How do you log rides? - Page 2

01-05-2007, 10:49 AM

In article <oUjnh.2276$yY7.1648@newsfe04.lga>,
"GaryG" <sorrynoemail@NOSPAMX.com> wrote:

> For those who are interested, you can download a free, fully functional,
> 30-day trial version of CycliStats from the website

Doesn't function at all for me. Next time, at least say it's
Windows-only.

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01-05-2007, 05:49 PM

"Doc O'Leary" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> In article <oUjnh.2276$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> "GaryG" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > For those who are interested, you can download a free, fully functional,
> > 30-day trial version of CycliStats from the website
>
> Doesn't function at all for me. Next time, at least say it's
> Windows-only.

The system requirements are listed on the download page.

What's your OS? Newer Macs are capable of running Windows apps, and I have
several customers who are running the program that way..

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01-06-2007, 12:01 PM

In article <63Enh.143$Bz5.5@newsfe05.lga>,
"GaryG" <sorrynoemail@NOSPAMX.com> wrote:

> "Doc O'Leary" <droleary.usenet@1q2007.subsume.com> wrote in message
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> > In article <oUjnh.2276$yY7.1648@newsfe04.lga>,
> > "GaryG" <sorrynoemail@NOSPAMX.com> wrote:
> >
> > > For those who are interested, you can download a free, fully functional,
> > > 30-day trial version of CycliStats from the website
> >
> > Doesn't function at all for me. Next time, at least say it's
> > Windows-only.
>
> The system requirements are listed on the download page.

I saw. I would just have liked some indication of that in your post so
I wouldn't have to bother going to a site that is useless to me.

> What's your OS? Newer Macs are capable of running Windows apps, and I have
> several customers who are running the program that way..

While Apple hardware can run Windows, Mac OS X cannot run your app as
far as I know. I really hope you're not suggesting that your program is
so awesome that to buy it people should also pay even more for a ****ty
OS and reboot every time they run it. I haven't tried Wine, so maybe
Linux can do it better; mention it if that is the case. Regardless, all
I was asking was for some actual technical details in the middle of the
marketing.

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01-06-2007, 01:34 PM

Doc O'Leary wrote:
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>>>
>>>Doesn't function at all for me. Next time, at least say it's
>>>Windows-only.
>>
>>The system requirements are listed on the download page.
>
>
> I saw. I would just have liked some indication of that in your post so
> I wouldn't have to bother going to a site that is useless to me.
>
>

[site owner rolls eyes]

01-06-2007, 02:04 PM

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Use it

Patrick Lamb wrote:
> I really didn't start seriously logging anything until 3-4 years ago.
> Before that, odometer readings at the end of each year were good
> enough. In 2005, I got a desk calendar and started noting miles and a
> short description of each ride. That made for a nice day at the end
> of the year, when I spent a rainy afternoon entering everything into a
> spreadsheet (boring) and reliving the best rides from jotted notes
> (definitely not boring!).
>
> Trouble with having a spreadsheet is, you keep going. So last year I
> logged everything in a desk calendar, and also put it in the
> spreadsheet, thinking of more or less interesting things to plot, and
> then watching the plots carefully. It helped some with motivation, as
> I went from a personal record of 3,000 miles to a new personal record
> of 5,000 miles for the year. But I missed that day of reminiscing --
> sort of like getting a cyclocomputer can lead to too much interest in
> watching the numbers flash, and not enough interest in the ride.
>
> So how do you keep track of your rides? (Do you?) What's important
> enough to log -- time, distance, ride profile, max/min speed or pulse
> -- and why do you log it? What do you do with it when you're done?
>
> Pat
> Email address works as is.

01-06-2007, 05:46 PM

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:07:28 -0800, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
wrote:
>In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
> Patrick Lamb <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>> What's important
>> enough to log -- time, distance, ride profile, max/min speed or pulse
>> -- and why do you log it?
>
>When I had the cycloputer, it seemed a shame to
>just toss all those numbers into the bit bucket.
>Might as well save 'em. And I liked to record
>things I noticed, impressions and experiences
>during my rides.

When I was going through my desk calendar, the impressions and
experiences I remembered seemed like the most important (and
ephemeral, and intangible) things in there. Well, maybe second most,
behind the mileage...

>> What do you do with it when you're done?
>
>There's the rub. Not much. That's partly why I don't
>bother any more.

You've gone more minimalist than I've been able to, at least so far.
I did like remembering the rides; even the one where I turned into a
20 mph headwind, at 20 F, and almost stopped. That one, at least, is
good for stories.

Pat

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01-06-2007, 05:47 PM

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:12:14 -0600, catzz66 <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>
>It didn't occur to me to post it earlier, but I do note the mileage for
>flats, major repairs and additions. I keep two bikes going at a time.
>They are pretty similar, so it isn't otherwise easy for me to keep up
>with when those things are done.

I don't keep track of flats, but I do note mileage for chain and tire
changes. Probably doesn't make any difference for either (I mean, you
change them when they're worn out), but I have some sense of how long
a particular tire will last.

Pat

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01-06-2007, 05:47 PM

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:00:20 +0100, Jørn Dahl-Stamnes
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>Patrick Lamb wrote:
>> So how do you keep track of your rides? (Do you?) What's important
>> enough to log -- time, distance, ride profile, max/min speed or pulse
>> -- and why do you log it? What do you do with it when you're done?
>
>I use [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

So what do you record with this software, and why, and how do you use
the information?

Pat

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01-06-2007, 05:47 PM

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:00:27 GMT, oughtfour <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>Tracking these data has transformed the way I ride. It has led me to
>ride farther, faster, and more often.

That's the positive I noted; the spreadsheet can be an inspiration, as
long as everything's going well.

>I just enter the data in a spread sheet. At the end of the year I start
>a new one. Over time I've added bells and whistles like a graph of
>cumulative miles and seven-day totals.
>
>Patrick Lamb wrote:
>> Trouble with having a spreadsheet is, you keep going.
>And this is a problem how exactly?

I spend too much time thinking up interesting things to calculate or
plot, and too little time riding.

Pat

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01-06-2007, 05:47 PM

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:47:33 -0800, bitwisebob <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:28:57 -0600, Patrick Lamb
><[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>So how do you keep track of your rides?
>
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>
>It's not new software, but has good features for what it does.
>Exercise, diet, graphs
>
>Portable too, I can run it from a USB thumb drive on any computer.

OK, so what do you do with all that information?

Pat

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