Silly STRAVA Racing

[Peter Armstrong]

For those of you who are interested, here is one of the riders Strava ride for yestedays TOB stage.

Ha Ha thats so funny, Massive gaps where the they have destoryed the KOM, Id be well gutted If they came past my area and took KOM knowing id never get them back.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

For those who are interested here is one of the riders' Strava ride for the first stage

 

[4F]

Yup, Matt and I are now joint 112th on the Sandy Land Segment

FFS I am now on page 6

 

[caimg]

Grrr - you made me go and check. I have only done it once and my PR is 1 second slower, at 7m 55s

Well rest assured I have done it many many more times and only just managed to clock that time after about 5 months worth of loops!

 

[gaz]

Damn it, someone nabbed my KOM on a climb by 20 seconds. Never going to get that back on the fully laden single speed. So i'm tempted to take a short route home and grab the carbon bike for a proper run.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I know the feeling, I'm considering trying my commute at 3am to minimise traffic holdups on some sections...

 

[gaz]

I know the feeling, I'm considering trying my commute at 3am to minimise traffic holdups on some sections...

I went to take back some KOM's at 11pm the other night.. one problem, i forgot to turn on the backlight of my garmin and couldn't tell how fast I was going.
I thought I was BLASTING IT!!! actually i wasn't


I did go for that ride on my carbon bike after getting home, beat my best time by 19 seconds but still 1 second off the KOM. Luckily I know I saved a little bit in the tank as I went for another segment and got a KOM on it. Next time i'll just go for the one climb.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Garmins are backlit? Now I really want one!

 

[Fnaar]

Do people ever do Strava segs in cars, and spoil it?

 

[insouciant]

I drafted behind a van for about a mile yesterday.

Accidentally cheated my way to a KOM.

 

[gaz]

Do people ever do Strava segs in cars, and spoil it?

Yes but it's pretty obvious when people do. So just flag the 'ride' and it's gone.

 

[4F]

I drafted behind a van for about a mile yesterday.

Accidentally cheated my way to a KOM.

nothing wrong with a good draft

 

[400bhp]

I'm going nuts...

I haven't had a dig at segments for about a week. South easterley tomorrow morning and the last commute for a week. I have about 10 segments that I could go for.

What do choose..decisions...

Will probably see how I feel tomorrow and decide then.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Wide awake due to what feels like the eighty third month of teething in a row, am wondering how cross going out for a quick segment blast around a town that is fast asleep would make my long-suffering wife...

 

[400bhp]

Well, scrap that...

Cold and rainy this morning put paid to me attempting any KoM's

If it's like this through winter then there's not going to ber much silly Strava racing going on.