Ditching the Data

[bironi]

Love riding with my hands close to the stem at times. No gadgets on my bars = more aesthetically pleasing.

[Ralph]

I just watch distance and speed. And time of day. Then at end like to know about how many calories I've used....whether accurate or not....at least it figures same way every time. Don't upload or store any data. Just use a basic Garmin 20.

[Seramount]

have never monitored cadence, HR, watts, etc...

no desire to give up knowing current speed, trip distance, time of day, tho...

[Tony T]

Excel Spreadsheet from `08.
I just input miles and time, and calc speed, and compile by day/week/month.
I then compile to a table so I can compare current data to prior years

[Drmojo]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

I think I took the cutoff and went straight from (2) to (6)

and I had 2 altimeters for a while...

[Clean39T]

https://abovecategorycycling.com/journal/solitude/

"Live in wonder, if but for a few brief minutes each week. We’ll discover that whimsy is not dead, just dormant, drowned out by the discord cacophony of data."

Surely they must read the threads here...

But I'm not sure the Zevon song is about what they are thinking.

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by Seramount

have never monitored cadence, HR, watts, etc...

no desire to give up knowing current speed, trip distance, time of day, tho...

I like to know time of day and distance. I have cadence and heart sensors. I use them on the trainer. I have thought about setting up the garmin to collect that data. I wouldn't mind monitoring cadence just as an incentive to keep it a bit higher. My cadence is often too slow for good performance, especially on longer rides

[Heisenberg]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

But I'm not sure the Zevon song is about what they are thinking.

Ironically, isolation, hermitage, and hygge have found themselves in a marriage of convenience in our screen-soaked lives atmo.

And here I am, writing this from my phone.

In my bed.

Depressing.

[chiasticon]

Originally Posted by ftf

Balance is the key, as in everything in life. I ride with electronics on my bike, but I don't live and die by it. Honestly the numbers are part of the fun. To each their own.

this. it's what you make of it, really. believe it or not, you can enjoy the numbers AND the ride, and still not be one of those goobers prattling on incessantly about how many watts you averaged the other day.

[54ny77]

I told a buddy of mine who's REALLY into the numbers that I shape my rides like a 3-way light bulb: it's 50, 100 or 150 watts.

Originally Posted by chiasticon

this. it's what you make of it, really. believe it or not, you can enjoy the numbers AND the ride, and still not be one of those goobers prattling on incessantly about how many watts you averaged the other day.

[William]

Logged miles, avg speed, top speed, cadence, etc. religiously during my racing days and for a few years after. It may have started with an equipment swap to another frame but I went riding with out and found it refreshing just to ride and not worry about it anymore. Years later I'm still without and don't miss it.

As far as "training", I've got an internal tempo that came about during my training days that I stick to when I want to ride hard so I know when I'm pushing it.






William