Silly STRAVA Racing

[potsy]

OI FOSSY!!

http://app.strava.com/segments/3592216

 

[Matthew_T]

One advantage about having an obscure and very strong wind, you get some high placements on segments!
5th - http://app.strava.com/activities/44029963#748335439
3rd - http://app.strava.com/activities/44029963#748335443

Very happy with myself.
I will have a go at this one on tomorrow mornings commute - http://app.strava.com/segments/3583554

 

[Edwardoka]

Couldn't find any other thread mentioning this, but the BBC have just covered Strava: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21716686

 

[Spartak]

Couldn't find any other thread mentioning this, but the BBC have just covered Strava: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21716686

Thnx ....... Good article.

 

[fossyant]

OI FOSSY!!

http://app.strava.com/segments/3592216

Very good - not even ridden that last section - is that where you bear right after the tunnel down towards the Motorway ?

 

[potsy]

Very good - not even ridden that last section - is that where you bear right after the tunnel down towards the Motorway ?

Now I look closely at it there might be a dodgy gps tracking section there, looks like it has me riding on brinny road
Thought I'd done the same route you do and was surprised you hadn't shown up on the leaderboard, I did however follow the river from Knightsbridge rather than cut onto the road at Portwood like usual, good bit of extra offroad rout that

 

[Edwardoka]

Random question; why does everyone who has a veloviewer sig image use the position chart?

I find the score chart to be far more interesting and indicative of a rider's overall skill, fitness and stamina.
I have a lot of segments where I've performed poorly (I am utterly rubbish at climbs), and my sig image should (and clearly does ) reflect that - but over time the larger data points will move further left to reflect my improvement.

To me, the position chart only picks my "best" performances, which, as the sample size for each segment is not taken into consideration, tells me nothing about my relative fitness and ability...

 

[gaz]

Random question; why does everyone who has a veloviewer sig image use the position chart?

I find the score chart to be far more interesting and indicative of a rider's overall skill, fitness and stamina.
I have a lot of segments where I've performed poorly (I am utterly rubbish at climbs), and my sig image should (and clearly does ) reflect that - but over time the larger data points will move further left to reflect my improvement.

To me, the position chart only picks my "best" performances, which, as the sample size for each segment is not taken into consideration, tells me nothing about my relative fitness and ability...

probably because that is a new addition and most of us made the signature when it wasn't there.

 

[Edwardoka]

probably because that is a new addition and most of us made the signature when it wasn't there.

Ah, that explains it. I wasn't aware that it was a new thing - thanks!

 

[Matthew_T]

Managed 3rd on a segment on this mornings commute. It was on the fully laden commuter too!

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Speaking of which Veloviewer site is down. Just get 404 not found for the last 24 hours.

 

[Edwardoka]

Speaking of which Veloviewer site is down. Just get 404 not found for the last 24 hours.

Yeah, he's been having some trouble with his web hosting.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Yeah, he's been having some trouble with his web hosting.

I just checked using my hi-tech professional site checking tool http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/veloviewer.com

Poor old Ben. Ben if you're out there let me know if I can help!

 

[zizou]

Anyone else having problems getting segments to load on the segment details website (the one @ jonathanokeeffe.com)?

 

[Sittingduck]

Is Strava borked for everybody or just me? I can access the site but see no little map pic of the rides in my dashboard and the Upload page is down.

EDIT: entire site is now dead-in-the-water