Event: King of Mountain/Queen of Mountain Challenge on Tri360 ride, Sat 8/31

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  • August 29, 2013 at 1:44 am #914054
    Tri360
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    We made it to a year!!!! And we can’t think of a better way to kick off the weekend’s celebration than a reprise of our QOM/KOM competition on our normal hilly group ride!

    Date: Sat, 8/31 (this Saturday)
    Time: 8:30 a.m.
    Location: Tri360, 2121 N. Westmoreland St. ARLINGTON

    We’ll determine the Strava segment , just make sure you show up Saturday with:
    – A bike computer & its computer connector (Note: Please delete as much other data off of your computer as you can. This helps with upload speed.)
    – A Strava account
    – Your climbing pants on

    The QOM/KOM winners will each receive a $50 Tri360 gift card along with a half year’s worth of bragging rights!

    NOTE: In order to compete for KOM/QOM you will need to sign a ride waiver.

    After the ride, we’ll have lunch catered by Rocklands.

    Let your friends know because the more, the merrier!

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  • August 29, 2013 at 2:03 am #979705
    dcv
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    What time? Meet at the shop? Are smartphones with strava apps OK instead of garmin?

    August 29, 2013 at 11:23 am #979712
    Tri360
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    @dcv 62473 wrote:

    What time? Meet at the shop? Are smartphones with strava apps OK instead of garmin?

    Sorry, we missed all the important details!

    Date: Sat, 8/31 (this Saturday)
    Time: 8:30 a.m.
    Location: Tri360, 2121 N. Westmoreland St. ARLINGTON

    And smartphones w/ Strava are perfect!

    August 29, 2013 at 12:50 pm #979719
    Tim Kelley
    Participant

    @dcv 62473 wrote:

    Are smartphones with strava apps OK instead of garmin?

    Run both and see what gives you the faster time! I’m racing in the mountains this weekend, so I won’t be able to play….

    August 29, 2013 at 1:03 pm #979723
    TwoWheelsDC
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    All KOM/QOM contenders should be required to do the Quebec St. loop twice.

    August 29, 2013 at 1:12 pm #979725
    vvill
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    @Tim Kelley 62488 wrote:

    Run both and see what gives you the faster time! I’m racing in the mountains this weekend, so I won’t be able to play….

    The iPhone will usually give you the faster time afaik.

    August 29, 2013 at 1:37 pm #979729
    DaveK
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    Wish I could be there. Thanks to the shop for running a great ride!

    August 30, 2013 at 1:34 am #979809
    hozn
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    Yeah, I am disappointed I will be out of town. I have been meaning to try the tri360 ride and this would have been a great way to check it out. Especially since Tim is away. And I assume Jason Berry would be ineligible, since he’s too fast, right? :-)

    August 31, 2013 at 3:28 pm #979988
    TwoWheelsDC
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    Well, Will is in the lead so far (beat me by 3 seconds!!)…and as a data point, my phone and Garmin gave the exact same speed and time for the segment.

    August 31, 2013 at 6:15 pm #979992
    vvill
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    @TwoWheelsDC 62771 wrote:

    Well, Will is in the lead so far (beat me by 3 seconds!!)…and as a data point, my phone and Garmin gave the exact same speed and time for the segment.

    I uploaded my ride data from the Garmin – my times on all the segments are different!

    August 31, 2013 at 9:34 pm #979996
    hozn
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    Yeah, it depends on the accuracy of the GPS and the frequency of the data writes (smart vs every second on the Garmin).

    Congrats on the challenge, though!

    September 1, 2013 at 2:46 am #980001
    sjclaeys
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    I started going too hard and completely blew up. Next year!

    September 1, 2013 at 10:58 pm #980013
    TwoWheelsDC
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    It’s official, Will is the winner!

    September 2, 2013 at 1:17 am #980017
    vvill
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    Thanks :) Maybe I’ll get some new shoes – or some delicious delicious Skratch Labs stuff!

    @hozn 62780 wrote:

    Yeah, it depends on the accuracy of the GPS and the frequency of the data writes (smart vs every second on the Garmin).

    Yeah I have my Garmins set to every second so they probably extrapolate less often. The GPS accuracy is a factor too, last time (the Hilly Chilly Chili ride) we came down from Pollard onto 31st, this time it was a straight left from Military Rd so a lot of people’s times included the waiting time before each rider was released to go (roughly 15 second gaps). The segment could probably be trimmed a bit from the start position to avoid that issue.

    September 2, 2013 at 1:43 am #980021
    consularrider
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    Was that the Tri360 group hanging out at Lee Highway and N Rock Spring alongside the Country Club a little after 10 am? I was heading down Rock Spring as the stragglers were climbing up.

    September 2, 2013 at 1:58 am #980022
    TwoWheelsDC
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    @consularrider 62807 wrote:

    Was that the Tri360 group hanging out at Lee Highway and N Rock Spring alongside the Country Club a little after 10 am? I was heading down Rock Spring as the stragglers were climbing up.

    Yup…Rock Spring is the last climb of the ride, so the group gets pretty spread out.

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