Silly STRAVA Racing

[DCLane]

Lost a KOM by 27 seconds, which is a BIG decrease given it's a short, technical segment with a climb, lights, roundabouts and a crossing: http://app.strava.com/segments/2296504

 

[Cubist]

One small celebration, I have noticed that I am often within a few seconds of CTC's Martyn Bolt on a few segments, and today have beaten him by a couple of seconds! Got a 4th overall on my commute..... as long as I filter results to fat old geezers...

One real annoyance, an MTB segment on some singletrack which I absolutely hammered yesterday, and completed in 2 minutes, runs parallel to a main road, and the fastest time is 1 minute..... which puts me down in the 200's. You can tell from the activity on the faster times which was on a road bike on the road, and which is on the singletrack, but I'm buggered if I'm going to check them all.

 

[Sittingduck]

I reckon it's legit. Decent cyclist who was out on a fairly hard ride. Mileage, profile pic and comments suggest as much, imho. He would have had a tailwind Today on the first stretch and probably didn't encounter much traffic going round the corner by the shops.

Edit: this was in reply to DC's update about the KOM.

 

[400bhp]

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!

I think changing the ride title and not deleting the ride is worse than deleting the bloody ride

 

[DCLane]

One small celebration, I have noticed that I am often within a few seconds of CTC's Martyn Bolt on a few segments, and today have beaten him by a couple of seconds!

He's not a bad rider - in the same club as me.

 

[Cubist]

I note though that he posted those segments back in 2009, and I suspect it would have been on a much longer ride, not just a thrashed commute! One on one I wouldn't stand a chance.

He's not a bad rider - in the same club as me.

 

[DCLane]

I note though that he posted those segments back in 2009, and I suspect it would have been on a much longer ride, not just a thrashed commute! One on one I wouldn't stand a chance.

It'll have been a club run probably - they tend to go west into the hills.

 

[VamP]

Lost a KOM by 27 seconds, which is a BIG decrease given it's a short, technical segment with a climb, lights, roundabouts and a crossing: http://app.strava.com/segments/2296504

It's a s**t segment, you're better off without it.

Looks totally legit to me as well.

 

[HLaB]

Lost a KOM by 27 seconds, which is a BIG decrease given it's a short, technical segment with a climb, lights, roundabouts and a crossing: http://app.strava.com/segments/2296504

I lost one at the weekend by over 1min, must have been a good tail wind and probably (my crap browser doesn't show the page correctly and IT wont upgrade) early hours (its a shared use path).

 

[Spartak]

Good conditions last night for my Club Evening 10 TT.
Rode to & from the start, which gave me a good warm up ..........
...... managed a 78 second improvement

http://app.strava.com/activities/52941377

Even got a few Strava top 10's !!!
Quick pint after & home just as it was getting dark .......... legs aching today

 

[400bhp]

Good conditions last night for my Club Evening 10 TT.
Rode to & from the start, which gave me a good warm up ..........
...... managed a 78 second improvement

http://app.strava.com/activities/52941377

Even got a few Strava top 10's !!!
Quick pint after & home just as it was getting dark .......... legs aching today

Some nobbers have been driving on the TT course

 

[Hacienda71]

Good conditions last night for my Club Evening 10 TT.
Rode to & from the start, which gave me a good warm up ..........
...... managed a 78 second improvement

http://app.strava.com/activities/52941377

Even got a few Strava top 10's !!!
Quick pint after & home just as it was getting dark .......... legs aching today

The top two riders on the TT segment seem suspiciously quick. There are quite a few pro and GB riders who ride the 10's in North Cheshire including a world champ and none of their times are anything like those. I know different TT courses are faster or slower, but a sub 16 minute 10 is faster than Wiggins course record on Levens which is a very quick 10.

 

[Rob3rt]

It is a Strava artefact due to the loop.

Chris, the World Champ you refer to = Colin?

 

[Hacienda71]

It is a Strava artefact due to the loop.

Chris, the World Champ you refer to = Colin?

I was thinking of Simon Yates

 

[Rob3rt]

Ah, completely forgot about him, was thinking Colin Lynch. Andy Tennant also rides the local 10's and 25's, seen Joanna Rowsell at a 10 in April as well.