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    #92
    cantalach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭cantalach


    blorg wrote: »
    2,008m ascent (garmin metres)

    Hmm...my Garmin 305 is showing 2,520 m for the same course. Do you by any chance have "Use MB Gravity Elevation Correction" turned on when you go into activity details?


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    #93
    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    cantalach wrote: »
    Hmm...my Garmin 305 is showing 2,520 m for the same course. Do you by any chance have "Use MB Gravity Elevation Correction" turned on when you go into activity details?
    The 2,008m was on the device itself (Edge 705) - I don't use MotionBased or the Garmin Training Centre. SportsTracks which I use shows only 1,330m, it is usually less than the device or Garmin Training Centre when I used that, due to the method of calculation. I also missed the Seskin Hill climb so I would expect that would add some to your total.


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    #94
    cantalach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,940 ✭✭✭cantalach


    blorg wrote: »
    SportsTracks which I use...

    Must check that out - thanks.


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    #95
    blorg
    Registered Users Posts: 15,989 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Yes, sorry, it's SportTracks, free and a little more polished than Training Centre :D


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    #96
    hunnymonster
    Registered Users Posts: 5,365 ✭✭✭hunnymonster


    I also use sports tracks and it's showing 1600m for me. I did Seskin twice so I think that would be along the same lines as Blorg.


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    #97
    DirkVoodoo
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    Oh, forgot to mention Worldwide cycles. I had a blowout after climbing Seskin and Ray pulled up in his van, gave me a new tyre, changed the tube and fitted the tyre, pumped it up to full pressure, all for €35. Got a call from him today to organise payment and had a chat about the cycle. Really top notch and saw the two vans all day helping people out with punctures and other mechanical problems. Just another example of how fantastically well organised the entire day was.


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    #98
    showry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭showry


    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Oh, forgot to mention Worldwide cycles. I had a blowout after climbing Seskin and Ray pulled up in his van, gave me a new tyre, changed the tube and fitted the tyre, pumped it up to full pressure, all for €35. Got a call from him today to organise payment and had a chat about the cycle. Really top notch and saw the two vans all day helping people out with punctures and other mechanical problems. Just another example of how fantastically well organised the entire day was.


    +1 for worldwide cycles.

    I broke a spoke coming down Powers the Pot, met one of them in Rathgormac, he removed the broken spoke, checked the wheel out for me, told me I'd be fine and sent me on my way before dealing with the next person. Cheery about it too.
    They've a nice article on their blog here


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    #99
    Quigs Snr
    Registered Users Posts: 4,159 ✭✭✭Quigs Snr


    I keep telling people. There isn't another shop out there who can touch worldwide, its just a shame they are in Clonmel. If they were in Dublin they'd have to beat the customers away from their door with a brush so they could just get into work. As it is they are a bit of a trot for me, but I do make the pilgrimage every now and then when I have a few bits I need to get. As it is, they do well anyway, lots of cyclists down those parts, and they have an online shop too, so its all good, but its really the service and level of knowledge that you get when you go in there that blows me away. But then again thats what you'd expect the lads were both internationals, have had success in the RAS and even the National Champs (Ray was National RR champ once).

    Oh yeah, Barrys blog is fairly legendary too, check out this one......

    http://worldwidecyclesblog.com/2008/07/05/life-one-pedal-stroke-at-a-time/


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