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Perfect condition. Was on TT bike (100% dry miles, etc.) but moved to powermeter with built-in cadence plus a rear disk so this is now surplus.

For use with Forerunner 405, 405CX, 310XT, 305, FR60, Edge 810, 800, 705, 500, 305, Oregon series, Colorado series, Dakota 20, and Foretrex 401

Ready to install - will throw in some of those black whatever-those-things are called.

£25. Shoreditch.

"Almost" new GP4000s 25C tire. Was the front tire on my TT bike for about... checks Veloviewer... a shade over 300km. Always dry conditions, never flatted and only about 40km of that distance was on London roads during a triathlon along the Embankment. Only changing it because my trispoke needed a 20mm tire for dat aero.

£20 pickup day/night from Shoreditch.

Best running shops these days in London? Google just gives the usual suspects and old anecdotes whilst I know the good staff move around a fair amount.

Feel like there's something better out there than "just another" Sweatshop selling things mostly on the colour scheme. An Evans/CycleSurgery vs. Bespoke kinda thing..

I've joined audax uk now and will have to grow a massive beard.

They mention if you join "late in the year" it will also count for the next year too. Did that apply when you joined today?

(I can probably only fit one more actual Audax this year so seems pointless to join now if not)

they all have insulin pens in their pockets which can be used to provide a quick injection of the hormone to reduce glucose in the blood and release energy.

Oh realllly ;)

I thought the cafe control at 140k was great but a bit late

Would agree there. I had already stopped at the 130km info and ate crisps (urgh), then wasn't in the mood for nice-looking cake at 140km.

the city centre pub at 100k was a bit busy to stop and eat at

They charged me £2.55 for a small Pepsi out of the nozzle dispenser, compounded by staff not accepting my £2.51 in change forcing me to break a tenner. Le sigh.

I did try to forewarn of those delightful paths

Haha, but I run 23C not 20C! ;)

Just braindumping whilst I remember:

• Spent an extra 5km around Didcot Parkway looking for the control. Routesheet said something like Museum so we went around a bunch of car parks. "Spar shop" would have been enough detail.
  
• Egypt just caused confusion and seemed to give permission to info share later into the ride. ;)
  
• Chimney Pots was fine except that there were two pubs in that village with extremely similar names. Saw at least 3 riders fly past the correct one when I stopped and seems easily avoidable.
  
• Abingdon-Oxford entrance was a little silly as mentioned
  
• (Was mostly following GPS instead of the routesheet)
  
  

You'd probably have to ask someone who has done an Audax before for some in-depth criticism :)

Thanks though, hopefully see you around. :)

Great ride and even greater attitude. So glad you enjoyed it.

(Not to dwell too much on what are, truly, trivial details but what did you carry with you? I see two bags that I would guess would be "too" big for credit-card touring..? Also whether you would change any of the route - 2 of you vs. 100s of Deloitte riders might result in a different road choices.)

Inspiring stuff.

Looks like it will be quite easy to spectate some of Saturday's stage as well as—obviously—Sunday's.

... and home with 268km total ridden. Really great route and the off-road sections were interesting at speed - wouldn't like to those in the wet on my slick 23C. Entering Abingdon was a bit strange too as it was stubbornly kept to some official route... but no real complaints.

Was that you @Vesalius at the cafe? :)

I'm off for the Steamride breakfast now on your recommendation. Choo choo!

Welllll GPS can optionally use mobile data to get a fix:

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

.. and there's Google's crazy wifi hotspot -> location mapping.

It will probably depend entirely on your phone - the Strava is probably just asking the phone for an accurate lat/long and it's entirely up to the handset how it provides that.

Except everything heats up. And you have gears. And now you have power.. (!)

Never will understand why people think turbo speee/distance is a thing.

rear wheel speed on the turbo or rollers

Eh? That's always been completely meaningless number unless somehow you can guarantee constant resistance over any time period (ie. impossible). And now it's completely useless number too as you have far more accurate power data!

(The GSC-10 sensor with a P2M is still 1% useful with for rear-wheel speed outside as it means you aren't relying on GPS speed.. useful within Limehouse link tunnel!)

I'm curious; did you suspect this before you tested it?

Outside of the extremes—which I think yours counts as!—it seems power balance is completely useless.

how accurate is Strava?

Eh, at what?

It's as accurate as GPS is, so plenty good enough for cycling assuming the ride/segments are of a minimum length (let's say 500m). It's less accurate in urban areas but that's just GPS sucking, not Strava. The calorie count is actually pretty scarily on hills in my experience, less so on flats especially if you are drafting (hello Regents Park chaingangs).

Is it accurate at telling you how good you are? Depends. You have to ignore famous segments (Box Hill, anything Richmond/Regents) as they have the obvious cheats as well as authentic attempts by pros, chaingangs, "white van" motorpacers, TT bikes, etc etc. The solution, like a lot of things in life, is to compare yourself with your past self rather than others..

if anyone wants some proven .gpx routing from north london

Please post.

Thanks for the info - see you out there :)

Hm, I only just signed up earlier today. I guess I could just turn up with GPX loaded on my Garmin? (My first Audax-branded audax)

EDIT: Organiser forwarded me everything.

Anyone else doing Steamride this Saturday?

Size + price?

https://chris-lamb.co.uk/posts/strava-enhancement-suite :)

Become the Regents Park Castelli fashion victim you've always wanted to be!

Great to perfect condition, I just need to size down.

Despite being Large don't forget this is Castelli - I would say these were suitable for any somene 75kg+, I just went a bit "Froome" this season so these no longer fit.

(Wondering which arm warmers to get? These are usually paired with the Gabba jersey; see last year's Milan — San Remo...)

£20, Shoreditch.

The scene: You're out of gels/bars/Soreen, you're in the middle of nowhere and you spot a garage. It sells the usual stuff, but it's not well-stocked like a Tesco Metro.

What do you buy?