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Proposed route for A group out to Hertfordshire - 62 miles but can take a shortcut down Epping New Rd on the way home if you're knackered! https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12052197
Calls via High Beech and then takes a short section of cycle path after the bottom of Mott St to get over the river Lea. Slightly built up for a few miles but soon clear into the rolling Hertfordshire countryside for a change! -
Proposed route for the faster group rides(s) tomorrow:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12046119
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Proposed route for the faster ride tomorrow: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7043496
Yet again might not be the quickest as a few colds going around but we'll see how we go. -
Dad's route leaving 7:30am from The Castle pub by Woodford Green: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/16171147
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I've added Barnaby's. One was all the hills, one practically the same as ne1 (kept his cut through past Roding valley and Chigwell though), and the other is ne3 (which is very similar to ne2). All depends how many variations you want....
I pulled the Hertford/west ride back down through Broxbourne as an alternative to Hertford itself. Don't know if it's any better but we can try it sometime?
Also added my blue egg route and the one you suggested on Facebook for this week (NEast+Hills)
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First attempt at collating club run routes here:
https://ridewithgps.com/events/LVCC-ClubÂ-Rides- I've tried to group them regarding their general direction.
- There's a few that are pretty similar - namely NorthEast2&3 and the two Epping Hill ones (one is the 'All the Hills' route with the other a device of torture devised by Pedro)
- Some are more flowing than others e.g. the west route through Hertford I included for variety is good once it gets going but is a bit slow and congested at the start.
- Some are a bit more specialist (Dunmow for fast time trialling, Epping Hills for um..hills)
- We could effectively have endless permutations, especially of the NorthEast ones. How many do you think we need? I would have thought 5-6 general rolling plus the specials (epping hills and dunmow time trial).
All the routes are probably slightly messy regarding their start and end points. Once we pick a few, I can start to tidy them up.
- I've tried to group them regarding their general direction.
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Yes Jamie, I'm happy to have a go at collating routes in the next few days.
I suppose the main outcome of this discussion would be to try and produce a document similar to what Martin posted but for LVCC which people would hopefully see beforehand to give them an idea of how things work?
We can have a few ideas to try out for the faster ride to see what works? All sound good in theory but the fundamental issue will be when numbers are low but people have different agendas. Can't win all the time!
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I think the bank of club run routes would help - probably only need maybe 6-8? 50-60 miles covering a few different areas and elevation profiles. All the gps files could be made available in a zip file pack, with matching short reference names that you can actually read on your Garmin. You could then just drop the lot on your gps to have ready, opening whichever one is needed at the start of the ride. Could always post specials on the Facebook page for something different.
On the multiple 'fast rides':
If both did the same route setting off with 2 ride leaders at the appropriate pace (one race/training, one 'brisk'), you could have a brief regroup point about 5-10 miles in where riders could swap between groups having seen what the pace was like for a bit? -
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Hey Jamie. I just got the Sugru from eBay I think - took a single 5g sachet to make both parts for my small camera I think (see photo). It's like blu tack that turns into rubber so you stick it on the helmet and mould/poke it into shape. I've got tonnes of the velcro strap so just give my a shout if you want some.
This simple mount works well with the Replay Camera as it's a small, light cylinder. Might be a bit more complicated with the Virb with its tapered shape and buttons?
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You do notice the weight a bit when handling the helmet but forget about it when you're wearing it. Although this is ~105g mounted vs I guess 200g+ for a Garmin Virb, so half the weight.
I just made mini-cradles on each end of a helmet vent out of Sugru and strap it on with a length of velcro. Mount weight is ~5g and reasonably low profile which also helps I think. -
With all the action (both good and bad) on two wheels, lots of people in the club were discussing getting cameras. I thought I would briefly share what I've learned from getting one (Replay Prime X) about mounting it with some example footage.
For commuting, as a record of what happened should I ever need the footage, I wanted to mount it on my helmet as I thought this would give a better understanding of what was happening, where I was looking etc. Also, if there was any followup 'interactions' then they would also be captured. This was what drove the choice of the above camera as it's pretty small and light but still with a decent battery life.
So here's some raw helmet camera footage from my commute around Old Street:
https://youtu.be/z9Bmbw9SD0E
As you can see, it's pretty shaky! Although your body damps the small vibrations, you still end up like a nodding dog with lots of movement. This can be post-stabilised to improve things:
https://youtu.be/OE21AZjJFVg
This was done in Adobe After Effects. I didn't really know what I was at, so I just clicked a bunch of defaults but you can get the gist. I think you can also get it to crop out the black surround. However, this took a really long time to process (1080p @ 60fps) just for a 5min clip. Can't remember how long, but definitely ~1hr+.
To try the alternative of mounting to the handlebars, I got a cheap mount from eBay and here's some footage:
https://youtu.be/8qO5NQFau38
It's much more watchable without stabilisation but still has little vibrations from the crap roads in London. I'm sure this could be stabilised much more easily than the helmet mounted footage.
From a commuting perspective, I would still be inclined to keep it helmet mounted as it follows where you are looking. But if I actually wanted to record to watch back for something other than getting a number plate, I think handlebar mounted is the way to go.
Hope this is of some use!
Hi Guys,
I would also like to enter. LTS 25 mile time 50:23.
Thanks!
David Veitch