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I'm lusting after this which sounds like it works mo' bettah with Topo maps.
http://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELi...minisite=10020
I haven't seen one in person, but I'm not sure I'd want it on the bars of my bike.
Date is with Bubba. We've been planting bulbs and stringing Xmas lights as it got colder and grayer, so it's time for Narnia and popcorn. Just a good 'tis the season type day with my sweetie. Where's the snow? :(
I just stick my Edge 305 in my back pocket or in a (webbed) pocket on my Camelbak. Seems to work just fine. I just use it mainly to track my route so I can upload it to Plus 3. More money goes to my charity that way.
I don't really use the Edge as a cycling computer, I have my trusty Ciclosport for that on my road bikes.
And on my mountain bike (did she say mountain bike?! :eek: ) I don't even use a cycling computer 'cuz I don't give two hoots about how fast or how far I go. :D
You could probably pick up an Edge 205 or 305 for really cheap nowadays.
Congrats to kfergos, who is curently the leading fundraiser on the Plus 3 network!
melissam, pedal wench and gnat are also representing us on the leader board. (If I missed any other TE'ers, please pipe up. )
Also, Plus 3's sponsors have "agreed to lift any parameters on fundraising for the rest of the calendar year". I assume that means individuals can raise more than the $25 limit.
So as Joe Fabris said in his mailing, "knock yourselves out". :cool:
And that's just with my 'public' rides -- I keep some on private! (Ones that start from my house, or are too pathetically slow to let people see!)Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
I think your miles are counted no matter whether you choose to keep the activity private or not. We just can't see the private activity itself, but we can see your cumulative miles.
Congrats!
Most of my rides start from home so most of them are private.
You should try elevation correction in SportTracks. It will make the FR much more consistent with the Edge (right or wrong, but at least more consistent :p).Quote:
Originally Posted by MDHillSlug
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=sporttracks
Bumpity bumpity bump for those who may need info to join this effort:
Right now on Plus 3, they are matching, at $10 to $1 any Activity you enter this week and tag with the word Japan. Those of us already on Plus3 it's time to log those miles. Not registered yet?
http://www.plus3network.com/
I'm on vacation this week, but luckily grabbed my Garmin just for fun. If I can find a data cable, I'll be logging all my walks on the beach! :)
Sadly, I don't have my 705 with me. I never logged my 242-mile ride from last month, and now would be the time.
Hmmm, they now have groups. Could not find a TE one ;)
http://www.plus3network.com/groups
I'm still logging there, so we should form a group. I still keep all my rides private so I'm not on the leaderboards, but they've now added an option to share with friends.
Me too, I keep my rides, walks and jogs with the doggie private. Recently I won an Icebreaker T-shirt from them which was sweet. I have lots of their socks over the years. :p
Yes, we should have a group.
OK, just create Team Estrogen. Come on over and join!
Thank you! Joined. :cool:
long time plus3 person here although my computer recently bombed and wiped everything and I had to rejoin which was unfortunate. I have a full sock wardrobe and recently won a sweet pair of ahnu trail runners on one of the challenges. I know the donations don't seem terrific on an individual basis but over the long term and as the number of people who join increases it can be significant. I do a mixture of Garmin edge and hand entered entries. I will find the group and join since I am usually there just as an individual.
marni
Just joined the group too, just in time for a week of taper.
couldn't find the group on plus 3, can someone please send me a link?
TIA
marni
I just joined. I tend to be obsessive about this kind of thing, especially at first, so I'll probably start out with lots of activities to post and then calm down.:)
This is a good thing, I am signing up. I will also post this on FB in case some of my cycling/fitness friends are interested in joining the Plus 3 Network.
Hmmm. I just logged a 302-mile ride, but it's showing 0 kudos for me in the group. What's up with that?
still feeling like an idiot. I got the link to the team estrogen but see no way to join or to list activities. Help please?
marni
Start here, how to sign up etc:
http://www.plus3network.com/howto
Ahh. Just figured it out. Your rides have to be "public". I wish they had an option to make it visible to just a group. There is an option for "friends" so we could all friend each other and then all our rides will be visible to us, but not the public. I don't like having rides from my home visible to the whole world.
In item 4 explains the privacy option. My understanding is the default setting is public. You can set "friends only" or "private" and also for each individual activity.
For your kudos to show in the leader boards it has to be public so if you set it private you will not appear on the leaderboards. Since I'm never going to get to the leaderboard that does not bother me. If you set it as private your activities will show to you but not on the leaderboard. Also the leaderboard gets emailed to Plus3 members about monthly.
Just speaking personally I do not put my route either. Miles, time but not where. Since I hand enter it's not downloaded.
For example right now on this forum we have 3 members surfing and 300 "guests".
I'm just sayin' :rolleyes:
"So our general rule is that for leaderboards and challenges that are open to everyone, those Activities need to be set to PUBLIC.
Items set to Friends or Private or Co-Workers will not show up in your Kudos counters that are publicly viewed. They will show up in your personal dashboards that only you can see.
We have also changed the Kudos counter on the Dashboard to show which of your Kudos are Public of your total Kudos (Private, Friends Only, etc.) number."
Thanks, Trek. I'm gonna ask them to add a setting for "groups." I only use uploaded Garmin rides. Or, they should do what Strava does. You can set a 1-mile radius around your home, and rides will be blacked out in that area. So, you log your miles, but the map doesn't show exactly where you live. I like that feature a lot.
thanks trek I am there and adding my stuff.
marni
People can't upload .gpx to the network but we can just go in and create as many activities without any kind of validation at all. I find it hard to believe that it's a trust issue since there is no way to validate any of the self reported data. I'm going to keep referring to this as a "needless pain in the ***".Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
Plus3 posted a special fund raiser for the One Fund, a charity for those impacted by the Boston bombing. Just tag/title your workouts "Boston" to make those miles count. More info here:
http://www.plus3network.com/home