Silly STRAVA Racing

[Broughtonblue]

how do you make segments, do you have to upgrade to the full version?

 

[MattHB]

how do you make segments, do you have to upgrade to the full version?

No need to upgrade. Just click and drag. Bit of a route, then click create new segment. You can then fine tune it, name it and voila

 

[Broughtonblue]

No need to upgrade. Just click and drag. Bit of a route, then click create new segment. You can then fine tune it, name it and voila

thanks, will give it a go tomorrow. need to be KOM in one section for at least 5 mins!!!!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Nice time boyo!

All tailwind, well at least for half of it

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Nice time boyo!

All tailwind, well at least for half of it . And I was on the single-speed!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Nice time boyo!

All tailwind, well at least for half of it . And I was on the single-speed!

 

[mattobrien]

27.4mph average!!!

What can I say, after last Sunday's efforts a Mille at 27.2mph is nothing.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

What can I say, after last Sunday's efforts a Mille at 27.2mph is nothing.

Agreed, I just set a TT and I thought I had pootled round it so was very surprised to get a fast average!

 

[thom]

Ok I didn't read the whole of this thread.... but spotted this amusing blog by Marijn Fietst about Strava record keeping by the pros!

 

[Broughtonblue]

No need to upgrade. Just click and drag. Bit of a route, then click create new segment. You can then fine tune it, name it and voila

i might be stupid as i couldnt get this to work, could someone please give a detailed 'idiots guide to making a segment' please

 

[Andrew_Culture]

i might be stupid as i couldnt get this to work, could someone please give a detailed 'idiots guide to making a segment' please

Have you found the blue 'create a new segment' button when viewing the Strava website?

 

[4F]

Go onto a recent ride, click on tab on right hand side called "actions" and then you will see one come up for create segment. Then move the slider to determine start and end points. It is worth at this point zooming the map in as close as you can to make this easier, add segment name and you are done .

 

[Andrew_Culture]

And if at all possible try not to include junctions, traffic lights or railway crossings

 

[trampyjoe]

And if at all possible try not to include junctions, traffic lights or railway crossings

Or parks where the fence has been removed by vandals and not put back yet as at some point in the future the fence will be replaced and someone will cycle into it (not me I hasten to add) and it makes it near on impossible to get KOM when you have to negotiate a chicane fence thingy.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Or parks where the fence has been removed by vandals and not put back yet as at some point in the future the fence will be replaced and someone will cycle into it (not me I hasten to add) and it makes it near on impossible to get KOM when you have to negotiate a chicane fence thingy.

Gah! I ran into one of those in the pitch dark once, me and my fellow bandmates had talked a bouncer at a gig we played into paying us, when the promoters found out we had to leg it. I should probably add the detail that I was 16 years old, these days it's much harder to make money as a musician...