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MisNomer from Shaw Residential Internet said:

you "download" (electronically or otherwise) from your bike computers? Right now I just keep track
of the distance, time and average speed, who I ride with, and where I went.

I do that, plus I add weather conditions.

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Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:00:48 GMT, <[email hidden]>, MisNomer

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you "download" (electronically or otherwise) from your bike computers? Right now I just keep track
of the distance, time and average speed, who I ride with, and where I went.

Some people may make note of weather conditions if they're anything but fair-weather cyclists.

I suppose if you're training, you might want to keep track of your supplements and what you
were wearing.
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"MisNomer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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you "download" (electronically or otherwise) from your bike computers?

Right

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now I just keep track of the distance, time and average speed, who I ride

with,

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and where I went.

take care Liz here are some pics of one of my rides members.shaw.cabikepath.htmOpen ↗

Those stats, plus:

Max speed, elevation gained, calories, cadence (when I had a cadence monitor), average watts,
average heart rate, max heart rate, plus notes on weather, route, sights seen, how I felt, etc.

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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I do that, plus I add weather conditions.

In Shreveport? You have two. Hot, and wet. Usually at the same time.

Pete

Thanks, and you too have some nice pics! I pictured you differently. Nice to put names to faces.
Happy riding!

take care Liz

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Nice pics

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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:13:17 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> from Road Runner High Speed Online

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"Kevan Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I do that, plus I add weather conditions.

In Shreveport? You have two. Hot, and wet. Usually at the same time.

Yeah ... and then there's the weather, too. 🙂

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MisNomer said:

you "download" (electronically or otherwise) from your bike computers? Right now I just keep track
of the distance, time and average speed, who I ride with, and where I went.

I have a spreadsheet which I enter in the date, clock time, distance, biking time, type of ride
(Training, Leisure, or Group), and the route. The spreadsheet figures out average speed for the
ride. It also figures total distance and time, average distance, time and speed for each category
and for them combined, for my whole year.

Craig midwestroads.combikeOpen ↗

I, too, input to a spreadsheet (geek that I am) where I keep track of the following: date distance
ride time avg. time per mile average speed maximum velocity temperature ride notes

That said, what's the general concensus of keeping track of ride time versus time elapsed? Given the
traffic, stop lights and signs I encounter, I tend to prefer actual ride time, but is there any
reason to prefer the latter? Just wondering, since we opened the subject a bit.

Kristin

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MisNomer said:

you "download" (electronically or otherwise) from your bike computers? Right now I just keep
track of the distance, time and average speed, who I ride with, and where I went.

I have a spreadsheet which I enter in the date, clock time, distance,

biking time,

Quoted message said:

type of ride (Training, Leisure, or Group), and the route. The

spreadsheet

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figures out average speed for the ride. It also figures total distance

and time,

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average distance, time and speed for each category and for them combined,

for my

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whole year.

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Kristin Garau said:

That said, what's the general concensus of keeping track of ride time versus time elapsed? Given
the traffic, stop lights and signs I encounter, I tend to prefer actual ride time, but is there
any reason to prefer the latter? Just wondering, since we opened the subject a bit.

Riding time: using this and your total distance give you your average speed while moving. I use this
so I can compare each ride and see how I'm improving over the season. This method takes out (for the
most part) how many stop lights and such you run into. Something it can't take into account is how
hilly or windy that particular ride was, so you can't always accurately compare.

Elapsed time: This will tell you how long your ride was in actual minutes. For me this would only be
useful for determining if I have enough time to do a certain route. If I only had 45 minutes, I
could look back at my logs and see what routes only took that long. But since I don't keep track of
total elapsed time, I have to take my riding time and add on some minutes based on what I know about
the route. Fortunately I rarely need to be done with a ride by a certain time, so this information
is not needed, and the ride time substitutes just fine.

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MisNomer <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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you "download" (electronically or otherwise) from your bike computers? Right now I just keep track
of the distance, time and average speed, who I ride with, and where I went.

take care Liz here are some pics of one of my rides members.shaw.cabikepath.htmOpen ↗

I record the ODO from both bikes every Friday, from which I get weekly milage and average weekly
milage. It's bare-bones info but enough to give me a general idea of how things are going. There's
also a "comments" section where I've recorded when parts are replaced, and extraordinary days
(good or bad).

Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:37:36 GMT, <[email hidden]>, "Kristin

Garau said:

That said, what's the general concensus of keeping track of ride time versus time elapsed? Given
the traffic, stop lights and signs I encounter, I tend to prefer actual ride time, but is there any
reason to prefer the latter? Just wondering, since we opened the subject a bit.

Kristin

For randonee rides, your overall time is the base for calculating your average speed which can't be
less than 15KmH, including sleep periods.

Commuting times depend on total time elapsed, including parking, toilet and change or buffer for a
flat tire.

For normal riding around town, I leave it on auto start/stop and display the clock function.
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Kristin Garau <[email hidden]> wrote:
: I, too, input to a spreadsheet (geek that I am) where I keep track of the

I just use a text file, though I'm going to upgrade to database and some software I think.

: That said, what's the general concensus of keeping track of ride time versus time elapsed? Given
: the traffic, stop lights and signs I encounter, I tend to prefer actual ride time, but is there
: any reason to prefer the latter? Just wondering,

I record both, as then I can see how much I wasted on breaks, traffic lights and such :-) Minimizing
breaks makes you faster!

For each ride I also record which HPV I'm riding. Sometimes it's fun to calculate one's total pedal
revolutions or percentage of coasting time, but I don't usually record that. Sometimes I just record
the day, distance and vehicle, and nothing more.

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