My Morning Commute

[Certifried]

sucked I drove today, despite knowing the weather would be nice. I ate at the “Original Pancake House” in Bethesda yesterday, and by afternoon was feeling pretty nauseous. I’m not sure it was the food, nor do I really have any idea what the issue was really. Still feeling a little “blech” today, and woke up way too late to ride.

Just another manic Monday.

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[TwoWheelsDC]

@GovernorSilver 141855 wrote:

I tried the Strava app for the first time but apparently just hitting the Record button wasn’t enough to actually record the ride.

??

Did you hit the “finish” button once you were done? Shouldn’t take anything other than that.

[GovernorSilver]

Had to ride straight to work today, so missed CCCC.

Followed this guy on a road bike down MVT into Jones Point Park. He turned towards Royal St, I continued on the scenic route (Union St, etc.). Later on where the two MVT branches rejoin, I see the same guy again, despite his riding at a faster speed. Just more proof that the Royal St. route can really slow you down if you’re commuting northbound through Old Town.

This is the 2nd commute in a row on the Uptown 8 in which somebody made a comment about electric bikes to me. The first time it was from a random cyclist who said “Get an electric!” as he passed me on Jefferson in the National Mall, after 3-4 other cyclists passed me. Today, it was a pedestrian on N. Capitol St. who asked me if my bike was heavy. I said “It’s 35 lbs”. He then asked if I had a motor on the bike. I said, no, just my legs.

After the nice little chat, I was in the odd position of riding northbound N. Capitol St. on the rightmost lane with nobody in front of me, and backed up cars on the middle lane. I wanted to pedal harder to cross K St. before the light turned red, but was wary of one of these drivers realizing the right lane was completely empty (except for me) and suddenly deciding to cut over.

[dkel]

@GovernorSilver 141855 wrote:

I tried the Strava app for the first time but apparently just hitting the Record button wasn’t enough to actually record the ride.

If you hit Record while you’re on the Feed page, it takes you to the Record page, but then you have to hit Record again. At least that’s what mine does. Seems stupid.

[GovernorSilver]

@dkel 141859 wrote:

If you hit Record while you’re on the Feed page, it takes you to the Record page, but then you have to hit Record again. At least that’s what mine does. Seems stupid.

Thanks! The double-record thing did throw me off, but I managed to record my evening commute.

I’ve been recording my rides with Cyclemeter. One weird bug is that sometimes it will record a basic right angle turn as a high-speed peak – sometimes as much as 40 mph. I know what going faster than 30 mph feels like, thanks to descending Braddock Road on the way back from Shirlington, and I’ve wiped out turning at slower speeds than that.

I thought I’d try the Strava app to see if it does the same thing.

[rcannon100]

Trollheim 1: Newbie 0

[dasgeh]

@dkel 141859 wrote:

If you hit Record while you’re on the Feed page, it takes you to the Record page, but then you have to hit Record again. At least that’s what mine does. Seems stupid.

I downloaded an app called “one click for strava” — tap that app once, and it opens Strava, deals with whatever adds it has to, goes to record and starts recording. LOVE IT

[Tim Kelley]

@dasgeh 141887 wrote:

I downloaded an app called “one click for strava” — tap that app once, and it opens Strava, deals with whatever adds it has to, goes to record and starts recording. LOVE IT

Can you put it into both biking and running mode from there or do you have to manually switch somehow?

[DismalScientist]

The one click Strata app is now superfluous. Just put the Strata widget on a home page.

[Tim Kelley]

@DismalScientist 141899 wrote:

The one click Strata app is now superfluous. Just put the Strata widget on a home page.

Can you put it into both biking and running mode from there or do you have to manually switch somehow?

[americancyclo]

On an iPhone, I use the Strava widget in the “Today” view in the Notification Center. Just pull down click “record” (maybe type in your passcode) and go! I specify ride or run after I stop recording.

[DismalScientist]

I think the record mode may be the same between biking and running. You choose the mode when you save the track. I think Strava defaults to the mode of the last saved activity.

[Tim Kelley]

@DismalScientist 141936 wrote:

I think the record mode may be the same between biking and running.

Only difference is that in bike mode it displays mph and in run mode is display min/mile. Math is extra hard when you’re exerting yourself!

[bentbike33]

@GovernorSilver 141866 wrote:

One weird bug is that sometimes it will record a basic right angle turn as a high-speed peak – sometimes as much as 40 mph. I know what going faster than 30 mph feels like, thanks to descending Braddock Road on the way back from Shirlington, and I’ve wiped out turning at slower speeds than that.

I thought I’d try the Strava app to see if it does the same thing.

This is more an artifact of the quality and accuracy of the GPS device (phones are not as good as, e.g., Garmins) and the tendency of, probably the software, to want to keep you on a road it knows about. Strava for iPhone often had me going through solid objects at high speeds.

[americancyclo]

@Tim Kelley 141937 wrote:

Only difference is that in bike mode it displays mph and in run mode is display min/mile. Math is extra hard when you’re exerting yourself!

You can always pause the activity, then switch to running!

[Tim Kelley]

@americancyclo 141941 wrote:

You can always pause the activity, then switch to running!

Excellent pro-tip!

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