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Alasdair McLellan replied to Terry C's discussion Garmin 500 v 800 . What is the real difference ?

"The 500 is: - Lighter. - Smaller. - Arguably more reliable thanks to the use pf physical buttons. The 800 offers no advantage in a racing scenario."

yesterday

Alasdair McLellan replied to Konadog's discussion Belt-drive bikes

"An Alfine 11 would be a lot lighter!"

Friday

Alasdair McLellan replied to Michael H's discussion Upgrade Computer

"Aww, I'd sell you my red 500 - I'm looking for a 510..."

Jun 11

rossmg replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"A sample from a gpx file: whilst not totally trivial, a bit of programming and a tweak of the times - txt munging ;-)"

Jun 6

Patrick O'Kane replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"I'll give her the questions well beforehand so she knows what to ask."

Jun 6

Gillian replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"Word has it that she'll go real easy on ya and hand you a heap of dosh ;-) "

Jun 6

Patrick O'Kane replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"I'll tell all to eWinfrey when I'm ready."

Jun 6

Nick Lothian replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"And digitalepo.com is useful for other things too: It's easy to create a virtual partner that rides 5% faster than you for training purposes. "

Jun 6

Steve OConnor replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"Good thinking there .. but its a bit of an issue still, as every 'fix' for the problem has a trivial workaround to forge a ride that passes the test. You could synthesize a ride file from scratch as well - no need to even ride to be able…"

Jun 6

Nick Lothian replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"I think Strava can do three things: Implement signing of uploads from the mobile phone clients. That'll mostly work. Implement a "digital doping passport". Everytime someone uploads a new ride, check if the GPS co-ordinates are…"

Jun 6

Nick Lothian replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"The exact formula is given here: http://theclimbingcyclist.com/gradients-and-cycling-how-much-harder-are-steeper-climbs/ "

Jun 6

David Southern replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"Use this formula for a quick estimate. Varying the time will give the "increased" power. Legitimate uses are many for this type of estimation of power used, including, but not limited to, non-Strava or non-power-meter…"

Jun 6

Steve OConnor replied to Alasdair McLellan's discussion Digital EPO

"Writing a program to do that is relatively trivial, I regret to say. There is a little bit of maths involved, but its only a weekend's work to do it. There isn't much that Strava can do to detect a well hacked .fit or .tcx file either. The…"

Jun 6