Interesthings #17 - The best cycling statistic tool

In this newsletter: The best statistic tool I use as a cyclist and some little things I stumbled upon in life.

Just on the verge of the weekend a new edition of my newsletter Interesthings. The newsletter will be leaning more towards cycling related content and growing both on and off the bike.

In this instance I will be sharing with you the best statistics tool as a cyclist: Statshunters.

Have fun reading!

Mark.

Statshunters - The ultimate statistics tool

A tool I want to share with you this month is Statshunters. This tool is a gamechanger for me in seeing my progress and helping me create new routes. Let’s dive into the features and see how I use Statshunters.

Using the grid to create new routes

I have been using the grid feature to create new engaging routes and go to places I have not seen before. In those 4 years of riding in South-Holland I still find new paths close to home I have not seen.

The red lines are the ridden routes, red blocks are non-attached grids, green are attached, blue is the maximum possible grid square.

It’s also pretty cool to see where you have been already in planning new trips. As you can see I have not been much into Brabant. This means I can plan a ride to find new routes in that area.

Get advanced statistics

Statshunters gives you more insight in your numbers. Showing you your average speed per year, month or the amount of KM’s compared by the month in each year. I have been using this to see how far I have come.

As you can see I have been training a lot this year, exceeding my maximum kilometers by a lot. It’s also noticable to see when I had an injury (start of 2023).

Get badges when you visit places

Statshunters has this little neat feature that gives you badges if you go to certain places. There are over a thousand badges to get including the most famous climbs, cycling monuments, castles and statues of famous cyclists.

Some badges I tackled in the Dutch mountains

I use these badges to find the best climbs in the area to tackle. It’s so satisfying to see a whole area with green badges.

Connecting Statshunters to your route creation apps

Statshunters has a plugin for Chrome browsers to add their grid heatmap overlay over your route creation tools such as Strava or Komoot. This helps me create routes to places and grids I have not yet visited.

Integrating Statshunters with Komoot

As you can see this gives an overlay of the places you have been and still need to go. Which makes planning more fun, because you know you will see a new place every time.

Why use Statshunters?

As you can see it gives so much insights in your cycling history, showing you how you are progressing and where you have been on the bike.

I would definitely recommend you check this tool out. It will make planning rides and looking at your cycling so much fun!

Get statshunters here.

Things -

Every newsletter also features some things that I like from my personal life. They are not all about cycling but might inspire you

• I am in need of a Herman Miller Aeron chair. They sit amazing and are beautiful.

• Just bought an Anker powerbank that is able to charge both my phone and laptop while on the move. It’s a gamechanger to keep online and connected.

• Some books I read/listened in the last period:

  • Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire by Andrew Wilkinson, a 32 year old billionaire that shares his journey starting from nothing and giving a glimpse in the crooked world of billionaires and the greed for more.

  • Shoe dog by Phil Knight, the creator of Nike. It’s inspiring to read how Nike actually started out as a shoe importer for Onitsuka and how the name Nike was made up in a second.

  • The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, giving insights in how growing your wealth has so much to do with psychology and the way you see wealth and growing it.

• Series/movies I am watching on the indoor trainer:

  • Westworld, ChatGPT recommended this to me. I am hooked. It’s an amazing serie about a future world in where robots are working in a Western simulation to please real humans. Watch it on Prime Video.

  • Silo, a dystopian serie about an underground bunker where a civilization has been living since the destruction of the earth. A new season it starting this week. Watch it on Apple TV.

  • KAOS, a series about a world where the Greek Gods still live with us. Starring Jeff Goldblum. It’s fun to watch. Watch it on Netflix.

  • Arcane, as a League of Legends player since 2012 I love how this franchise is getting bigger and bigger. With Arcane a series that is not only fun to watch but also has a great storyline and visuals. Season 2 just released so give it a try. Watch it on Netflix.

That’s all for this month. I would love to get your feedback on this newsletter in improving it to you. If you like this, feel free to give it a follow and receive these cycling insights and other tips monthly in your inbox.

Want to see a review of a tool or something else? Let me know by sending a mail to mark@betterview.nl or a DM on Instagram.

Make it a great one.

Mark.

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