CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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@wingpig You can mark rides as private which withdraws them from the leaderboard sections and general scruntineering from other strava users. But it's an all or nothing approach - I don't think you can select individual segments.
The only person I race is myself - everyone else are just benchmarks!
You can create private segments. Simply click into your ride, and go to "Create Segment". Set the start and end points and click "next". You then get to the page where you name the segment and there is a wee "make this segment private" tickbox below. Type the name, tick the box, click "Create" et voila...
"The only person I race is myself - everyone else are just benchmarks! "
In some cases, very high shelfmarks
Any one else having difficulty uploading to Strava today?
I can log-in but I've not tried uploading. Hopefully this afternoon.
I see Anth has uploaded so it's probably something local to me.
That was uploaded through the app, not sure if it's a different matter through the site?
I've heard mention that users can dispute riders times. Is it possible, and more importantly am I wasting my time bothering?
I rode Fairmilehead Quickie last night. I got 103 after a hard push. I see the leaders above me have similar (within 15 seconds) times and obviously gradually creeping avaerage speeds, but the current KOM is leap from ~30s to 50kph and knocks 15 seconds off the 2nd place where 3rd, 4th etc are all a second or few slower, not 15!
Dave C
I know the leader! He's real. It's hard to tell whether the data is authentic - the speed does tail off going up the hill. Maybe he had a tailwind (I checked with KB - looks like a south-westerly - but only about 10-15 mph or less.)
He must be going some to manage an average of 30mph uphill!!
Blimey charlie!! How acurate is the Strava power calculation? I'm shown peaking around 1250W last night climbing West Mill Road in Colinton. I never knew man[s]... aherm.. sorry, riders could generate so much power.
Your average at 500 w on that segment is pretty high. What weight did you put down?
I'm sure I read somewhere that Andre Greipel's peak power output is in the region of 1800W. Cav's is closer to 1600W.
Yeah, I have found Strava power calculations to be fairy inaccurate, a free app isn't going to give you anything 100% accurate- kind of backed up by the cost of power meters!
I've used a bike + turbo + wattmeter before, over a computer-controlled resistance profile, and I would say my Strava power results are not dissimilar for the same amount of (perceived) effort. They also agree fairly well with the slightly more simplistic calculations of the Arthur's Seat Challenge in which many proto-CCEers took part once upon a time.
Strava's power graphs look too spiky. It should be a smooth curve shouldn't it, if you're climbing a regular gradient at a steady pace? New algorithm needed?
Now that I have a power meter, it will be interesting to compare the early estimated segment attempts with measured ones.
What kind did you get? Those don't come cheap.
Pretty sure the equation mgh/t is free, so I'll guess this device takes friction loss into account?
On the ASC I used:
function doCalc()
{
var w = parseFloat(document.form1.weight.value);
var t = parseFloat(document.form1.time.value);
document.form1.result.value = 9.81 * w * 7.8 * (1180.0/t)/118;
}
So no friction or windspeed. They just need to smooth out the data to a curve somehow.
@Tom - I picked up one of the older Ant+ PowerTaps on clearout from wiggle. Campag fitting = (relatively) cheap.
Unfortunately my plan hiccoughed slightly when I bought a 10 speed campag-style cassette without thinking about it, when all other bikes are 9 speed. Might sell the freehub & cassette and just buy a normal one instead - they're tool free fittings.
It's pretty interesting, in an academic sort of way. I noticed my 30 second power on the way home was 666W... oo-er!?
Going home last night, I struggled to keep up with someone on a hybrid going up Liberton Brae. He had smart trousers and shirt on. I reckon he was a roadie (if not a champion) in disguise, plus I had had no warm up.
Stupid how we put pressure on ourselves!
Ahhh....
I had a fab run through the Dalmeny Estate this morning on the Cotic X and it really hurt but I felt good as I was on track to beat my own KOM on that segment (Dalmey Run). My KOM is 18.58 but this morning I got 19.36. Then I noticed that my segment includes 1.36 rest time.... I stopped at the gate just before the cottages at Cramond Brig for a drink and to catch my breath. Turns out the segment finishes at the junction with the old road down to the bridge.....
I'll get it, some day!!!!
I tried to crack the Observatory again the weekend before last, which has been knocked down from my 1:09 KOM to 1:00 flat by some wag. (Which is actually an increase from 13.5 to 15.5mph, quite a reach).
I had a GPS glitch that prevented the run counting, but it looked like I might be able to chip it under a minute on the right day.
Made the mistake of trying twice back to back and was sick in the top car park though :(
I can imagine people watching you being sick and thinking - I'm not taking up cycling - looks unhealthy.
Still got a long way to do to beat your KOM of the Prom run! I keep getting snagged on the road section. Might have to try it very early one morning.
You know you're a Strava addict when you find yourself sneaking out for off-peak runs to (re)gain your KOM... :-)
15.5mph average up Observatory Road is going some! Is the segment from the arch at the bottom to the crest of the hill at the car park?
Yeah, I think so. I start at the archway and go until I die at the top! :O
I've seen cyclists being close to, er, chucking, owing to heroic efforts, but have never heard of it actually happening! The informationist in me is now off to read up about the biological reasons for it.
It has something to do with insufficient blood supply upsetting the guts, IIRC?
Oddly, I wasn't sick at the end of the attempt- I lay in the grass for a while, uploading to Strava etc. until I felt recovered, got up to get on the bike, clipped one foot in and whooosh! :(
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