Silly STRAVA Racing

[Andrew_Culture]

Plenty of Strava fun this last week. Am three seconds off the KOM from the summit of Buxton Road to Elnor Lane, which is frustrating. However, I set three PRs in two days, and also created by first segment, complete with inspiring name http://app.strava.com/segments/2570483

Love the name!

 

[gaz]

a. how did this thread get on the 3rd page
b. STRAVA IS DOWN, AAAAAAAAAAH!

 

[ohnovino]

STRAVA IS DOWN, AAAAAAAAAAH!

Strava on twitter: "We're currently being affected by an Amazon-wide data volume outage"

Sounds like someone's DDOSing them to protect their KOMs

 

[nathanicola]

Its been moved up a level where i work now lol. Instead of just racing on strava, theres an actual race on now from Bridgwater to Taunton and back in the dinner hour on thursday. Trouble is most of them are 20yrs younger than me. This is gona hurt.

 

[User6179]

Back up in 5 minutes , has said this for over an hour !

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Decided to go out for an hour or so yesterday in an attempt to nab a few KOM's. Found a flat segment, about 1.5mile long, which is never affected by wind. There was no wind anyway either way. Had to beat an average of 24.5mph over that distance. So i went round the corner leading into it, dropped down into TT position and powered down. Kept it above 26-27mph all the way through the segment and slightly passed, to be sure. Looked down at the Garmin to see my lap time and i couldn't help notice the screen had no stats on it. Please no. You f*ckin IDIOT!!!! Forgot to press start when i left the house.

I was so pissed off that i strolled back and done it again!!! It hurt like hell. Legs were screaming at me.
Got home though and uploaded the ride data. Got 2nd on a beast of a climb and KOM on the flat segment with an average of 25.5mph. Not as fast as the first effort but it meant more the 2nd time round.
All is well that ends well.

 

[fenlandpsychocyclist]

I nabbed a KOM the other night on a 13.6kg steel forked road bike ... with dslr camera in a case mounted on the handlebars.
No TT position on 7kg's of carbon here.

 

[400bhp]

Decided to go out for an hour or so yesterday in an attempt to nab a few KOM's. Found a flat segment, about 1.5mile long, which is never affected by wind. There was no wind anyway either way. Had to beat an average of 24.5mph over that distance. So i went round the corner leading into it, dropped down into TT position and powered down. Kept it above 26-27mph all the way through the segment and slightly passed, to be sure. Looked down at the Garmin to see my lap time and i couldn't help notice the screen had no stats on it. Please no. You f*ckin IDIOT!!!! Forgot to press start when i left the house.

I was so ****ed off that i strolled back and done it again!!! It hurt like hell. Legs were screaming at me.
Got home though and uploaded the ride data. Got 2nd on a beast of a climb and KOM on the flat segment with an average of 25.5mph. Not as fast as the first effort but it meant more the 2nd time round.
All is well that ends well.

Nutter

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Nutter

I did wonder if it was a bit nuts.
Strava has that effect on you. Barring interval training, in what other situation would you kill yourself on a section of road, go back and do it all over again for good measure??!!
Keeps you on your toes though. Encourages you to go out when you might not have before. That's a good thing.

 

[User6179]

I did wonder if it was a bit nuts.
Strava has that effect on you. Barring interval training, in what other situation would you kill yourself on a section of road, go back and do it all over again for good measure??!!
Keeps you on your toes though. Encourages you to go out when you might not have before. That's a good thing.

Not that nuts,I cycled 30+ miles(66 miles altogether) today just to get to the start of a few segments that I had went through yesterday

Ended up cycling home in the dark with no lights and cant fekin log-in to strava to see if I beat the KOMS.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I nabbed a KOM the other night on a 13.6kg steel forked road bike ... with dslr camera in a case mounted on the handlebars.
No TT position on 7kg's of carbon here.

Nice work!! Though around my neck of the woods you wouldn't take very many KOM's in a 13.6kg steel forked road bike. The locals were going up hills like whippets before they could crawl!!!
I have to ditch my water bottle and risk a heart attack to claim a KOM on a climb. And i am no slouch.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Not that nuts,I cycled 30+ miles(66 miles altogether) today just to get to the start of a few segments that I had went through yesterday

Ended up cycling home in the dark with no lights and cant fekin log-in to strava to see if I beat the KOMS.

Haha, now i've heard this i can let my inner crazy out. I cycled 25 miles about a week ago to attempt a steep climb and a few other segments along the way. Total distance was 70 miles. I got 3rd on the sought after steep climb, 3rd on a flat segment (12 miler) and KOM on a small climb. A few other 4th and 5th's along the way that weren't planned.
Point is i genuinely rode that distance to get to the one climb. Didn't even get the KOM. Local guy, and club mate, where i live has it. He's stupid fast uphill.

Edit: No lights!!!! EEK.

 

[gaz]

Anyone else trying the 60 hour challenge on strava?
I've seen 400bhp logged some good times on the weekend. I'm hoping I can squeeze in enough, got a week off work at the start of nov and hoping to do some long rides during that time.

 

[potsy]

Signed up for it, will have to add a few miles to the commute though

 

[User6179]

Haha, now i've heard this i can let my inner crazy out. I cycled 25 miles about a week ago to attempt a steep climb and a few other segments along the way. Total distance was 70 miles. I got 3rd on the sought after steep climb, 3rd on a flat segment (12 miler) and KOM on a small climb. A few other 4th and 5th's along the way that weren't planned.
Point is i genuinely rode that distance to get to the one climb. Didn't even get the KOM. Local guy, and club mate, where i live has it. He's stupid fast uphill.

Edit: No lights!!!! EEK.[/quot


Think we might be losing the plot ,am no long out and I dont want to go back in Haha