Nope. Yeah not really at all.
Chabot's got it right. Today sucks.
It shouldn't, by any reasonable metric. But it does.
Three weekends in a row with a race like event (race then RdR then race) and this weekend and next totally off the books for bike racing. Slept for shit, tweaked my back sleeping, or sitting or something so I've got restricted mobility at the moment, can pedal just fine though it seems. But who cares. Really.
The old douche-bag called me out for shilling. Well, here's this, while strava is pretty cool, it is also the best stalking tool out there for monitoring your competition, esp those who don't keep it all locked up and private.
That said I think the KOM stuff is dumb. Esp with the lack of accuracy inherent with consumer grade satellite systems. Really? a 1 second or better accuracy is possible? Whatever it is what it is and people get all worked up and excited to be able to race without actually racing. Next Gen Strava Garmin device will project a hologram of the closest competition of a certain segment so you can actually race someone, head to head, virtually. On the same road. at different times. Even if the other person isn't racing. or has a headwind, or a head cold. You can still BEAT THEM AND TAKE THE KOM! F'YEAH. KOM POACHING!
Lets look through the local segments, find a KOM that was set at the end of a really long and hilly ride, then ride over to the segment as easily as you can and then ATTACK IT AND TAKE THEIR CROWN! YEAH. Then you can STEAL ALL THE KOMS. yeah. or not. Probably shouldn't be writing today. But, fuck it. Pissed off moods and writing don't always coincide esp when I don't have the "i should refrain" filter in place on my brain.
Somewhere the other day I saw a comparison between a Cell phone based GPS device and a Garmin. A specific segment was shorter in one than the other. But they were both on the same bike, different numbers.
I'm fine not having the thing. I appreciate not having to come home, plug in the device, connect to the web site, upload the data off the Garmin after every ride. I'm not cool enough to roll like some and have the phone do it all for you.
le sigh
nothing seems to be able to cure this funk today, eating, not eating, coffee, no coffee
it is opposite day... take the title here and really it is more of a Face Punch Friday.
yeah yeah yeah "how in the world can you be like this?" i dunno. if i did i'd fix it. only constant is that if i keep plugging along i'll be fine [not] soon enough
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I was wondering if solobreak was a friend and you guys were just egging each other or if he was a blog troll. Troll it is I guess.
Yeah Strava is no replacement for respect earned in races or hammerfest rides and the KOM's can be down-right laughable. I know a guy in my club who owns a couple of KOM's that could only have been done in a car or hanging onto one. He's a great guy and probably doesn't even know so I give him a pass.
That said, Strava has been key for me when it come to solo rides. It gives me something to strive for, to ride harder than I might otherwise, and has noticeably helped my overall fitness.
Like blog trolls, sometimes you just have to take the bad with the good if you're doing what you love.
Cheers!
for the record:
solobreak is a 'friend' who's really good at trolling me.
and strava doesn't suck, but it ain't a big bed of rose pedals in a candle-lit room.
Dude shooting fish in a barrel is ten times easier than getting under your microscopically thin skin.
I thought all that organic real food was supposed to keep you sleeping well and even-tempered and all that? Or have you been eating off the food truck again?
I mean ten times harder. Though I guess I never actually tried shooting a fish.
Nah Food truck guy moved his food truck restaurant from Seekonk to Brook Street, no more Chinese Food Truck.
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