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sabian92

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A quickie - how do you set up segments? I don't quite understand it :S
 
Seryth

Seryth

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Location
Bristol
SportMonkey said:
You can upload to another service then download the gpx or tcx.

For the inventive, you can falsify GPS location quite easily on most phones, so I suppose one could write an app to falsify a full route based on an original file, you'd then start Strava, switch to a Strava hack app and click play, sit down and have a slice of cake while you're setting world beating KoMs.
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Thanks - I'm not sure if it's just me being silly here, or something complicated, but I'm not sure what you mean by the original file. What would/where would this original file come from?
And would the Strava hack app be something different, or the one that is written for this purpose?
 
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SportMonkey

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Seryth said:
Thanks - I'm not sure if it's just me being silly here, or something complicated, but I'm not sure what you mean by the original file. What would/where would this original file come from?
And would the Strava hack app be something different, or the one that is written for this purpose?
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To create a hack app you would need to know the route, hence you'd have to create a route then run an app against it. The hack app could be written for this purpose, or just written as a piece of test code for any GPS based app.
 
MrJamie

MrJamie

Oaf on a Bike
There's been this little battle on a segment here we'd faught over a month ago, I had KOM at 60sec and a guy matched it yesterday with his friend 2sec slower, I went out last night and matched it again, this morning the slower friend matched it too and tonight I got it down to 59sec. It's good fun trying to keep average over 20mph on a trail with a couple of gravelly corners threatening to throw you off :smile: I also picked up a lesser ridden (7 riders) KOM and surprisingly one which started out into a big headwind that ive been 1 or 2 seconds off for months of trying but matched the KOM today. I love knowing im motivating others to go and try push themselves a teeny bit harder.

So annoying though when I think i've messed up an attempt so don't quite go for that ride 'til you puke effort and then find out I could have done it. :cursing:
 
Seryth

Seryth

Well-Known Member
Location
Bristol
SportMonkey said:
To create a hack app you would need to know the route, hence you'd have to create a route then run an app against it. The hack app could be written for this purpose, or just written as a piece of test code for any GPS based app.
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Aaah I'm with you now, so the app is basically an emulator for a GPS device, other than you'd put in the speeds/etc previously.
Thanks.
 
Pedrosanchezo

Pedrosanchezo

Veteran
Location
Perthshire, scotland
MrJamie said:
There's been this little battle on a segment here we'd faught over a month ago, I had KOM at 60sec and a guy matched it yesterday with his friend 2sec slower, I went out last night and matched it again, this morning the slower friend matched it too and tonight I got it down to 59sec. It's good fun trying to keep average over 20mph on a trail with a couple of gravelly corners threatening to throw you off :smile: I also picked up a lesser ridden (7 riders) KOM and surprisingly one which started out into a big headwind that ive been 1 or 2 seconds off for months of trying but matched the KOM today. I love knowing im motivating others to go and try push themselves a teeny bit harder.

So annoying though when I think i've messed up an attempt so don't quite go for that ride 'til you puke effort and then find out I could have done it. :cursing:
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Nice one. It's funny when you see people going for miles to take back their KOM's. I went on a 40 mile route back where my folks live. Approx 60 miles from where i live. To my surprise when i uploaded i had taken 3 KOM's. The guy who i beat, on one segment, then travelled 50 miles to retake it, the next day!! He did so by 10 seconds (on a 6.6 mile segment). He had a cracking tailwind too. Swine. Had to laugh though as it must have p*ssed him off so much that he travelled all that way! He had had it for over a year according to when his original KOM was set. Must have wanted it bad as his HR was over 180 for 6+ miles. :heat:
I love Strava.
 
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