29ers

[foo on patrol]

Seeing as there isn't a specific thread for these, I'm startin one!

I've been on the beach and in the scrub, with my Aldi 29er and am very happy with how it handles the different terrains.

https://www.strava.com/activities/812294401

Foo

[trailgumby]

Apart from my 10yo 26er that is my wet weather commuter, I only have 700c wheels. I love my Scalpel and my Trigger.

Today's ride. It was rather warm. https://www.strava.com/activities/812372666

[foo on patrol]

I think you beat me in elevation gain.

Foo

[trailgumby]

I think you beat me in elevation gain.

Foo

I normally do 3 laps of that circuit rather than two but the heat and the last two days of stuffing myself beat me into submission

[foo on patrol]

Yeah I don't do heat very well at all, neither.

Foo

[mikgit]

Apart from my 10yo 26er that is my wet weather commuter, I only have 700c wheels. I love my Scalpel and my Trigger.

Today's ride. It was rather warm. https://www.strava.com/activities/812372666

Thats an interesting elevation profile there!

[trailgumby]

Apart from my 10yo 26er that is my wet weather commuter, I only have 700c wheels. I love my Scalpel and my Trigger.

Today's ride. It was rather warm. https://www.strava.com/activities/812372666

Thats an interesting elevation profile there!

Yeah. Dunno what's going on around the 6km mark. Like I said it was rather warm. Maybe the temperature increase messed with the altimeter? Overall the elevation change is in the ballpark but the lack of an identifiable pattern for the two laps is interesting.

[mikgit]

Yeah, gps's eh, someone near my place made a segment, cat4 climb, in reality the road is flat as a tack.

[Duck!]

Yeah. Dunno what's going on around the 6km mark. Like I said it was rather warm. Maybe the temperature increase messed with the altimeter?

Fairly probably. Most bike computers with altitude work on changes in air pressure to calculate elevation change. Hitting hot patches with corresponding low air pressure can spike the altitude graph; similarly you can get an upward trend over a longer ride as the air warms and reduces pressure through the day.

[trailgumby]

Yeah. Dunno what's going on around the 6km mark. Like I said it was rather warm. Maybe the temperature increase messed with the altimeter?

Fairly probably. Most bike computers with altitude work on changes in air pressure to calculate elevation change. Hitting hot patches with corresponding low air pressure can spike the altitude graph; similarly you can get an upward trend over a longer ride as the air warms and reduces pressure through the day.

Used to be a real problem with my old 705, but given the 810 records temperature I would hope that the altimeter has some sort of compensation algorithm, much like my power meter. It certainly seems to give me less wacky results. For example today hit highs over 40C and it has given me ascent and descent numbers within two metres of each other.

That altitude trace from Tuesday was just outright weird!

[foo on patrol]

Seeing as it was so hot and humid last night, I went out for a cruise on the walking tracks on the 29er.

https://www.strava.com/activities/829380715

Foo

[foo on patrol]

Hey Mulger, can you enlighten me on this. I can't find any form?

you must complete part of the form in order to continue

Foo

[Mulger bill]

Hey Mulger, can you enlighten me on this. I can't find any form?

you must complete part of the form in order to continue

Foo

You've lost me Foo, not something I've ever seen...

[trailgumby]

Seeing as it was so hot and humid last night, I went out for a cruise on the walking tracks on the 29er.

https://www.strava.com/activities/829380715

Foo

Love the jersey in your strava profile pic

[foo on patrol]

Hey Mulger, can you enlighten me on this. I can't find any form?

you must complete part of the form in order to continue

Foo

You've lost me Foo, not something I've ever seen...

Bugger.

Foo

[foo on patrol]

Seeing as it was so hot and humid last night, I went out for a cruise on the walking tracks on the 29er.

https://www.strava.com/activities/829380715

Foo

Love the jersey in your strava profile pic

It get's quite a few comments and a "love it" from most people.

Foo