Silly STRAVA Racing

[gaz]

+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.

Noooooooooooooo half the segments in London are less than 0.3 miles. There's too many traffic lights

 

[gb155]

Noooooooooooooo half the segments in London are less than 0.3 miles. There's too many traffic lights

Good point

But up north, silly short segments are a real pain tbh

 

[nickyboy]

+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.

Correct. I've had to report myself on a new downhill segment on the Snake. Best time was 20 something seconds, I came in at 5 seconds (with an average speed of 200km/hr!). These funny little sprints and downhills are a waste of time when people like me are running, for eg. endomondo on the phone as the gps tracker

 

[Spartak]

Any Bristolian Strava users on here ?

Bump !

 

[400bhp]

Good point

But up north, silly short segments are a real pain tbh

Yep.

I'd probably lose 20% of KoM's if they removed segments less than or equal to 0.3 miles, but so what.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

LOL I thought you were heading to do a sneaky run of Gipping Sprint. I was going to have another go but by the time I had got there I had nothing in the legs which was a shame as the railway line was clear. Going to have to upload todays rides tonight on wifi as it doesnt't like 3G uploads at the moment. Must be an I phone issue as running both Strava and Endomondo today and neither site updated with the rides. Still will be sorted when the GPS arrives

The wind is in the right direction for you to re-take Gipping Sprint...

 

[Graham]

I found the beast of all hills on Saturday morning. I went over to Llangollen and did the Horseshoe Pass and then headed out of llangollen towards Glyn Ceriog. It is here: http://app.strava.com/segments/1836553. Strava says parts are 67% which seems a bit OTT, however it is definitely the steepest I have ever done and far steeper than any part of the Horseshoe Pass. I had to push part of it when a tractor came steaming downhill and I had to pull over and stop and then couldn't clip back in. Riding down into Glyn Ceriog was also terrifying! I recommend it to all.

 

[4F]

The wind is in the right direction for you to re-take Gipping Sprint...

The wind maybe right but I came in the car today as I have to dash home pronto tonight. I think I will have to wait until the geared bike is back on the road to reclaim that one as I think my knees will explode on the fixed at that speed

 

[Matthew_T]

I found the beast of all hills on Saturday morning. I went over to Llangollen and did the Horseshoe Pass and then headed out of llangollen towards Glyn Ceriog. It is here: http://app.strava.com/segments/1836553. Strava says parts are 67% which seems a bit OTT, however it is definitely the steepest I have ever done and far steeper than any part of the Horseshoe Pass. I had to push part of it when a tractor came steaming downhill and I had to pull over and stop and then couldn't clip back in. Riding down into Glyn Ceriog was also terrifying! I recommend it to all.

The Horseshoe pass isnt that steep actually, its just the length that gives the impression. You could probably spin at about 13mph. http://app.strava.com/segments/757425

 

[Andrew_Culture]

The wind maybe right but I came in the car today as I have to dash home pronto tonight. I think I will have to wait until the geared bike is back on the road to reclaim that one as I think my knees will explode on the fixed at that speed

Next time we'll see if we can chaingang it to claim a 1-2 for CycleChat!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I got two lunchtime KOMs today, both taken from my Strava stalker

 

[Graham]

The Horseshoe pass isnt that steep actually, its just the length that gives the impression. You could probably spin at about 13mph. http://app.strava.com/segments/757425

I think you probably need to do the Horseshoe Pass. I wish I could spin up it at 13mph. If I could, I would have a top 10 to my name.

 

[totallyfixed]

The wind maybe right but I came in the car today as I have to dash home pronto tonight. I think I will have to wait until the geared bike is back on the road to reclaim that one as I think my knees will explode on the fixed at that speed

I got two lunchtime KOMs today, both taken from my Strava stalker

The Horseshoe pass isnt that steep actually, its just the length that gives the impression. You could probably spin at about 13mph. http://app.strava.com/segments/757425

 

[Matthew_T]

Got up to astonishing speeds today due to wind. 7th one segment and 10th another as well as 3 other PR's.http://app.strava.com/activities/39754384
I even overtook a van at 35mph before riding through a speed camera (the van had literally just pass me so he must have been surprised to see me pass him).

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Got up to astonishing speeds today due to wind. 7th one segment and 10th another as well as 3 other PR's.http://app.strava.com/activities/39754384
I even overtook a van at 35mph before riding through a speed camera (the van had literally just pass me so he must have been surprised to see me pass him).

I say this purely in jest, but if we razz passed a motorist and we're going over the speed limit but they are going well under the speed limit, and a speed camera takes a photo, I wonder who would get the most attention from the authorities?