Silly STRAVA Racing

[Broughtonblue]

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 .

ha! got it now, although most of my regular rides seem pretty much covered already

 

[MrJamie]

Is there a good way to find local segments, the Strava Explore seems to only show segments where youve zoomed out enough to see start and finish. I just found out (by looking at other local riders KOMs) that theres a nice 3mile segment I frequently ride 100 metres short of, but if you zoom out enough to cover it, it isnt one of the chosen ones that appear. Theres so many route options with the cycle network here, shared use paths, roads etc that its hard to ride a lot of the segments by accident to discover them, so would be nice if i could find them.

 

[Hacienda71]

I had to flag another ride today where someone uploaded a ride where they went through the segment where I was KOM at 37mph with an 84 bpm heartbeat

 

[potsy]

I had to flag another ride today where someone uploaded a ride where they went through the segment where I was KOM at 37mph with an 84 bpm heartbeat

Wasn't me, mine would be at least 90bpm at that speed

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I had to flag another ride today where someone uploaded a ride where they went through the segment where I was KOM at 37mph with an 84 bpm heartbeat

Rather odd considering they were likely in their car or similar and there is no need to wear a heart monitor for the results to enter the leaderboard. Ditch the HR monitor and there would have been very little you could do. It's the one problem with Strava. If one was cunning enough (and a cheat) then one could easily just drive around segments at the desired speed. I have heard of people doing exactly this.
I mentioned before that it would be good to have an authenticity score per rider per segment. Highest score would have HR monitor, cadence sensor, speedo and power. Lowest score would be a simple speed. Strava inputs power/watts on every ride also but this is pure speculation and based on the same conditions each time.

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[Pedrosanchezo]

I had to flag another ride today where someone uploaded a ride where they went through the segment where I was KOM at 37mph with an 84 bpm heartbeat

Also i have a few descent KOM's and damn sure my HR is over 150 when i am going stupid fast. Adrenaline goes mad. lol.

 

[HLaB]

I've lost my KOM on this segment by 3 secs; something tells me strava is picking up one of DCC's training rides which is only 4.6miles; that segment is only marginally longer but is 4.6 miles longer, it must be the Dunlin Drive Blackhole

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I've lost my KOM on this segment by 3 secs; something tells me strava is picking up one of DCC's training rides which is only 4.6miles; that segment is only marginally longer but is 4.6 miles longer, it must be the Dunlin Drive Blackhole

Erm all nearly 40 mph averages over 9.2 miles. KOM is 14 minutes. The whole leader board would spank the pro's.

And the power outputs too. 140w etc. haha. More like 600w

 

[Hacienda71]

Rather odd considering they were likely in their car or similar and there is no need to wear a heart monitor for the results to enter the leaderboard. Ditch the HR monitor and there would have been very little you could do. It's the one problem with Strava. If one was cunning enough (and a cheat) then one could easily just drive around segments at the desired speed. I have heard of people doing exactly this.
I mentioned before that it would be good to have an authenticity score per rider per segment. Highest score would have HR monitor, cadence sensor, speedo and power. Lowest score would be a simple speed. Strava inputs power/watts on every ride also but this is pure speculation and based on the same conditions each time.

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He had ridden probably an MTB up in the Peaks and gone back to his car in Macclesfield stuck the bike and Garmin on the roof and driven home. It seems to happen fairly regularly. It just hacks me off that after doing this they still upload the ride to Strava. If you know you did it don't upload the ride.

 

[MrJamie]

He had ridden probably an MTB up in the Peaks and gone back to his car in Macclesfield stuck the bike and Garmin on the roof and driven home. It seems to happen fairly regularly. It just hacks me off that after doing this they still upload the ride to Strava. If you know you did it don't upload the ride.

How long are they leaving these bugged rides claiming KOMs? I can understand making a mistake and the app auto uploading the dodgy ride when you stop it (Android does at least). Ive never had a cheated segment but ive frequently over-recorded a few minutes of me sat at home, in a pub (and once on a train ) that I havent been able to crop until I got home later.

 

[Broughtonblue]

Is there a good way to find local segments, the Strava Explore seems to only show segments where youve zoomed out enough to see start and finish. I just found out (by looking at other local riders KOMs) that theres a nice 3mile segment I frequently ride 100 metres short of, but if you zoom out enough to cover it, it isnt one of the chosen ones that appear. Theres so many route options with the cycle network here, shared use paths, roads etc that its hard to ride a lot of the segments by accident to discover them, so would be nice if i could find them.

I find this annoying as well! Also when some of the rides come up like you describe i can't decide which end of the line is the start or finish, whereas when zoomed out you get the chequered flag appear

 

[400bhp]

Rather odd considering they were likely in their car or similar and there is no need to wear a heart monitor for the results to enter the leaderboard. Ditch the HR monitor and there would have been very little you could do. It's the one problem with Strava. If one was cunning enough (and a cheat) then one could easily just drive around segments at the desired speed. I have heard of people doing exactly this.
I mentioned before that it would be good to have an authenticity score per rider per segment. Highest score would have HR monitor, cadence sensor, speedo and power. Lowest score would be a simple speed. Strava inputs power/watts on every ride also but this is pure speculation and based on the same conditions each time.

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Actually, you could have a rider authenticity score full stop. Some kind of algorithm to include official events entered, heart rate monitor present in x% of rides, %age of rides done with other users, etc.

 

[400bhp]

He had ridden probably an MTB up in the Peaks and gone back to his car in Macclesfield stuck the bike and Garmin on the roof and driven home. It seems to happen fairly regularly. It just hacks me off that after doing this they still upload the ride to Strava. If you know you did it don't upload the ride.

completely and utterly agree.

If you've gone to the trouble of using Strava, then you will be checking out your stats.

 

[400bhp]

Is there a good way to find local segments, the Strava Explore seems to only show segments where youve zoomed out enough to see start and finish. I just found out (by looking at other local riders KOMs) that theres a nice 3mile segment I frequently ride 100 metres short of, but if you zoom out enough to cover it, it isnt one of the chosen ones that appear. Theres so many route options with the cycle network here, shared use paths, roads etc that its hard to ride a lot of the segments by accident to discover them, so would be nice if i could find them.

Ride around more...

Honest answer-dunno. You could look at a few local riders to see what kom's they hold?

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Actually, you could have a rider authenticity score full stop. Some kind of algorithm to include official events entered, heart rate monitor present in x% of rides, %age of rides done with other users, etc.

Exactly, soon weed out the cheaters as they would get flagged all the time. I think cadence and HR are enough to prove authenticity.
Though you could put the bike in the back of the car, get someone else to drive and spin the crank uber fast with your hand, as you go through the segment, and therefore creating a decent heart rate also. I gest of course.