Silly STRAVA Racing

[gaz]

A rare KOM gained this morning
Downhill one, thanks to last night's ice cream...

Knowing that hill, I don't know you sit down with balls that big!

 

[Sittingduck]

Lol, it's a good run as long as the traffic is scarce and the conditions are good. Only slightly dodgy part is approaching the left-hander after the long fast straight. Have to scrub off speed quite a lot there and make sure you don't over-cook it into the bend.

 

[HLaB]

Lost another couple of KOMs on my old stomping ground but they were both on shared use farcilities so I'm not sure I'm bothered about winning them back even if they were local but given there 400miles north I cant anyway

 

[HLaB]

Lol whats happened here, the segment is a decent length but somehow I dont think I was doing 134mph uphill

 

[zizou]

There seems to be a huge amount of segments being created recently - most of them pretty pointless too as existing segments cover virtually most of distance and route of the new ones. Actually i probably moaned about this before a few months ago But IMO it has now got to the point where something has to be done with the clutter because it is detracting from the site.

A flag option to say something like too similar to an existing segment might be good but it might also open to abuse. Perhaps something showing the creator of the segment would help things i think - might shame those who have fragile ego's who cant get the existing KOMs without changing the start or finish point slightly

 

[400bhp]

There seems to be a huge amount of segments being created recently - most of them pretty pointless too as existing segments cover virtually most of distance and route of the new ones. Actually i probably moaned about this before a few months ago But IMO it has now got to the point where something has to be done with the clutter because it is detracting from the site.

A flag option to say something like too similar to an existing segment might be good but it might also open to abuse. Perhaps something showing the creator of the segment would help things i think - might shame those who have fragile ego's who cant get the existing KOMs without changing the start or finish point slightly

I queried this a week or 2 back when contacting strava about something else. I got a bit of an interesting reply. I'll post it up when I get home. I think the more people moan the more interest they will take in it.

They really need a de-minims segment distance. 0.1m FFS

 

[Rob3rt]

They should impose filters on many things. It should not be that hard to filter and remove segments below a certain distance, or to remove segments with a certain % overlap etc.

I still think they should filter segments and assign more interesting "titles" for hitting the number one spot! This would let them do all sorts of fun stuff such as classifying riders based on what they are good at etc or creating profiles!

I've never been hugely into Strava like some are, this is evident from my lack of number 1 spots (of the few I have, I didn't get them on purpose, I didn't even know the segment existed and/or is was a really obscure segment where simply not being a snail and riding through the segment by chance guarenteed a KOM), but it is growing increasingly stale. I still upload to it, because I like the social aspect, seeing my club mates race data and catching up on club rides I skipped etc.

 

[smutchin]

You can hide segments you're not interested in, can't you? Bit of a pain to have to do it manually, but I presume you only have to do it once and it will ignore them forever more.

I agree the proliferation of silly segments is getting irritating.

 

[Edwards80]

I've never been hugely into Strava like some are, this is evident from my lack of number 1 spots (of the few I have, I didn't get them on purpose, I didn't even know the segment existed and/or is was a really obscure segment where simply not being a snail and riding through the segment by chance guarenteed a KOM), but it is growing increasingly stale. I still upload to it, because I like the social aspect, seeing my club mates race data and catching up on club rides I skipped etc.

I think we're in the same boat. Quite liked chasing a segment or two originally but sprinting like a maniac mid ride isn't much fun (interval training aside!) but I still like the social aspect of it. It's quite good for nicking people routes too to save you having to work your own out.

Daft new segments pop up on my commute, I'm often KOM for a few days until someone targets it and sprints on their 14/15mph 5 mile ride

Still, it can be good fun if you don't take it seriously or let it spoil a decent ride. The only time I take it seriously is when I'm stealing Potsy's segments through Wythenshawe park

 

[Rob3rt]

I think we're in the same boat. Quite liked chasing a segment or two originally but sprinting like a maniac mid ride isn't much fun (interval training aside!) but I still like the social aspect of it. It's quite good for nicking people routes too to save you having to work your own out.

Daft new segments pop up on my commute, I'm often KOM for a few days until someone targets it and sprints on their 14/15mph 5 mile ride

Still, it can be good fun if you don't take it seriously or let it spoil a decent ride. The only time I take it seriously is when I'm stealing Potsy's segments through Wythenshawe park

True saves such mistakes as routing a ride through an impassable "road" which is actually a cobbled path through an Alpaca farm and then a mile of walking in a stream with your bike on your shoulder!

That never actually happened.............................. or did it?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lol whats happened here, the segment is a decent length but somehow I dont think I was doing 134mph uphill

You're not even the fastest time, you must try harder.

 

[Hip Priest]

Gah! Strava meltdown today. Noticed I'd been shunted down the Top 10 on a few local segments. The KOMs had all been taken by the same bloke, and I'm not being rude (ok I am a bit) but he didn't look particularly quick on his profile pic.

Anyway, I clicked on the 'ride' and it was actually titled 'oops left Strava on in car'. DELETE IT YOU FOOL!

 

[potsy]

The only time I take it seriously is when I'm stealing Potsy's segments through Wythenshawe park

400bhp's been in there recently, watch your back

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Epic weather today.

6 KOM's on tonights ride thanks to all that extra vitamin D!!

 

[gaz]

Gah! Strava meltdown today. Noticed I'd been shunted down the Top 10 on a few local segments. The KOMs had all been taken by the same bloke, and I'm not being rude (ok I am a bit) but he didn't look particularly quick on his profile pic.

Anyway, I clicked on the 'ride' and it was actually titled 'oops left Strava on in car'. DELETE IT YOU FOOL!

flag flag flag!