I get a kick out of Strava. My Wahoo Elemnt automatically uploads my rides to Strava and Ride with GPS, and Strava occasionally emails to let me know that I set a personal record on such-and-such segment of roadway. I’m usually something like the 873rd fastest rider on the segment.
—Eric “Not Motivated to be 872nd Fastest" Norris campyonly...@me.com @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Dec 17, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Justin, Oakland <justinaug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Steven- > Weird, I use Strava and have never once been forced into a race, competition > or challenge! I have ridden and run and walked and hiked slower than before, > faster than before and just the same. I enjoy the analysis it gives me and > lets me know my general fitness level. I have, however, never once been > forced into the competition. I hope others aren't being forced into servitude > to compete by their phone! > > -J > > On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 12:58:48 PM UTC-8, Steven Seelig wrote: > +1 on the Wahoo Element although I personally stay away from Strava and use > Ride with GPS. If you use Strava, you are buying into the whole competition > thing, like it or not, which is not my bag. Ride with GPS does the same, I > think, and permits your to check out other rides in your area or, even > better, when you travel to a new town. So rather than wonder where to ride > when in unfamiliar territory, you get to plan rides based on turn by turn > directions uploaded by someone else. Really fun if you are a planner, like > me. Not the most intuitive program to use, but after awhile you will get the > hang of it. > > On the cost side, it is a bit steep but I justified the purchase at REI by > getting back the dividend and knowing that I no longer have to worry, worry, > worry about burning the cell phone battery using a computer paired to the > phone. No more psychic anxiety on that front. The Wahoo can operate on its > own, and pretty much lasts an entire day or two of riding. > > If you don't have one, and would never spend the $ on something as > self-indulgent at this, I would say that with the holiday approaching this is > the perfect gift. Maybe not for Deacon Partick, though. More wool for him. > (-: > > Steve Seelig > > On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 3:44:07 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > I use Strava on the phone for 'non-serious' rides. I use a Wahoo Elemnt for > 'serious' stuff, which syncs to Strava. Wahoo also seamlessly integrates > over to Ride With GPS. > > So, for commute miles, I touch one button on my phone and it records my > mileage. For a route where I need directions, I'll map it out on RWGPS and > sync it to my Wahoo. For a ride like I did with Grant on Saturday, I record > it on Strava, and upload that data to Ride With GPS so I can do it again > without Grant because I've already got the breadcrumbs. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 2:15:22 AM UTC-8, Surlyprof wrote: > Bill’s thread on cycling goals made me realize that I don’t have an easy and > consistent method of tracking my mileage. With the new year upon us, I’d > like to find a good way to track bike mileage across 3 bikes that I ride > pretty evenly. So, how do you all track your mileage on the bike? I’m > looking for any suggestions for products, cel phone holders, apps, websites, > whatever will make it easy to track over the year across multiple bikes. > > Thanks. > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
