Comments for The Cycle Way http://thecycleway.com Live your passion Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Want a Strava KOM, get yourself the Strava Android app by Independent http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197&cpage=1#comment-8830 Independent Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:37:35 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197#comment-8830 Most likely a device sampling/accuracy problem, not a Strava problem per se.

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]]> Comment on Inspecting Carbon Fibre Bike frames by Gavin key http://thecycleway.com/?p=111&cpage=1#comment-8092 Gavin key Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:24:31 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=111#comment-8092 hello all just been reading your comments about carbon frames failing i’m currently in a warrnety disagreement with a online bike store called wiggle! i found what appered to be a crack on my down tube just starting to form i sent it back to my dealer wiggle who then sent it on to manafacture Basso for inspection upon inspection Basso tell me its not a crack but a surface mark between to layer of carbon a surface mark by definiton can not be between to layers any thoughts? and are going to repair it i fear it may not be safe to continue riding? its coming upto 6 weeks with no bike

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]]> Comment on Climb Classification and Gradients by Car News http://thecycleway.com/?p=32&cpage=1#comment-6111 Car News Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:56:48 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=32#comment-6111 I didn’t know that pro riders used newspaper. I guess if something works, you should just stick to it! :)

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]]> Comment on Want a Strava KOM, get yourself the Strava Android app by Scarlet Fire – Strava: Will you record faster segment times with the Android app? http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197&cpage=1#comment-5858 Scarlet Fire – Strava: Will you record faster segment times with the Android app? Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:57:06 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197#comment-5858 [...] again I’ve been reading about the inconsistencies of Strava data – this time from an article claiming that users of the Android app were more likely to record faster times. This was based on the writer’s observation that many of the KOM’s on his local [...]

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]]> Comment on Climb Classification and Gradients by Mark Croonen http://thecycleway.com/?p=32&cpage=1#comment-5709 Mark Croonen Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:47:57 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=32#comment-5709 Umm, Maths was never my strong point :) thanks guys for correcting me. I had the right elements, just in the wrong order

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]]> Comment on Climb Classification and Gradients by Tonja Kittelson http://thecycleway.com/?p=32&cpage=1#comment-5656 Tonja Kittelson Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:01:15 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=32#comment-5656 Vince is right. The vertical climb vs the distance traveled as a percent is exactly how to measure the grade of the hill up or down

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]]> Comment on Sluggish Garmin Performance by Tim http://thecycleway.com/?p=988&cpage=1#comment-5649 Tim Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:36:19 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=988#comment-5649 I suspect the Edge 500, being the older mini-USB, is communicating at only USB 1.1 speeds (as opposed to USB 2 or 3).

When you’re uploading to Garmin Connect or Strava, the plugin needs to parse all of your .FIT files to find unprocessed ones. Likewise, on startup the device is almost certainly scanning its internal storage at some godawfully slow speed.

So, yes, I regularly back up/delete activities on my Edge 500. It certainly makes all the difference.

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]]> Comment on Want a Strava KOM, get yourself the Strava Android app by Alan http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197&cpage=1#comment-5643 Alan Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:25:34 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197#comment-5643 Hi, I conducted a similar experiment last year and mainly found that the accuracy of iPhone recording was so poor that Strava could fail to match the segments up. My article is here: http://www.scarletfire.co.uk/2012/07/iphone-gps-fail/

You might also want to check out this veloviewer article which explains it very well, from a technical perspective:http://veloviewer.com/blog/alternative-leaderboard/

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]]> Comment on Want a Strava KOM, get yourself the Strava Android app by Lama http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197&cpage=1#comment-5632 Lama Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:16:52 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=1197#comment-5632 Not the first time I’ve read this, or come across it chasing short KOMs. Someone has mentioned it was the sampling rate of the smartphone app being different? A plausible theory I guess if Strava do some kind of guesswork/compensation based on a lower recording frequency.

Best thing I’ve ever done is to turn off KOM notifications. Too many car drivers, group rides, and no surprises – smartphone using KOMs.

Strava – Chase _your_ best this season. Try better it next season.

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]]> Comment on Australian Tour de France riders by Kendra Janes http://thecycleway.com/?p=1081&cpage=1#comment-5508 Kendra Janes Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:49:28 +0000 http://thecycleway.com/?p=1081#comment-5508 Hello -

I am contacting you because I thought you might be able to help or possibly direct me to someone that could. I am doing a research paper on the 1928 Tour de France . I am trying to obtain some information on the following :

1. 1923 Warrnambool to Melbourne bike race

2. 1927 Melbourne to Warrnambool bike race (Dunlop Grand Prix) I know that progress reports were broadcast on 3LO radio station. This race was for the selection of the Australasian team that would go to the tour de France. A film of the 1927 Dunlop Grand Prix was played at a farewell dinner in Melbourne before the team headed overseas in March of 1928. Maybe there is a newsreel of this event?

3. The team left on the RMS Otranto from Fremantle on March 6th 1928, perhaps there was a news reel shot of this?

4. 1934 Melbourne Centenary (October 20th start) with European racers Fernand Mithouard, Paul Chocque, Nino Borsari.

5. 1936 Australian Barnet Glass Mountain Grand Prix

If you have any information or know of someone who may be able to help, I would greatly appreciate you letting me know.

Sincerely,
Kendra Janes
310.392.4500
philjkeoghan@aol.com

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