up climbs analysing line choices on roads or sessioning the hard bits. That's not to say fast road descending isn't hard of course, but it's not really the same thing. The above road examples pertain specifically to racing, not recreational riding.

Circuit is about a mile but..he’s not out there today.

What have I done

Posted it on here. He's clearly a forumite and worried that given he has actually been seen riding a bike rather than just talking about it he might have his membership revoked.

Got some mates?

Be nice, say hi.

He's back!

Must've fancied a lie in; he's normally out there by 8:30.

Edit: 2m 40s a lap and it's driving wind & fine rain out there.

Perfect day to invite him in.

Or how about joining him for a chat.

Or hold out a sign with split times on it.

I assume he is riding anti-clockwise for the left turns. Hillingdon Cycle Circuit is the same distance. I will regularly ride 30 to 50 laps. Often to fixed power.

One mile in 2:40 is about 180 watts on my road bike. I assume it’s not a hilly loop? He’s not really trying. Wait till it goes down to 2:10.
My fastest lap of Hillingdon is in a race - 1:54. On the TT bike I aim for 2:05 to 2:00.

After he's gone past Nip out with a road closed /diversion sign and mess with his head!

I have a 10 k loop I do a few times as its quite punchy with a few hills so im rarely wasting much effort on flat.

But seems a bit odd to do such distance on a repetitive short loop. Interval training is usually low mileage.

maybe its just to keep local as other have said.

go join him doing loops

Hillingdon Cycle Circuit is the same distance. I will regularly ride 30 to 50 laps.

I knew a guy that once rode 100 miles on the Hillingdon cycle circuit (so about 110 laps?). He was training for the Etape, but we still all thought he was mental.

This loop is smaller than I thought. Does he live on it or ride to it?

The OPs post was a cunning ruse to out the Roadies on the forum who will now be banned. Like those police sting operations where they send the crims to be arrested an invite to attend the prize giving event for their lotto win.

Good one OP. We know who they are now 🙂

I have a friend here who has a disabled wife, she requires near constant care, he gets out for a couple of hours 2-3 times a week, but a route that means he is never more than 2-3 miles from home, his route is basically 3 overlaid figures of eight.. so he can be home within 15mins.

For some it would be really dull, for him it saves his sanity a little.

Get out and join him, then check on Strava flyby (if that still exists).  Or stand outside your house with a musette and hold it out for him.  Stick your phone number in it if you're feeling lucky 😉

Put cones over the road and a diversion sign and see what he does?

I can't get my head around just going around and around in circles for training. But then I ride my bike for fun.

Mebbe he's "WFH"? Ha can do 50 milers, but never be any more than 90 seconds from a taking Teams call in his home office