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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: End of Week/month mileage
Date: 2 Jun 2025 08:41:49 GMT
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Rolf Mantel <news@hartig-mantel.de> wrote:
> Am 01.06.2025 um 18:36 schrieb Mark J cleary:
>> On 6/1/2025 9:34 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 May 2025 18:15:15 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 31 May 2025 18:46:53 -0500, Mark J cleary
>>>> <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 5/31/2025 4:16 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 31 May 2025 20:13:57 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> In January I put in 460 miles. And this included some difficult 
>>>>>>> climbing. I am going to have to build up to that again but I did 
>>>>>>> put in 402 mostly flat mileage this month. Lets see what I do nect 
>>>>>>> December if it's reasonably dry. I seem to never be in the mood to 
>>>>>>> climb since my stroke. But I will get over that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Post your rides on Strava.  Otherwise, I don't believe you.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 05/11/2025
>>>>>> <https://www.novabbs.com/tech/article-flat.php? 
>>>>>> id=125679&group=rec.bicycles.tech#125679>
>>>>>> Message-ID: <dy9UP.25407$5Nof.12899@fx35.iad>
>>>>>> "I closeed my Strava account as I've said before - because when I did
>>>>>> a ride the 20 year olds would ride the same course and then brag about
>>>>>> how much faster they were."
>>>>>> 
>>>>> What is your strava link I will follow you.
>>>> 
>>>> If you're looking for Tom's Strava link, this is what's left of them:
>>>> <https://www.strava.com/athletes/27432450>
>>>> <https://www.strava.com/athletes/114659696>
>>>> Neither account has any data or details in it.
>>>> 
>>>> My account is at:
>>>> <https://www.strava.com/athletes/103870441>
>>>> However, you will be disappointed.  I haven't been riding a bicycle
>>>> since about 2018(?) due to back pain problems.  I also didn't ride
>>>> competitively.  Mostly, it was short rides around the Santa Cruz area.
>>>> 
>>>> Everything I've recorded on Strava was either a walk or a hike in a
>>>> local park.  No bicycle involved.  My cardiologist demanded that I do
>>>> exercise walks at least 4 times per week.  I couldn't do that, so I
>>>> only did one walk.  I walk or hike with or 2 or 3 friends,
>>>> unfortunately at the rate of the slowest.  I may need to make some
>>>> changes as I'm definitely not getting enough exercise by walking.
>>>> (Note:  I'm 77.5 years old and am doing well enough for my age).
>>>> 
>>>> Tom began posting his rides on Strava in about mid 2022(?) at the
>>>> request of Lou Holtman, a competent engineer.  I subscribed to the
>>>> free version of Strava to see how it works, learn how to use Strava,
>>>> and keep an eye out for Tom.  Despite claiming to have 15(?) bicycles,
>>>> Tom never bothered to post which bicycle he was riding on Strava.  If
>>>> Tom had switched bicycles, some of the amazing and questionable
>>>> numbers seem to have been the result of speed sensor calibration
>>>> errors.
>>>> 
>>>> Tom's Strava postings continued for a few months.  (I can research the
>>>> exact dates if someone wants to know).  At some point, Lou Holtman
>>>> announced that he was leaving rec.bicycles.tech.  At approximately the
>>>> same time, Tom deleted his data and wiped all the data from his Strava
>>>> account.  I don't recall which event came first.
>>> 
>>> I have a free Strava account that my Garmin account passes my data to,
>>> but I seldom look at it. I get more data with Garmin Connect and I can
>>> download it and save it in my own database.
> 
>> I use Garmin and Strava but Strava is a much more used platform for all 
>> types of things. 
> 
> I also use Garmin and Strava (plus Komoot for social sharing).  I track 
> most rides/ hikes both on the wrist watch and on the mobile phone. 
> Garmin always gets the raw data from the wrist watch while Strava takes 
> the GPS data (w/o heart rate) from the mobile phone when the wrist watch 
> did not record correctly (mostly due to user erros - e.g. forgot to 
> re-start tracking after lunch break, sometimes due to technical errors).
> 

Komoot is sadly been bought and being asset stripped as we speak.

Roger Merriman