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The journal
Before I disappear on my next adventure I thought I would do a bit of an overview on last year, 2016. Strava with the Veloviewer plugin produces this rather elegant chart (now if only Fitbit would get one instead of hoarding your data). As you can see I did 7,055 miles on the bikes […]
After biking for over 62 years I thought it was time to go and get measured up, for the first time, at Gorilla Bikes with a super duper Guru bike fit. I was recommended to visit by Mike of Sally’s cycling group SWNC to try Gorilla Bikes as they use the Guru Fit System fully […]
So in the past four days, with my trusty Fitbit, I’ve walked from Kings Cross station to Milton Keynes which Strava works out at 13.6 + 19.1+ 17.3 + 22.1 = 72.1miles. Fitbit says I did it in 187,762 steps and burnt 22,168 cals based on my actual body weight. This excludes the fact I was lugging a 10kg […]
Here is my ride to date as compiled by the Garmin Etrex 20 & The Adze application: I left home 55 days ago and have bike for 40 days. As you can see it wasn’t a very direct route to the start of The Danube Bike Trail which I’m now 65% completed in 18 days […]
Using the Adze programme I stitched together all the GPS trails for my ride to Les Gets. Each day is given a different colour. There are a total of 25,471 points over the 761 miles (about 53 yards apart) Clicking on the map will download a file that you can open in Google Earth taking […]
Very interesting email I received on one of my favourite topics. If you measure what is going in it strikes me what is coming out is equally important. After all doctors used to taste your urine 🙂 It’s interesting how the FDA are getting drawn into the debate. Basically if you interept the dipstick manually […]
Today I’m off to Amsterdam for the weekend to spend time & learn more about the Quantified Self. Something I have been very interested in since discovering John Walkers original Hackers diet & Eatwatch programme on my old Treo600. This, coupled with the fact I had an eye problem which necessitated many visits to Addenbrookes Hospital to […]
Last saturday Sally and I did the Yorkshire Three Peaks walk. A great walk it was too, especially tagging along behind two members of the LDWA who specialise in 100mile non stop walks. So we moved had a brisker pace and had fewer shorter stops than we are accustomed to with The Cambridge Rambling Club […]
I at to smile at this twitter from Fitbit: Have you ever wondered how far you walk if you add up a year of steps? Keep an eye out for an email from us to learn about your 2012 stats! — Fitbit (@fitbit) January 3, 2013 Since I’ve already accomplished this and more by using […]
