Silly STRAVA Racing

[MrJamie]

I recognise the name from Strava. Think he is in the CC group there?

ANyway, I thought any old Tom/Dick/Harry, is able to see your KOM's, by clicking on your name and selecting the KOM's / CR's link at the bottom of their profile page?

Strava's privacy is super lazy and basically doesn't work, all it does is take the hyperlink off the persons profile page. If you just put the persons athlete ID into the URL for anyones KOMs you can see them all http://app.strava.com/athletes/<athleteID>/segments/leader or put it into Veloviewer. It would have been just as easy to restrict the actual page.

One thing I have noticed is that when I view some leaderboards not logged in (separate browser), some users dont appear in the list, I guess thats a privacy option.

 

[400bhp]

Garmin received back today.

Back in the game lads - come onn!!!

 

[gaz]

DONE IT! completed that bloody skratch labs challenge. Had to do 20miles this evening in the pissing cold rain. Eugh!

 

[Sittingduck]

DONE IT! completed that bloody skratch labs challenge. Had to do 20miles this evening in the ****ing cold rain. Eugh!

Well done Gaz... that's dedication

 

[Andrew_Culture]

All set last night to jump up the leader board (I'm never going to top it but so what)
Feeling fit and rested, got changed, lights on the bike, Garmin on the bike, set off gently, warmed up nicely and at the bottom of the first climb I gave it 100%. I flew up the hill. Eat your heart out Wiggo. I must have knocked of a good 15 or 20 seconds from my previous best. A couple of miles of recovery and the next uphill segment. 100% again and at the top I was completely spent.
Brilliant! A few gentle miles to warm down, crawl back up the first segment and crash out at home to see how I had done. Then I looked at the Garmin.

I hadn't turned on the timer.

Khaaaaannnn!

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

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Herr Fuhrer on Strava.
He makes a good point on flagging though. Needs looking at........

 

[zizou]

Back on segment hunting duty after the Skratch challenge.

I realise this is a bit childish moaning about this but i'm getting annoyed with segments that go through traffic lights (i dont mean any traffic lights but ones that are on sequence so if you get through one set on green you will definitely get the next at red) the times being set on a couple are impossible to get if you stop at the lights. In the local area you get to know the leaderboards (aka the competition) and it is the same names who are top of these sorts of segments, yet are absent from the top in the non light assisted segments.

I'm not going to flag the segments as they are not dangerous if riden legally but just putting out a notice that i will be relentless in targetting any "legitimate" KOMs that such red light jumpers happen to get

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Accidentally took a KOM off another CCer at lunchtime, oops

 

[zizou]

Accidentally took a KOM off another CCer at lunchtime, oops

The 'accidentally' will be like a dagger to their heart...you beat them without even trying

 

[Hacienda71]

I got 4 KOM's in 4 days. However I failed miserably with fourth and fifth places on the two I really went for, blowing up on both by setting off too hard and paying the price halfway through the segment.

 

[4F]

The 'accidentally' will be like a dagger to their heart...you beat them without even trying

Damn right it does....

 

[mattobrien]

I missed a KoM by a full 3 seconds today, damn that head wind.

Next time it will be mine.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Damn right it does....

Just warming it up for you

 

[400bhp]

Accidentally took a KOM off another CCer at lunchtime, oops

:stunned silence:

:darts miss board:

:a pint glass can be heard falling and smashing to the floor:

:There's the distant sound of a child sobbing:

1st rule of Strava Cycle Chat Club.

We DO NOT take segments off fellow CCers.

Now, go away and think about what you have done. Come back when you understand.

 

[lejogger]

I was riding home from a tough 75 mile club run in Wales yesterday and was on one of the closest segments to my house. It had previously been mine, but since been taken. For the first half mile I was really struggling. I was going a fairly decent speed but I severely doubted I would have enough in the tank to reclaim it. I tried to get a bit more out of the legs but the thighs were burning (too much racing up horseshoe pass!) so eased off and pootled home.

When I uploaded the ride I'd finished second... by 1 second!!!

At least I know it's obviously destroyable, but it would have been nice to knock it off !

Oh and don't worry, it doesn't currently belong to a CCer, just an annoying clubmate