Silly STRAVA Racing

[musa]

do i risk joining this for the south london region? ive put this off as much as i can

 

[400bhp]

35km south westerleys tomorrow

 

[gaz]

do i risk joining this for the south london region? ive put this off as much as i can

There are quite a lot of riders on the popular segments, making some KOM's very hard to even get near.

 

[musa]

There are quite a lot of riders on the popular segments, making some KOM's very hard to even get near.

hmm food for thought
ill give it a try and see how it goes i suppose

 

[4F]

35km south westerleys tomorrow

Nice use of the wind for those KOM's

 

[400bhp]

I'd say that's an advantage of those cyclists that toil in all weathers on all days.

Don't reckon there will be many segment hunts on the way back home...

 

[4F]

I'd say that's an advantage of those cyclists that toil in all weathers on all days.

Don't reckon there will be many segment hunts on the way back home...

LOL opposite for me, real grind in and fingers crossed it stays the same for the way home....

 

[400bhp]

LOL opposite for me, real grind in and fingers crossed it stays the same for the way home....

Good luck!

I prefer segment hunting on the way home - better warmed up and more awake. Seems a bit odd to be giving it the beans in the dark too.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Nice use of the wind for those KOM's

Speaking of which, I might have a crack at Give a Pound to Lorraine at lunchtime.

 

[4F]

Speaking of which, I might have a crack at Give a Pound to Lorraine at lunchtime.

I was thinking that Paper Mill lane might be worth a crack so I might see you out but may yet decide to go for a run instead.

 

[400bhp]

This might give some insight as to what happens when a ride is flagged:

We were contacted by the user who uploaded this ride, who requested the flag be removed so that he could again have his KOM's register on the Leaderboards.
I agree that being 3 seconds faster on that segment is unusual, and also that he hit 40mph, but there is no other data available to help me determine whether this was a false KOM attempt or not. Usually, cadence or HR data helps with this, etc. As someone not familiar with the area and just looking at the map, I can't use my personal judgement either to help determine if this effort is humanly possible on a bike.
The way our system currently works, is that you can re-flag the user's ride at any time. We don't have a way to prevent you from doing this, although it would likely result in the user who uploaded the data contacting us again to resolve the flag.
I appreciate you following up with additional feedback here - sorry I don't have a better answer for you!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Thrashed myself silly on a MTB segment by a river, while on my single speed, but started from the wrong point to register as having ridden the segment.

Very silly.

 

[400bhp]

Thrashed myself silly on a MTB segment by a river, while on my single speed, but started from the wrong point to register as having ridden the segment.

Very silly.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

And there was a feckin' fallen tree in the middle of the segment!

 

[Kiwiavenger]

And there was a feckin' fallen tree in the middle of the segment!

should have just bunny hopped it!!! lol.

im gonna set up a few MTB sectors round by me on the clay trails.