I hate

Had you thought of saying you are interested in joining their club?

i'll just say you sent me.

what's gravel cycling? is it something i should be doing on my driveway?

Wise move, I can imagine a gammon having a meltdown that one of those forrins that Brexit was meant to keep out is a man with a girls name.

The terms of access to paths on a golf course usually just say that you must let players take their shots before you cross a fairway and if you cross after they play through to not make noise while they are lining up their shots. I.e if they're on the tee wait until the shot has been played before crossing. It's their responsibility to not crack you in the head with a ball after all.

If you were respecting that, then they are clearly entitled golf cunts.

Just say you're the Mittal heir and you actually own the club.

Tbf, most walkers I pass riding off road are pleasant (if occasionally a bit oblivious), but I had a genuine row with a bloke on Saturday who thought it was appropriate to fake stepping into my path at the last minute on a narrow-ish bridleway. I swerved and almost came off. Apparently, 'like all cyclists' I 'can't take a joke' and 'get aggressive'...

People who put ‘40 mins stretching and core’ on Strava.

Many of the recent challenges are of the form "Upload at least one activity on 4 separate days of the week". And so people and incentivised to upload stuff like that.

Strava in general actually.

Well yes but...

Myself for looking at Strava.

Indeed, if it pisses you off them unfollow the person or stop looking at other people's activities.

I had a cull a while back and unfollowed anyone I actually wasn't interested in. The dashboard is much better to look at as I'm genuinely interested in what the people I'm following are actually doing.

Many of the recent challenges are of the form "Upload at least one activity on 4 separate days of the week". And so people and incentivised to upload stuff like that.

People who are calorie counting for weight loss often upload strength activities to get a better picture of their calorie burn too.

If you have garmin connect and strava linked it'll auto upload all activities so it might not be a deliberate thing.

One of the reasons I get on a bike is to get away from computers, so you'll never see Garmin/Strava on my bikes. In principle, I have no problem with other people making a different choice. In practice, I've seen so much cuntish behaviour from those who see cycling as some kind of online contest that whenever I hear the distinctive electronic noise as somebody stops behind me at the lights I automatically wish they would drop dead. Some confirmation bias going on there, to be sure, but idgaf.

the distinctive electronic noise [of a Garmin pausing] at the lights

Same category as people who leave the keypress sounds enabled on their phones. In both cases I want to grab the device and throw it as far as possible.

You should have fake punched him in the fucking face.

The thought did cross my mind...

If you have garmin connect and strava linked it'll auto upload all activities so it might not be a deliberate thing.

This is why I have my default activity setting to private. I log all sorts of random stuff on my watch that don't need to be shared with anyone.

To be fair, the default first text that it suggests is something like "Is this still available?" and I have been guilty of using that when nabbing cheap tat for mini_com

I was wondering if it’s something that’s easily done by accident actually.

The Facebook market place suggested responses are really abrupt. There’s no foreplay - straight to the point.

When I used to ride a cargo bike for a living I had the same guy do this several times. He stopped doing it when I made it clear that I wouldn't stop the next time he did.

the distinctive electronic noise as somebody stops behind me at the lights

I hate: Anyone with Auto-Pause enabled

Fuck you lot and your "moving average" speeds.

Slowly remove one of your QR skewers and then repeatedly stab them until death, the whole while staring at them, wiping their freshly sprayed blood off your face, screaming "CAN'T TAKE A JOKE CAN YOU?!"

Step back, state "Flawless Victory" replace skewer and then carry on with your ride.

One of the reasons I get on a bike is to get away from computers

A-fucking-men to this.

(could have phrased that better - but definitely zero electronics here too)

haha!

Whilst I agree generally that the last thing i want is a buzzing/beeping 'virtual partner', realtime training stats or anything beyond directions, I find that using my garmin on what I think of as 'silent map mode' (i.e. no prompts, off-course warnings or anything else, just a line on a map that I can zoom in/out of if I want to check where I am etc) is an aid to make the most of the cycling escapism experience. Having to constantly check phone/physical map to check where you are/going is tiresome and leaves a vague sense of anxiety that you might not be where you think you are/have you missed a turning etc. Sure, you can say just forget the maps and ride where you like, which is lovely, but if you're heading for a certain pub/campsite/swim spot etc that doesn't quite work.

So yeah, biketime is great to escape computers, but unless you're riding in a vary particular style to my mind a garmin set up entirely passively is an absolute must to be able to ride new roads, to specific locations, and actually enjoy the experience the entire time with no stress re routing...

I hear you. And I suspect my weekend bumbling round Cambridgeshire b-roads until I eventually find a route back home wouldn't be entirely in-keeping with most people's riding style, no.

I had no idea you could turn auto-pause or the accompanying beep off. I love my Wahoo for helping me explore, especially having not lived where I am for very long. Before I had one I would tend to ride the same few routes constantly so I'm enjoying cycling in general a lot more now. What I'm not enjoying is hearing the auto pause beep when I'm going up a hill so slowly that my Wahoo thinks I've stopped.

Other than mapping it's a data recorder. I want the numbers at the end of a ride/run/swim but, yes, I don't want any of the beeping along the way.

I thought they had removed the ability to stop the beep when I got my new Garmin last year and dreaded the idea of having to hear the beep everytime there was a direction update. I ride without autopause so was happy I at least didn't need to worry at traffic lights. Was very happy when I found the option eventually.