Update 17-June-2012
I went out for a ride this morning expecting sunny weather but was disappointed. It was a case for the first hour or so for "Rule 9". I went off towards Rose Hill, then Alvechurch, Tardebigge, Astwood Bank and then Redditch to have another go at some of the segments there. I was feeling OK and (for me) pressing on OK. I felt reasonably strong at Rose Hill (actually the Fiery Hill/Twatling Rd Climb) and also up Scarfield Hill and carried on up to Astwood Bank.
At Astwood Bank instead of going straight on I turned left and headed to Redditch. I have ridden this way before about 18 months ago (actually on 2 Jan 2011). I knew that I'd get near the Icknield Street turn but if I carried on I'd get to the "Paper Mill Rip" segment and from there I was hoping to find the way onto the road that would take me along to Easemore Road and into Redditch town centre to have a go at the Unicorn Hill and Prospect Hill segments again. In addition on Easemore Road there are 2 segments - 1 up and 1 down so plenty of options there.
I almost got round to the Paper Mill Rip section without error - just a couple of mistakes. I also spotted the way up to Easemore Road from Paper Mill Road (well hidden and getting a bit agricultural) so was able to approach from the right place. Easemore Road was a bit of a drag after the miles already under my belt and I knew it wasn't a great time. I rode down Unicorn Hill to where I felt the longer segment started (BUOTC Unicorn Hill) and returned and rode the segment (2 for the price of 1!). I felt reasonably strong and knew the time would be better than previously. I stopped for a quick bit of food before descending Prospect Hill, rode down to the Volvo Garage (the start), U-turned and within ~15 seconds had almost blown. The rest of the ascent was a painful slog back to the top. I pushed for the Easemore Road descent but knew that basically from then on it would be a gentle ride back home. I rode back over a few more segments but there was almost nothing left in my legs. The only positive was I managed to drive the average speed up from 16.7mph in Redditch up to 16.9mph by the time I got home.
Over the whole route I managed to get 16 Achievements (some new of course) but some others were outright improvements.
Rides stats:
Distance =59.9 miles,
Average speed = 16.9mph,
Maximum speed = 36.2mph,
Height gain = 2924ft.
I have used my Excel tool to extract the segment data for this ride and present in this table (with a little bit of additional work). There is some more work to do to get the position in the segment rankings, this is the next job to do. I can read all a riders Ride Data (the rides they have ridden) with the overall stats (average speed etc) and the details of each of the segments ridden during that ride and the times etc. for the segment.
Segment ID
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Effort Moving Time (s)
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Effort Distance (mile)
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Effort Average Speed (mph)
|
Effort Name
|
Climb Category
|
Average Grade (%)
|
Elevation Difference (meters)
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824883
|
371
|
1.24
|
12.1
|
Scarfield Hill, Alvechurch
|
Cat 4
|
4.16
|
82.6
|
876084
|
552
|
2.35
|
15.3
|
Icknield St Climb
|
No Cat
|
1.52
|
68.6
|
882563
|
83
|
0.23
|
9.9
|
Prospect Hill
|
No Cat
|
5.25
|
20
|
891731
|
407
|
2.45
|
21.7
|
B4101 Hockey Heath
|
No Cat
|
-0.56
|
26.4
|
891753
|
337
|
1.78
|
19.0
|
Poolhead Lane
|
No Cat
|
-0.32
|
19.8
|
937392
|
164
|
0.52
|
11.3
|
Astwood Lane Climb into Astwood
Bank
|
No Cat
|
5.34
|
44.4
|
982643
|
82
|
0.32
|
14.2
|
Vicarage Hill Cheswick Green
|
No Cat
|
2.02
|
10.6
|
1007821
|
79
|
0.47
|
21.4
|
Dyers Drag
|
No Cat
|
-1.11
|
8.609
|
1068596
|
190
|
0.67
|
12.7
|
Easmore Rd Climb
|
No Cat
|
3.73
|
40.6
|
1069174
|
502
|
1.85
|
13.3
|
Fiery Hill / Twatling Rd Climb
|
Cat 4
|
3.67
|
108.935
|
1080918
|
43
|
0.20
|
16.7
|
BUOTC Unicorn Hill
|
No Cat
|
3.37
|
14
|
1265825
|
81
|
0.64
|
28.3
|
Easmore Downhill
|
No Cat
|
-3.50
|
36.4
|
1328072
|
182
|
1.08
|
21.3
|
Paper Mill Rip
|
No Cat
|
-1.34
|
23.4
|
1328098
|
63
|
0.29
|
16.8
|
Ravens Bank Rise
|
No Cat
|
1.54
|
7.4
|
1403219
|
289
|
1.12
|
13.9
|
Brookhouse Road Climb
|
No Cat
|
3.59
|
64.878
|
1409586
|
102
|
0.57
|
20.3
|
Clayfields
|
No Cat
|
-2.08
|
23.2999
|
1417426
|
117
|
0.76
|
23.3
|
fiery hill descent
|
No Cat
|
-3.64
|
44.8
|
1456696
|
292
|
1.48
|
18.3
|
Sheltwood Decent
|
No Cat
|
-1.19
|
38.4
|
1458872
|
116
|
0.56
|
17.5
|
Croft Lane
|
No Cat
|
0.47
|
5.586
|
1458941
|
22
|
0.10
|
16.7
|
Unicorn Hill
|
No Cat
|
5.90
|
9.8
|
1472706
|
106
|
0.39
|
13.4
|
Cruise Hill Climb
|
No Cat
|
2.73
|
17.827
|
1483394
|
189
|
1.14
|
21.7
|
Umberslade Road to Cut Throat
Lane
|
No Cat
|
-0.52
|
23.287
|
1516358
|
46
|
0.39
|
30.7
|
Rough Hill Drive Decent
|
No Cat
|
-5.61
|
35.2
|
1516367
|
394
|
2.38
|
21.8
|
Island Challenge
|
No Cat
|
-2.41
|
72.8
|
The other thing that is really easy now is to generate a graphic showing e.g. performance vs. date. He is my improvement over Scarfield Hill in Alvechurch:
Certainly an improvement this year!
And the roads were wet and dirty:
Certainly an improvement this year!
And the roads were wet and dirty:
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| See where my overshoes were! |
Also when I got home (and later in the day I got two of the "Uh Oh.." you've lost your KOM emails from Strava. The first was Hampton Hill (Solihull) taken by Steve Large by 3 secs and the second was Dyers Drag taken by another 7 secs by Dave Brown, so I am now 8 secs behind on this segment (although still 2nd overall). Steve is quick and does pretty long rides whereas Dave is nothing by a segment whore!
Here are these emails:
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