Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Silly STRAVA Racing
- Thread starter fossyant
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400bhp
Guru
It's a kind of bobbly line which doesn't quite follow the road contour; suggests it has been set up by someone using a phone. I think if you have your garmin/gps set to "lock to road" it can miss segments like these.
I missed a load out of the local canal topath because I had my garmin set to lock on road.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Apparently i've never ridden it. lol!
doctornige
Well-Known Member
There is something odd here. There is a segment from the top of Long Hill above Buxton to the lights at Whaley. There is a sub segment called 'Buxton to dirt track' that starts in the same place, but ends early at the turning for a reservoir. Strava is under the misguided impression that fewer riders have done the short segment than the long one. Also, I am in third place on the short version, but nowhere near that on the long one. It's like it is ignoring less popular segments if you do an overlapping one that is more popular.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
I think it's just flakey GPS tracking, from time to time. Either that or a shift in the gravitational forces of the planet, caused by an impending alien invasion.
400bhp
Guru
See my post above.
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User6179
Guest
Well what a rubbish ride I had today not a single achievement from a potential 8 segments this has never happened since I joined Strava
Ditto , had two puntures and headwind most of the ride and when I had tailwind the segment was flooded
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
Hit over 40mph on a segment I've been trying to crack for months, just couldn't figure out why I came in 47th with an average speed of 24.3mph
Http://app.strava.com/activities/26710927#478326338
Looking at it again I think it's probably because I always hit a queue of traffic. So that's another segment to add to my upcoming 4am segment attack then!
Http://app.strava.com/activities/26710927#478326338
Looking at it again I think it's probably because I always hit a queue of traffic. So that's another segment to add to my upcoming 4am segment attack then!
Kiwiavenger
im a little tea pot
- Location
- Carclaze, St Austell
I was 15 seconds off one of my set up segments. Was dark, wet, cold and had a car up my arse! Was one of my first full weeks back commuting too so not fresh legs!
Will be hitting it again Monday after work with the 11t on the back and maybe leave earlier so I get a run at it in the light!
Will be hitting it again Monday after work with the 11t on the back and maybe leave earlier so I get a run at it in the light!
400bhp
Guru
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Right, I know he doesn't like to broadcast his achievments but @Potsy double KOM'd today. 
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
Good overall average though.
Thanks! Last nights research into Polish beers from the new corner shop made it hurt!
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
I noticed a couple of KOM's i had disappeared so checked to see what happened and it turns out someone, dating back to June 2010, took them. Really odd as i have had the segments for several months. Didn't get a notification of losing the KOM's.
I assume it was maybe something like an old upload from an imported gps file??
That leads me to think that you only get a notification if the KOM was stolen after the original KOM date. Any old imports will go unnoticed.
I assume it was maybe something like an old upload from an imported gps file??
That leads me to think that you only get a notification if the KOM was stolen after the original KOM date. Any old imports will go unnoticed.
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
I just lost my first KOM for a long while! Must pedal faster!
