[HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)

[Basil]

Blowing a 20 mph westerly in Florida - Kurt's just done an east to west transfer to take advantage of it (I assume) hope it's not due to another mishap 

Well, 3pm+ there as we speak, and that journey he's done is only about 50km....heading south now?

   I'm seeing 109 miles?

[Martin]

interesting thread; while we are all gunning for Steve  it comes down to "may the best man win"

thinking of another ride (shorter but still hard, think it's happening again this year?); having oodles of support is not necessarily an advantage you still have to ride the whole way

I was chatting to another stellar AUK about Steve's attempt the other day; don't think he knew about it. His first reply was "so he's going over to America for a year?"

[Von Broad]

Blowing a 20 mph westerly in Florida - Kurt's just done an east to west transfer to take advantage of it (I assume) hope it's not due to another mishap 

Well, 3pm+ there as we speak, and that journey he's done is only about 50km....heading south now?

   I'm seeing 109 miles?

Yes, that's right, which is 112 now, that's his total for the day so far. IanG is talking about a suddenly transit shift he made from Palm City on the west coast, what looks like about 50km eastbound to the edge of Lake Okeechobee [respect to heritage]

[Wowbagger]

That shift must have taken up about 50 minutes' cycling time. There must be some sort of combination of how strong the wind is/how tired the rider is to see whether that shift is worthwhile. Presumably he multitasked by consuming a couple of thousand calories whilst en route.

[Tim Hall]

That shift must have taken up about 50 minutes' cycling time. There must be some sort of combination of how strong the wind is/how tired the rider is to see whether that shift is worthwhile. Presumably he multitasked by consuming a couple of thousand calories whilst en route.

Or fixed a broken bike (or two).

[IanDG]

A good move tactically - 50 mins in a cafe or 50 in a camper van moving to better roads/conditions - what's the difference?

[Wobbly]

I was chatting to another stellar AUK about Steve's attempt the other day; don't think he knew about it. His first reply was "so he's going over to America for a year?"

Name and shame 

[LeoW]

Looks like he left he forgot to pause his GPS on his bike whilst it he had a 6 mile transfer.

101.8 miles to 107.8 miles @ 60mph and lowest heartrate.

No doubt he's tried to sort that with UMCA but can't "fix" the Strava total.

Leo

[IanDG]

He does make that comment on his Garmin Connect page.

http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/683635058/0?lang=en

[wajcgac]

Looks like he left he forgot to pause his GPS on his bike whilst it he had a 6 mile transfer.

101.8 miles to 107.8 miles @ 60mph and lowest heartrate.

No doubt he's tried to sort that with UMCA but can't "fix" the Strava total.

Leo

I believe it can be sorted using the edit facility on Strava

Using the edit facility crop the ride from the days start point to where the transfer starts at 163.5km.

Upload a duplicate of the original ride again

Crop the newly uploaded duplicate ride from the days start point to where transfer stops at 173km.

You are left with 2 rides showing for that day on Strava - one showing up to the transfer at 163.5 km and one after the transfer of 119.7 km (292.7-173km). Total distance for the day is more like 283 km

Compared to Steves day 17 distance of 366.1km Tarzans lead after his first 17 days has been cut a fair bit. It will be interesting to see how he fares today against Steves day 18 total of 371.8 km.

[mcshroom]

He would have to upload the second ride from a back up GPS though as otherwise Strava would reject it.

[andyoxon]

If it involves a resubmission, would he have had to edit it within 24hrs of the ride itself?

[mattc]

Worth reading this, before too much time gets wasted on this "issue":

(its the very top post,  on the top thread in the board. In a sticky.)

Nothing particularly suspicious. He transferred to a vehicle at that point, and while the GPX file directly downloadable from Strava 'joins the dots' to include that transfer, he did switch off the timer on his GPS, so the course file records what looks like the correct distance. The difference between the two is 292.75km (.crs file) and 325.25km (GPX). The summary distance on Strava matches the lower, course file.

His time-distance chart for the day looks reasonable:

[thing1]

that post says Jo's own calculations are not skewed by misrecording car-assisted sections. Yay! But Strava's own calculations do remaining skewed by it, and, (according to UMCA) it's the Strava number that reigns supreme.
So, yeah, I think people should carry right on whipping themselves into a right royal frenzy on this one. Letters to MPs would be very appropriate.

[mattc]

So, yeah, I think people should carry right on whipping themselves into a right royal frenzy on this one. Letters to MPs would be very appropriate.

fair enough 

If nothing else it should raise the profile of 1YTT !

[Von Broad]

Rather sad a pastime as it is, following Tarzan round Florida, I've developed a bit of an appetite for the web-cams of it's coast line. In a few minutes from now at 3.47pm EST [20.47 for UK] this is what Tarzan will be greated by. Rather nice on a winters day. Take a dip old chap.

[IanDG]

Big mileage going in today!

[Climberruss]

220 miles. His biggest since his first day. Looking at FB, it looks like his most trouble free too. I'm sure there is a correlation!

[duncan]

Another vid from Kurt this morning

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1567020506872990&set=vb.1549550211953353&type=2&theater

He's dressed up warm because it's 4 degrees C ("F'ing cold for Florida"). Not quite as cold as -2, he points out.

Says he has no mechanicals planned for today, but he has to watch out for sabotage by us Brits ;-)

Seems like a nice chap to me - I wish him luck!

[runsoncake]

Another vid from Kurt this morning

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1567020506872990&set=vb.1549550211953353&type=2&theater

He's dressed up warm because it's 4 degrees C ("F'ing cold for Florida"). Not quite as cold as -2, he points out.

Says he has no mechanicals planned for today, but he has to watch out for sabotage by us Brits ;-)

Seems like a nice chap to me - I wish him luck!

I have a wax effigy of a bike tyre and a ruddy sharp pin, not sure how to focus these things so watch out for collateral damage

[runsoncake]

p.s.

Go Steve
Go Kurt

[duncan]

I have a wax effigy of a bike tyre and a ruddy sharp pin, not sure how to focus these things so watch out for collateral damage

Good choice there with the sharp pin, and not glass. That way TG's tubeless tyres are probably immune...

[Ningishzidda]

Places for Steve to avoid in Great Britain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_in_the_United_Kingdom

[Ray 6701]

I've lost the plot a little (no change there then)

What date did Tarzan start on the HAMR 

Trying to compare his position to Steve's for the same number of days.

[RichForrest]

Have a look here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xz2QyYN6S5ve5X5lvNNwLDb4J8sEek1EOuE7qACqDbQ/pubhtml?gid=944055483&single=true

Rich