Committee Alan McLean Posted April 21, 2012 Committee Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I am late to the party but now signed up to Strava, thanks Duncan. If you have gps enabled Android phone then hill times are automatically uploaded and compared to others. No need to start/stop the app. It just extracts the hill segments as you ride. Highly recommended. Jwcc are dominating west Glen road and monkey house. Paul has johnshill in lochwinnoch sorted. Don't recognise the top clune climbers. Hours of endless fun ahead. I presume there is an iPhone app too. No driving up climbs mind. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions David Thomson Posted April 21, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Thanks Alan, This is amazing I can see hours of my life being wasted here. Currently downloading the app David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Ramsay Posted April 21, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Should really be studying, but been having a play with this. Nice App! Alan, you need to get yourself onto the JWCC club. Not sure I'll use it much, but will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Ramsay Posted April 21, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Have just found Paul McDonald, Jann, Duncan, Colin McPhee and a couple of others. Will need to go out tomorrow and blast up some hill that no one ever rides! Quick question? - How do you set the bottom and top of a hill? Does it just know from elevation etc? Must get back to studying now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jannza Posted April 21, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I signed up a long time ago when it was just an online tool, data taken from my Garmin. Just realised I have 2 Kom achievements! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreigS Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Were going to download this app aswell is there a club section where we all see each others climbs ? Greig & Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Ramsay Posted April 21, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Jann, you are down as QOM on one of the hills I was looking at! Grieg & Elaine - As of 30mins ago, there were only 4 people in the JWCC section. All you need to do is sign up and then search for club and click join. Most of the people I mentioned above are not actually "club members" of the JWCC through Strava. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted April 21, 2012 Author Committee Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Ramsay: re. bottom and top of climbs. Firstly, you can zoom in to get a pretty good idea of landmarks within a few metres. Then when you are cycling the app automatically logs when you cross the invisible start/stop lines and presents this as a "segment". No need to do anything on the ride, just remember not to ease up until you are sure you have crossed the "finish" of the segment. (Not that we are competitive) I think you have to upload Garmin data by cable but my Android phone just automatically dumps the data online when I get back within range of my wifi. No fiddly cables. You can blame Duncan who has already tried to grab all the local climbs and is still monkey house KOM We may need to log some new start points. For instance; monkey house starts at the junction rather than the lowest point so it registers a rather unimpressive 1.6%. Clune looks ok but named "wrong". Looks like a year's worth of fun including tt courses, hills, race circuits etc. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted April 21, 2012 Author Committee Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Also Ramsay I have not tried to log a new climb/segment. I don't know whether you can do this retrospectively from downloaded data, or whether you need to press buttons on the hill. Doubtless a geek will tell us. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted April 21, 2012 Author Committee Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 West Glen Road KOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Ramsay Posted April 21, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Ta Alan. Couple of climbs near me that no one seems to have done, so will take my phone with me tomorrow and try to do a "first ascent"! Don't know what you mean about being competitive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jannza Posted April 21, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 I'm going out tomorrow to set a new record on west Glen rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions duncan thomson Posted April 21, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Also Ramsay I have not tried to log a new climb/segment. I don't know whether you can do this retrospectively from downloaded data, or whether you need to press buttons on the hill. Doubtless a geek will tell us. Alan yes you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Ramsay Posted April 22, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 There we go! KOM on Bowfiled and Barcraigs (which is extended Bowfield). As an engineer who likes numbers, figures, data etc, this app is great for me. Albeit there is a bit of "Big Brother is watching you" about it.... R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jannza Posted April 22, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 There we go! KOM on Bowfiled and Barcraigs (which is extended Bowfield). R Was it the main bowfield hill past the church or club hill route or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Ramsay Posted April 22, 2012 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Jann, Main road climb. Looks like no one has done the Elliston (club hill climb) climb yet. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellingd Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I am 4th on the 'Kilbarchan climb' - out of 4 If you don't want others to see a ride you can always mark it as private when you upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jannza Posted April 22, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Lol, I have plenty of rides that others will go out and beat. I looked at one hill Carrathmuir it had lots of rides but no names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin McPhee Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 If you take a membership it does an estimate of your power ouput at different parts of the ride based on your weight and that of the bike don't ask me how it works but I have found it really useful. Oh and downside - I started off trying to whack down my times on certain climbs, but you really just knacker yourself for the rest of the ride. So now I just take each one as it comes and have a go at it legs feel good Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Binnie Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I downloaded it during the week, definately a new way to waste hours reviewing data, times etc. Am logged onto the JWCC page, brilliant app, should be loads of fun to be had Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jannza Posted April 22, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 I couldn't find the jwcc page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Binnie Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 http://app.strava.com/clubs It should be straight forward from thhis link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Great wee app having fun on commute now dodging estate cars and sprinting past diagios in Renfrew Alan geek in the corner here. Once you've found a bit of road not claimed by Duncan ride it, go home and upload session. On the Strava website look at the ride dtat and go to bottom right hand corner and click on the "Create a New Segment". It's simples from there on in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted April 30, 2012 Author Committee Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Cycled to Edinburgh on Sunday and downloaded the trip. Weary resignation again.Guess who was in top ten of every segment of every glass littered, Buckfast spattered lane from London Road to Shotts? Our own Duncan Thomson. I swear he must go out in the car every night, on cruise control at 16mph, logging GPS data by the gigabyte. He has also extended his reach to Argyll but nice to see Richard is in on the act now. Also chapeau to Jann the Obscure for logging 10kph on a 1k stretch through Milton Wood in Kilmacolm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Jannza Posted April 30, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Watch out for deer on that 1k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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