gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
I grew suspicious when on an uphill section people are going 29.5mph :/
Silly STRAVA Racing
- Thread starter fossyant
- Start date
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Risex4
Dropped by the autobus
- Location
- The Green/Gray Hills Of Debunshire
Im always sceptical when I see some KOMs which have stood for 12 months get toppled by 30 seconds. Especially when a) after a bit of Strava Stalking, the rest of the new KOM's times are very ordinary and b) they aren't one of the "usual" names; out here in the sticks its a more select band and you get used to who should roughly be appearing where on a leaderboard.
On that note, whilst I appreciate I may be in danger of sounding like some completley unbalanced pyscho by asking this, but has anyone else developed any psuedo rivalries with a complete stranger/s through Strava? There are one or two names - dont know them personally, I wouldnt know them from Adam even if I crashed into them - but we always seem to post similar times, and now when I hit a new segment, I just have to go and see whether I've beaten them specifically on that one. And get suitably joyed/upset with the faster/slower outcome.
Please tell me thats even slightly normal?
On that note, whilst I appreciate I may be in danger of sounding like some completley unbalanced pyscho by asking this, but has anyone else developed any psuedo rivalries with a complete stranger/s through Strava? There are one or two names - dont know them personally, I wouldnt know them from Adam even if I crashed into them - but we always seem to post similar times, and now when I hit a new segment, I just have to go and see whether I've beaten them specifically on that one. And get suitably joyed/upset with the faster/slower outcome.
Please tell me thats even slightly normal?
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Really?? I didn't see your name so you must use a different one to on here.
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Actually i know which one now, judging by the photo. Apologies for that.
Do you cycle that area a lot?? It really does have some amazing hills. I am fortunate enough to live nearby so it is my main stomping ground.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Yes there are some good routes round the Sidlaws area, need to get out there a bit more often.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Interesting read. It's simple though, "Ride safe". Strava use shouldn't change that.
I see it says Lance took 7 KOM's in one ride, beating my 5 KOM's in one ride. I think i will jump on the bandwagon and sue him for a few million over this. I am clean man!!!!!
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
The Times article really is focusing on the daft big city short commuter segments all flat and traffic lights, not proper hills like it should be aimed at. Typical sensationalist londoncentric pish.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
I think that they have been looking at this segment too much: http://app.strava.com/segments/1080956
400bhp
Guru
I'm using veloviewer and the update for new segments. I'm getting a little miffed at segments being created within segments. It's just utter overkill. The original segments are not ones that cross lights/junctions too. None of the new segments seem to be particularly long as well.
Risex4
Dropped by the autobus
- Location
- The Green/Gray Hills Of Debunshire
Im sure some do it just to boost their own rankings or get a KOM when they realise they've either sat up too early on an effort or simply can't sustain their effort for the full length. Theres a segment over 2.5 miles I regularly go through which has been established for ages (2 years) which goes shallow climb > short flat sprint > bigger climb - no interuptions so it can be (and is) generally classed as one stretch of road. Recently someone created a new segment from exactly the same start which cut out the final mile long climb (que new reshuffled leaderboard biased against those who had paced themselves for the full climb), and then 10 days later I noticed yet another one which was just the first .75 mile shallow climb (which the full segmenters had taken at a steady pace and the 2/3ers had held back on for the sprint) leading to yet another leaderboard for those who had just thrased the first bit.
Pointless. Needless to say I just had to go out and hunt these to prove some kind of empty point.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
It's a bit of a shame that so many identical or overlapping segments exist, I agree. I did a short ride Yesterday morning and it's a bit of a mission to search through all of the segments. There must be at least 50 on the front page and 167 hidden ones!
http://app.strava.com/activities/40397076
http://app.strava.com/activities/40397076
Almost 8 a mile
