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I had a GREAT ride in!
I've got a computer on my bike which I rarely reset. For some reason I decided to time my trip in to work on the bike computer; normally I go by my HRM as that doesn't stop ticking the time at lights. It's been about six months since I used the computer to measure a trip in, the best I've managed to date was 58 minutes pedalling. I had a real good run with lights that day so the HRM time 1hr2mins. Since then I've had new wheels and I've changed from Conti gatorskin to a Scwalbe Selvio(?) plus. I didn't bust a got, stayed under 140bpm for most of the way so I was pretty floored when I recorded a time of 55 mins 15 seconds! w00t! HRM time was 1hr2mins, did not have a good run with the lights. Happy happy happy :-) Don't know if it's the new bits on the bike or me, either way I'm buzzin. -- EuanB |
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EuanB wrote: I've got a computer on my bike which I rarely reset. For some reason I decided to time my trip in to work on the bike computer; normally I go by my HRM as that doesn't stop ticking the time at lights. It's been about six months since I used the computer to measure a trip in, the best I've managed to date was 58 minutes pedalling. I had a real good run with lights that day so the HRM time 1hr2mins. Since then I've had new wheels and I've changed from Conti gatorskin to a Scwalbe Selvio(?) plus. I didn't bust a got, stayed under 140bpm for most of the way so I was pretty floored when I recorded a time of 55 mins 15 seconds! w00t! HRM time was 1hr2mins, did not have a good run with the lights. Happy happy happy :-) Don't know if it's the new bits on the bike or me, either way I'm buzzin. It's you, or a tailwind |
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EuanB Wrote: I've got a computer on my bike which I rarely reset. For some reason I decided to time my trip in to work on the bike computer; normally I go by my HRM as that doesn't stop ticking the time at lights. It's been about six months since I used the computer to measure a trip in, the best I've managed to date was 58 minutes pedalling. I had a real good run with lights that day so the HRM time 1hr2mins. Since then I've had new wheels and I've changed from Conti gatorskin to a Scwalbe Selvio(?) plus. I didn't bust a got, stayed under 140bpm for most of the way so I was pretty floored when I recorded a time of 55 mins 15 seconds! w00t! HRM time was 1hr2mins, did not have a good run with the lights. Happy happy happy :-) Don't know if it's the new bits on the bike or me, either way I'm buzzin. My trip computer is only basic, my theory is that if you have trouble using a mobile phone then stay away from the fancy trip computers. I only reset mine when I am planning new rides. I did one a few weeks ago 140km from Mitcham, Gembrooke, Warbuton, and home. The week before the ATB I did 135km through Emerald Healsville etc but the battery went flat, out of the five people that were riding that day only one had there computer set. -- Dancier |
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Bleve Wrote: EuanB wrote: I've got a computer on my bike which I rarely reset. For some reason I decided to time my trip in to work on the bike computer; normally I go by my HRM as that doesn't stop ticking the time at lights. It's been about six months since I used the computer to measure a trip in, the best I've managed to date was 58 minutes pedalling. I had a real good run with lights that day so the HRM time 1hr2mins. Since then I've had new wheels and I've changed from Conti gatorskin to a Scwalbe Selvio(?) plus. I didn't bust a got, stayed under 140bpm for most of the way so I was pretty floored when I recorded a time of 55 mins 15 seconds! w00t! HRM time was 1hr2mins, did not have a good run with the lights. Happy happy happy :-) Don't know if it's the new bits on the bike or me, either way I'm buzzin. It's you, or a tailwind That's what's even weirder, it was a headwind all the way in. Must be me. Go me :-) -- EuanB |
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Dancier Wrote: My trip computer is only basic, my theory is that if you have trouble using a mobile phone then stay away from the fancy trip computers. Why? You don't have to fiddle with them while you're riding and they can give you a lot of good info. Mine has all the important stuff on one display. Cadence, speed and whether I'm cycling above my current average speed or below it (an up arrow and a down arrow.) The good stuff (average speed, time taken, distance) I look at once I get off the bike. -- EuanB |
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:16:50 +1000, EuanB wrote:
You don't have to fiddle with them while you're riding and they can give you a lot of good info. Are they the equivalent of driving with a mobile phone? I know when I first got my bike computer I was quite impressed by how fast I was going down a hill in the Pentlands (outside Edinburgh), only to slow down rather dramatically when I dropped off the path into the bracken :-/ Graeme |
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Graeme Dods wrote: On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:16:50 +1000, EuanB wrote: You don't have to fiddle with them while you're riding and they can give you a lot of good info. Are they the equivalent of driving with a mobile phone? No, they're the equivalent of the instruments in your car (assuming you have a car) |
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On 24 Oct 2005 21:00:04 -0700, Bleve wrote:
No, they're the equivalent of the instruments in your car (assuming you have a car) Yep, got one (are you allowed to admit to that on a.b?). I think the lack of buttons on my car instruments has clearly saved me from a terrible accident (either that or the novelty factor wore off much quicker). Graeme |
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