Author Topic: [HAMR] New challenger - Bruce Berkeley AKA Cycle_dr 1 (Read 165347 times)

Clemo · « **Reply #125 on:** 05 January, 2016, 09:06:25 am »

Another 217.6 miles in the bag

hillbilly · « **Reply #126 on:** 05 January, 2016, 01:25:51 pm »

Nice to see it, to see it, nice.

red marley · « **Reply #127 on:** 05 January, 2016, 01:29:35 pm »

Hillbilly – you need to pace yourself – there are 360 days left. And especially don't try two in one day. You get nothing for a pair.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #128 on:** 05 January, 2016, 03:58:17 pm »

We need to wait until stumps on January 9th before we know exactly how many miles are required for a Brucie Bonus.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #129 on:** 06 January, 2016, 11:04:51 am »

There is no Rule 6.

Clemo · « **Reply #130 on:** 06 January, 2016, 12:51:51 pm »

Another 211.7 miles done yesterday

hillbilly · « **Reply #131 on:** 06 January, 2016, 12:58:43 pm »

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway Adelaide dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory on streamlined machines
Sprung from cages out on highway nine,
Aero wheeled, gel injected,and steppin' out over the line
H-Oh, Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a glory trap, it's a world record rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to ride

Arry-R · « **Reply #132 on:** 06 January, 2016, 08:13:32 pm »

Great posting as always Hillbilly and keep em coming

Exit Stage Left · « **Reply #133 on:** 06 January, 2016, 08:48:32 pm »

I think of him as 'Busby', as in the dance routine from 1.37.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZozePxjnvk

Clemo · « **Reply #134 on:** 07 January, 2016, 09:14:47 am »

212 more miles added

DaveE128 · « **Reply #135 on:** 07 January, 2016, 01:11:47 pm »

I wonder why, if one is to travel across the world to find a good place to ride for the HAM'R attempt, one would go and ride somewhere hilly?

Maybe he has some friends/family over there or something?

Or maybe he just loves hills?

Greenbank · « **Reply #136 on:** 07 January, 2016, 01:40:23 pm »

Probably lots of reasons but two I can think of is that it's summer there and the variation in intensity will help prevent detraining. If what he is doing is sustainable then why not?

citoyen · « **Reply #137 on:** 07 January, 2016, 02:47:11 pm »

Looking at today's ride, 1,260m ascent over 341km isn't really hilly at all - Mount Lofty is a fair old hike, I guess, but it's not all that steep.

His comments on the wind suggest another reason why he might prefer to head inland to the hills.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #138 on:** 07 January, 2016, 04:48:38 pm »

Perhaps he might get the eptithet the "Fremantle Doctor."

citoyen · « **Reply #139 on:** 07 January, 2016, 05:57:22 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 07 January, 2016, 04:48:38 pm

Perhaps he might get the eptithet the "Fremantle Doctor."

He's a good few miles from Fremantle, isn't he?

danridesbikes · « **Reply #140 on:** 07 January, 2016, 05:58:15 pm »

Quote

Looking at today's ride, 1,260m ascent over 341km isn't really hilly at all - Mount Lofty is a fair old hike, I guess, but it's not all that steep.

he does get the advantage of 30km of gravity assisted riding later in the day when more tired, you could essentially refuel on the go without having to make sure you maintain the momentum that riding on the flat brings

Greenbank · « **Reply #141 on:** 07 January, 2016, 08:57:47 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 07 January, 2016, 05:57:22 pm

Quote from: Wowbagger on 07 January, 2016, 04:48:38 pm
Perhaps he might get the eptithet the "Fremantle Doctor."

He's a good few miles from Fremantle, isn't he?

Depends on how strong the wind is. It might be a sea breeze.

(9,6)

marcusjb · « **Reply #142 on:** 08 January, 2016, 09:12:12 am »

Well today's strava has him riding with Astana for 70km as they will be in town for TDU.

I am sure the haters gonna hate ('being paced by pros') etc.

But he sure is racking up the miles.

clarion · « **Reply #143 on:** 08 January, 2016, 03:27:37 pm »

yeah, cause Tommy Godwin was never paced by pros...

Legs · « **Reply #144 on:** 08 January, 2016, 03:44:19 pm »

Bruce is a friend of my brother's. When I saw him at New Year, Matt was saying how much he was looking forward to riding with Bruce on his return to the UK. Matt has some pedigree in long-distance riding, having been Audax UK Junior Champion in 1996 - funnily enough, the Champion for the previous two years had been a Mr S Abraham...

clarion · « **Reply #145 on:** 08 January, 2016, 04:31:14 pm »

Who?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #146 on:** 08 January, 2016, 05:08:58 pm »

Nevererdovim.
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Citizenfish · « **Reply #147 on:** 08 January, 2016, 05:42:55 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 08 January, 2016, 03:27:37 pm

yeah, cause Tommy Godwin was never paced by pros...

correct

red marley · « **Reply #148 on:** 08 January, 2016, 11:43:19 pm »

There's something a little odd about the Strava figures for Bruce's rides so far (I'm not suggesting anything untoward, just an anomaly I can't make sense of).

When I looked at his total for days 1-7, my calculation based on the GPX data uploaded to Strava was about 49km short of the figure suggested by Strava itself. For only 7 days, this is a much greater discrepancy than I would expect even accounting for home-zone privacy settings etc. I have been working though my calculations looking for possible causes, but was not able to identify anything.

Then I noticed that if you take any ride, say this one on the 4th Jan, the headline figure on Strava says 337.1km (tallying with Bruce's own comment for the ride), but if you move the mouse over the elevation profile below the map, the distance only goes up to 325.7km. This lower figure matches exactly the one I had also calculated directly from the GPX file.

So which figure is the correct one, and why such a discrepancy? This is too big an error to ignore as ~10km errors for a single day will soon add up.

Any ideas?

simonp · « **Reply #149 on:** 09 January, 2016, 01:33:30 am »

Could one be wheel sensor based?

Author Topic: [HAMR] New challenger - Bruce Berkeley AKA Cycle_dr 1 (Read 165347 times)

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