I also use Strava (why does that feel like a confession?), but more because I find it interesting to look back at my mileage - the only "social" thing I've done on the site is join the OCCUPYSTRAVA <http://www.strava.com/clubs/occupystrava> group, which was started as a reaction to Strava's heat map <http://labs.strava.com/heatmap> showing fitness and "training" routes much more clearly than common transportation routes. I'm really hoping that the odd subset of bike traffic data doesn't get misused as "the definitive" guide to where folks ride. I'm doing a capstone project for my master's degree in urban planning that may help point to just how much traffic Strava might be missing (still with major caveats, of course).
I can't say I've tracked my performance as closely as you, but the move from my former aluminum CX bike to my Sam worked out about the same: maybe a minute or two over the course of my relatively flat 45 minute commute, even though the Sam weighs 10 pounds more. The big difference I notice is the much greater wind exposure when I'm sitting up behind the Sam's Bosco Bullmoose bars, but hunkering down in the flat part helps some - and of course it's an advantage in a tailwind! At this point I ride the Sam for 99% of my riding, since it's so much nicer to ride. Of course, I did build it to do what I need: front and rear racks (for some reason mine is the only bike I ever see parked at Costco), dynamo lights, Bosco Bullmoose bars to get around the baby seat and let me ride in a suit, and of course the great ride and great looks. The CX bike only really comes out when the Sam is out of commission, or if I'm headed to an unknown/potentially sketchy part of town (Washington, DC) where the Sam would stand out as a theft target, or in the winter when it gets studded tires and becomes the snow bike (in DC, only a few really bad days each winter). Yay for the Sam, and yay for Riv helping me with an "un-warranty" issue even though I wasn't the original owner! (a story for another day) -J On Friday, June 27, 2014 12:04:11 AM UTC-4, Paul Y wrote: > > I am probably more of a Strava user than most of you on the board. There > is a big wannabe-racer character in me. That said, almost 2 years ago I > sold my 23mm road bike and the Sam Hillborne became my only roadish bike. > > Most of my rides get logged on Strava so I generally know where I am > performance-wise. This morning I put a really hard effort > <http://www.strava.com/activities/158623274> in on the local road climb > with the Hillborne. It's roughly a 43 minute climb for me. I came roughly > 1:15 slower than my personal record > <http://www.strava.com/activities/23765457#3643957048>, which I had made > on a modern road racer clipped in, clad in spandex, heart rate monitor et > al. That's about *3%* slower riding in a t-shirt, casual shorts, > sneakers, equipped with dyno lighting, kickstand and Sackville bar bag. No > doubt the Hillborne is a beast compared to the sub 9kg road bike > <http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?year=2007&brand=Felt&model=F55> > > I sold. It offers comfort of another caliber of course - but that's another > story. > > *3% slower up a 700m climb, riding both bikes at fast-as-possible effort.* I > think that's a remarkably small penalty to be on such a stately machine! > > I really, really love my Rivendell. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
