Strava

Anyone else had problems with Strava dropping power data? See my turbo session from tonight below:
http://www.strava.com/activities/117815085
If you zoom in on some of the short hard intervals there are periods where it complete drops the power data resulting in corrupt lap averages. What's weird is that downloading the same data into Garmin Connect and everything is displayed exactly as it was on the Garmin whilst doing the intervals:
http://connect.garmin.com/splits/455303678
Any ideas?

Got a CR on a run climb my club trains on quite a bit last night!

Win!

KOM for 5 Clockwise laps in Regents last night, as well as a bunch of top 10's.

Managed to hang on to that one for about 2 hours until the guy I was riding with uploaded his... 2 seconds faster.

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I did Gran Fondo 3, twice this weekend. From here (east devon, near lyme regis) to cardiff, on friday and back on Sunday. 120 miles each way. Amazing weather for it.

I wouldn't use Strava for any analytic stuff to be honest.

This^

Its fecking miles off. Elevation data is totally screwed. So gradients are wrong. Power data is often 40% off.

Get a free trainingpeaks account, and a decent GPS/altometer if you are interested in actual data. Strava is just Facebook for the athletically minded.

Sometimes, but generally after 24hours it re-assess the route and gets it much closer.

One day of polo, 6 miles around a court, and it first came up with about 16,000ft of climbing, an hour later it had recalc'd to approx 1,500ft of climbing. Then the third time I looked at it, went down to less than 100ft, which is probably right considering the court has a 1-2' difference from one side to the other!

Yes!!! I'm the King of the fucking mountain on one of the segments on my ride. Do I feel great.
I can feel an addiction coming on

^ this is how it starts...

Do Premium users see a TTS and IF number for rides?

If so does that just require a HRM or is power needed?

Yes, if you're using a power meter. And it is based on the power data. And although not called TSS, I imagine it would be very similar, given that the TSS formula has been published for many years.

You don't get either without.

^^^ Strava calculation of elevation is only as good as the data it's drawing from. Riding around the west of England it's actually better than that from the barometric altimeter in my Garmin.

Yes, if you're using a power meter. And it is based on the power data. And although not called TSS, I imagine it would be very similar, given that the TSS formula has been published for many years.

You don't get either without.

The Suffer Score? That's from HR rather than power.

The Suffer score is a bit arse though.

I'm using the free versions of both Strava and TrainingPeaks, and am finding them both incredibly useful. Strava as 'athletic facebook', and TrainingPeaks as a technical training diary. I find my PowerCal does a decent enough job for logging TSS. Add a half decent HRM and watch and you can log rTSS for running. Use TrainerRoad indoors for specific power training, and you have a whole world of technical tools, and data, availible. For very little outlay.

Really need to find time to do this Grandfondo. I promised Strava. I'd feel bad if I didnt.

Any of you nerds used RiTMO? http://www.cyclingweekly.cc/RiTMO

Just start using intermittently, fun to race against myself on my commute. However I use about three different bikes, one a track bike, one a fixed CX-type and the other my road bike, for the first time this week. I'd like to compare my times on a single bike basis as their speeds are vastly different. On my road bike I've smashed all my PRs, is there a way to set it different bikes?

Yes, it's in your profile settings.

I'm currently faster on my lugged steel fixed gear. Than I am on my flash ass roadie.

We're talking heavily undulating segments too.

Definitly overthinking the geared riding thing. But still.

Ta, I'm sure I could have just looked, was being lazy!

Any of you nerds used RiTMO? http://www.cyclingweekly.cc/RiTMO

Saw this in the rag ages ago.You need to load from a garmin? Ain't nobody got time...

When they sync with Strava, yes.

Yes, it's in your profile settings.

You can add components too such as your chain. Then take a look at it's mileage to see if you should be measuring for wear.

Neat. I usually just wait until it's obviously fucked, then leave it another month #lovethybike

I go slower on my posh bike than on my fixehbeater because I'm terrified of crashing and breaking it :|

Edit: when i even take it outside, I mean, which doesn't really happen much, because I'm terrified of crashing and breaking it

Have you ever crashed and broken a bike before?

Buy a steel bike= can be fixxored.

Have you ever crashed and broken a bike before?

No! It's a completely irrational fear!

Well, I suppose it's not completely irrational, it's more because my £400 beater is quite a bit cheaper to replace than crabons. But it is still quite irrational as one isn't more likely to crash than the other (once the likelihood of it being outside is adjusted for).

Also, for logic if not for irrational fears, nice bike should have better tires, brakes and be lighter, all of which makes it more maneuverable and easier to stop and therefore less likely to crash in any given incident.

Unless its a freak 90mph crosswind I guess

Nice try.