Silly STRAVA Racing

[HLaB]

Lost 2 KOM's today.

My KOM's are like my children!!!

I've maybe gotten to used to posting on here about gaining KOM's. I don't care for losing them.

I'd be a wee bit suspicious if you lost them today, it was rotten

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I'd be a wee bit suspicious if you lost them today, it was rotten

20-30mph winds. Some people rely on them.

 

[HLaB]

20-30mph winds. Some people rely on them.

You can get them back when its 20-30mph winds again and dry (the former is common, the latter )

 

[HLaB]

Lol one of the segments I had ridden was removed, so I had a closer look. Its called a climb but its a relatively flat dash to a blind right hand turn on to the Dollar Main Street; I'm not surprised it has been flagged!

 

[tug benson]

Lol one of the segments I had ridden was removed, so I had a closer look. Its called a climb but its a relatively flat dash to a blind right hand turn on to the Dollar Main Street; I'm not surprised it has been flagged!

How did they manage to make that a CAT4 climb? the road is pretty much flat

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Can't be flat, it goes up at 1,125% gradient at one point.

 

[HLaB]

How did they manage to make that a CAT4 climb? the road is pretty much flat

Indeed I don't know if its an auto-segment created from a dodgy gps track (Ive heard the iphone is bad for gps).

 

[Matthew_T]

Went out for a very late night spin tonight. Managed 10th on one segment and 14th on another. Thought I had set a few other PR's but something went wrong with the average speed.

 

[Rob3rt]

Went out for a very late night spin tonight. Managed 10th on one segment and 14th on another. Thought I had set a few other PR's but something went wrong with the average speed.

Yes..... you didn't ride fast enough!

 

[redcard]

...something went wrong with the average speed.

We know how you feel, Matt.

 

[Matthew_T]

This is the segment: http://app.strava.com/activities/43784470#742163435 Says a 16.3 average when the lowest speed I got to was 18.3?
Reverse segment: http://app.strava.com/activities/43784470#742163440 This is a bit more accurate.

 

[gaz]

This is the segment: http://app.strava.com/activities/43784470#742163435 Says a 16.3 average when the lowest speed I got to was 18.3?
Reverse segment: http://app.strava.com/activities/43784470#742163440 This is a bit more accurate.

Dude that segment is short as it gets. Have you not seen what has been posted about the pointlessness of short segments on strava?
Take a read.. http://veloviewer.com/blog/41mph-the-evidence-against-the-sunday-times-article/

 

[Matthew_T]

Dude that segment is short as it gets. Have you not seen what has been posted about the pointlessness of short segments on strava?
Take a read.. http://veloviewer.com/blog/41mph-the-evidence-against-the-sunday-times-article/

Both segments are mine so I will change them to make it more realistic.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've just discovered Strava and all its joys. There are several segments on my commute, and I've been awarded several medals.... on closer inspection these are PBs based on the day before,

Thing is, I didn't know where the segments were, but now I do, it's gonna open up a whole new world of fun

Interestingly, when Satnav and Partner came with me on our Bakewell pootle, I rode my bouncer down a fantastic rutted track, really giving it some beans. There was a point where the surface returned to tarmac and I waited for the others to catch up, and we chatted about the descent for a minute or two before carrying on. Had I known that it was a Strava segment and that the chequered flag was right at the T junction onto the main road I would have ridden it differently. As it is, those minutes spent chatting three quarters of the way down count towards the total time, so not just moving time as calculated by Garmin.

not to mention the strava section that we are 30 mins slower than everyone else on because we popped into a certain cafe for a much needed break With any luck I might not be quite so slow on the descents now after this weekend's mtb skills course.
There are plenty of strava sections around Philips Park as well, some with odd starts and ends so check them out first.
http://app.strava.com/activities/42779399 should show you some of them! (just don't expect as many cups as me though because you are male. Being female on Strava definitely has some advantages

 

[Rob3rt]

not to mention the strava section that we are 30 mins slower than everyone else on because we popped into a certain cafe for a much needed break With any luck I might not be quite so slow on the descents now after this weekend's mtb skills course.
There are plenty of strava sections around Philips Park as well, some with odd starts and ends so check them out first.
http://app.strava.com/activities/42779399 should show you some of them! (just don't expect as many cups as me though because you are male. Being female on Strava definitely has some advantages

I have a crap time up Holme Moss (Woodhead ascent), for a similar reason, I rode into the segment, signed on and pinned on my number for a HC race, then cycled up and down the same stretch of road warming up for about 10-20 minutes, before actually riding up to the top and exiting the segment. Fortunatelly, there is a segment within the Holme Moss segment created for the HC race, so I at least have a reasonable time on that (14 minutes odd), lol.

I am not much of a segment hunter with Strava, I only have any real interest in a couple of segments on local hills I use to benchmark (2 hills in particular), but recently have been going really well in the hills clocking a few top 10's with ease (got a 7th yesterday riding at less than 80% FTP, i.e. moderate tempo intensity), so I am looking forward to seeing what I can do on my benchmarking hills.