National Bike Challenge 2014

[cvcalhoun]

It’s okay, we needed that support request anyway. Both teams I specifically invited have now been able to join. Yay! However, I set the league up as public to allow other DC-area teams to join without needing an invitation, and that part does not appear to be working. And of course, we’ve still got the issue of your not being able to name additional team administrators.

@Rod Smith 82206 wrote:

Carol, if I’m having problems it’s best to try to work them out with me before going to the support requests because I’m sort of computer challenged. I found the email and joined our team to the league!

[cvcalhoun]

Can I just mention that our league is the #1 league in the country, our team is the #1 team in the country, and one of our teammates is the #1 rider in the country? I’d say we’re doing well!

[Arlingtonrider]

In.

[Arlingtonrider]

Last time I used Endomondo (a year ago), I was able to easily enter daily mileage manually without having to import/share my route info or figure out time, speed, etc. It seems impossible to do that now. Arghhh!

[cvcalhoun]

If you prefer not to use Endomondo, you can enter mileage manually directly to the National Bike Challenge. Or given that you’re already using Strava, you could use FitnessSyncer, a free service, to automatically sync Strava rides to MapMyFitness, from which they will automatically be picked up by the National Bike Challenge.

@Arlingtonrider 82288 wrote:

Last time I used Endomondo (a year ago), I was able to easily enter daily mileage manually without having to import/share my route info or figure out time, speed, etc. It seems impossible to do that now. Arghhh!

[Rod Smith]

@cvcalhoun 82283 wrote:

Can I just mention that our league is the #1 league in the country, our team is the #1 team in the country, and one of our teammates is the #1 rider in the country? I’d say we’re doing well!

Yes but… We need to be careful about double/triple posting rides which happens sometime even when you don’t do anything wrong. So some of the leaderboard standings are not accurate. Shawn has a great avatar but he hasn’t ridden 750 miles in April.

[cvcalhoun]

Yeah, I’m really hoping they get these software bugs fixed before May 1. I’m having the opposite problem–losing credit for days because some of my rides get credited to the wrong day.

@Rod Smith 82298 wrote:

Yes but… We need to be careful about double/triple posting rides which happens sometime even when you don’t do anything wrong. So some of the leaderboard standings are not accurate. Shawn has a great avatar but he hasn’t ridden 750 miles in April.

[Rod Smith]

CPTJohnC,

@Arlingtonrider 82288 wrote:

Last time I used Endomondo (a year ago), I was able to easily enter daily mileage manually without having to import/share my route info or figure out time, speed, etc. It seems impossible to do that now. Arghhh!

@cvcalhoun 82290 wrote:

If you prefer not to use Endomondo, you can enter mileage manually directly to the National Bike Challenge. Or given that you’re already using Strava, you could use FitnessSyncer, a free service, to automatically sync Strava rides to MapMyFitness, from which they will automatically be picked up by the National Bike Challenge.

If you are using Strava or a simple cycle computer, the easiest way to log your miles is to click on log miles, then type the number onto the ride distance line for either sport or transport miles.

[Rod Smith]

@cvcalhoun 82299 wrote:

Yeah, I’m really hoping they get these software bugs fixed before May 1. I’m having the opposite problem–losing credit for days because some of my rides get credited to the wrong day.

It’s a real pain in the butt.

[bobco85]

@cvcalhoun 82299 wrote:

Yeah, I’m really hoping they get these software bugs fixed before May 1. I’m having the opposite problem–losing credit for days because some of my rides get credited to the wrong day.

All the rides I upload from MapMyRide get credited to the next day, so I stopped loading them through that. I enter the numbers manually now.

[jopamora]

Strava 4ever! Manually entering my rides every few days is what I have been doing.

[cvcalhoun]

They claim they are going to have this fixed when they roll out the upgrade on April 16. I really hope that’s true. I am already uploading my rides to Garmin, Strava, and the Garmin software on my local computer, and inputting it manually to Fitlinxx. I really don’t want to spend more time entering my data than riding!

@bobco85 82302 wrote:

All the rides I upload from MapMyRide get credited to the next day, so I stopped loading them through that. I enter the numbers manually now.

[bobco85]

@bobco85 82302 wrote:

All the rides I upload from MapMyRide get credited to the next day, so I stopped loading them through that. I enter the numbers manually now.

I should add: I’ve been recording my rides with Strava but have been manually entering the numbers.

Also, I have had problems with using the NBC site on Safari (I have Mac OS X Mavericks), so I’ve been using Chrome which has been problem-free.

[Arlingtonrider]

Thanks! Manual entry directly on NBC is even easier than what I initially thought I had to do. Perfect!

[CPTJohnC]

I am catching the drift here that manual entry is the best way to go. That’s unlikely to play well with my lazy man’s style. I can switch apps easily enough, but manual entry requires extra steps. Here’s hoping they get that fixed.

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