MacRetro chat and rides thread

[clockworkgazz]

ohhh you are a card Rob

Know what you mean Kaiser, was gutted when I lost a few rides but when morv said I was an boring obsessed twat for moaning about it, I kind of realized I was taking it a bit to seriously

Still love strava for motivating you to get out when you can't be biscuit arsed just not going to obsess about the numbers (much).

I did a 4 mile round trip to tesco with cam to get beer and chocolate and it was the best ride ever- good natter on a fat chance and a tail wind home- happy days.

 

[RobMac]

Was it the bit about cleaning the house that gave it away?

 

[Hawmaw]

Aye got out myself, 79.6Km....went to upload it and the file is corrupted scunnered so ah am. My own fault I think, as I was trying to turn my Garmin off I plugged the cable in at the same time which tries to turn it on, I think this did it. Good ride anaw took in some decent enough hills, made me realise though how much I'm riding to log miles on Garmin/Strava :? probably not a good thing.

Was wondering what happened. Did you go up the coast to Largs then up the Brisbane Glen?

 

[kaiser]

Aye, cut in through West Kilbride and then up then Glen road and down into Inverkip, cut back through WK and along the back road. I hate to admit it but I went the long way home as well to try to get to 80km, when I got home I was at 79.6 and decided it would be too sad to cycle 200m past my house and then turn round. Because I've never done that before neither I have

 

[gmac123]

strava sounds a bit like crack (for the middle aged)

 

[zigzag]

Aye, cut in through West Kilbride and then up then Glen road and down into Inverkip, cut back through WK and along the back road. I hate to admit it but I went the long way home as well to try to get to 80km, when I got home I was at 79.6 and decided it would be too sad to cycle 200m past my house and then turn round. Because I've never done that before neither I have

I rode in ever decreasing circles round my house the other week to push the ride above 50 miles.

strava sounds a bit like crack (for the middle aged)

It's nice to see yourself improving on the different segments - I prefer that than chasing the miles, but on the flip-side when you start going backwards it can be pretty disheartening. Recently, I've found myself thinking about wind direction and what segments I might be able to improve on, which is maybe missing the point a bit. I'm less adventurous as well - I'd rather go attack my regular segments than do some exploring, which isn't a good thing.

 

[clockworkgazz]

one for the roadies and very handy for Mr K

http://www.strava.com/activities/73682504

 

[gmac123]

one for the roadies and very handy for Mr K

http://www.strava.com/activities/73682504

that looks a great run..

saw this during the tour, http://app.strava.com/activities/65157191

scary numbers :shock: :shock:

and he came 5th :?

 

[kaiser]

one for the roadies and very handy for Mr K

http://www.strava.com/activities/73682504

I rode the Wanlockhead trail with Gavin earlier this year, maybe need to ask him about the 5 Ferries.

 

[kaiser]

Well I've secured a pass for next years Strathpuffer Its changed from a 'I'm never ding that' to 'I quite fancy that one day' to a bucket list item. Just need to get in now, the entries go very very fast.