DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
These 2: http://app.strava.com/segments/2635678 & http://app.strava.com/segments/2635696
The segments aren't on a road, it's a rutted path.
Silly STRAVA Racing
- Thread starter fossyant
- Start date
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These 2: http://app.strava.com/segments/2635678 & http://app.strava.com/segments/2635696
The segments aren't on a road, it's a rutted path.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
mtb. look at the rest of the route, doesn't look like motorbike speeds to me.
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
5 good Kom's today.
I deserve a few beers now for that.
I deserve a few beers now for that.
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
I went up a categorised climb segment yesterday which is part of a monthly challenge I am one of the participants in. The climb is just over a mile long and I am a bit large to be the greatest of climbers, but with the prevailing wind I managed 18th out a few hundred riders with a pb and a second place in the challenge I am in which I was really happy with. While sweating my way up the climb a young looking racing snake was rolling down in the opposite direction. I did wonder if he was on Strava, got home logged the ride and lo and behlold there his time was in second place behind the local pro who is KOM on it. It did make me realise that Strava totally changes the way we ride. You look at peoples rides and you can see they alter their ride to work to take in segments or to benefit from prevailing winds or segments they think they get a good result on. Before I started using Strava I liked to look at how far and how fast I had ridden and took a passing interest in my times up well known hills. I didn't go out in the day time on a weekday thinking, good wind I will have a crack at that climb. Or I bet I can average whatever speed over that half mile segment
Bit of a rambling observation really, but there are a lot of people hooked into this weird internet pastime of silly Strava racing.......as you were.
Which hill was/is it?
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Artists Lane. One of your club mates organises the challenge.
Did that chaingang yesterday with CSI yesterday. Good fun
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Oh glad you enjoyed the chaingang. Might see you on one soon, I didn't check our rides list this week and missed ours. Was it more skills based as they said or was it rapid? Who organises this challenge, never heard anything about it before. I have also never done Artists lane either, there are a few select climbs I always go to, tbh I ought to branch out.
I will be racing both of your clubs, HC's this year I think, I noticed the dates are all out for your events now.
I will be racing both of your clubs, HC's this year I think, I noticed the dates are all out for your events now.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Started off teaching everyone the fundamentals of a Chaingang. Then did 4 or 5 laps of Lower Withington at a sensible pace in two 10 man groups James ran it with Stuart helping out. Then ramped it up a bit for a final quick lap with attacks etc. There was a chap in a Manc Wheelers top riding a red and white Raleigh there, didn't catch his name.
Artists lane is quite a relaxed climb, nothing to severe so you can get quite a good rhythm going on it. Easier than the Wizard as the ramp up at the end is less of a bugger.
James T organises the challenge thing I am doing, I think he races for you guys. It is a kind of work related thing as we all work in commercial property in Manchester.
Artists lane is quite a relaxed climb, nothing to severe so you can get quite a good rhythm going on it. Easier than the Wizard as the ramp up at the end is less of a bugger.
James T organises the challenge thing I am doing, I think he races for you guys. It is a kind of work related thing as we all work in commercial property in Manchester.
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Set a few PR's on todays club ride. However, I did lose the group after about 10 miles which didnt make me feel good.
http://app.strava.com/activities/39602641
http://app.strava.com/activities/39602641
Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Sounds good, will try to get along to one of those chaingangs soon, probably on a week the club don't have one, or if I fancy a change of route, also will have to try that climb.
If it is the James T I am thinking of, then yeah he races for us, I think he was a Cat 2 at some point. I don't know him very well, only ridden with him 2-3 times.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Yep that's him.
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
I have setup a segment at a speed camera. However, it is showing my speed as 48.7 which is incorrect (previously said 29.4). No way have I reached that speed on the flat so I dont understand what has gone wrong. It seems to have happened with other people as well.
The segment is here: http://app.strava.com/segments/3371104
The segment is here: http://app.strava.com/segments/3371104
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Strava/ gps are very bad at handling short segments, if you look at the plus and minus reading on a gps it explains a lot. IIRC mine is +/- 5m at the best; in the space of 1 second I can be 5m over there or 5m over here, a possible 10m. A 10m jump on a short segment has a significant effect.
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Yup, seen lots of segments where the accuracy of gps (mostly iphones) give stupid fast times. I don't want to flag them but it's annoying. According to Veloviewer, Strava will be changing it's ways soon with a new method.
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Thats good to know.
400bhp
Guru
+1
I'd be happy if they put a de-minimis of, say 0.3 miles on segment length.
There's a couple of short ones I've lost to someone with a phone app and the times look a bit dodgy.
