Silly STRAVA Racing

[Pedrosanchezo]

On the segments page, one of the columns is for change in position.

Yeh it is showing one placing change after an update today, though i am aware of or 4 worse placings through Strava. Will need some ironing out but will get used to it.

 

[HLaB]

Yeh it is showing one placing change after an update today, though i am aware of or 4 worse placings through Strava. Will need some ironing out but will get used to it.

I think you are limited on veloviewer updates but I couldn't say 100%

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I think you are limited on veloviewer updates but I couldn't say 100%

1 a day for placings check and 1 a week now for new segs. Not really a step forward for the Strava obsessed! Lol.

 

[gaz]

Ben stated that he would add features to version 3 from version 2 as time goes by, unfortunately his spare time is limited at the moment and as such he has not been able to move them across.

 

[smutchin]

1 a day for placings check and 1 a week now for new segs. Not really a step forward for the Strava obsessed! Lol.

To be fair, your strava obsession doesn't pay for his bandwidth.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

To be fair, your strava obsession doesn't pay for his bandwidth.

Haha, i never said i was obsessed!! I like Strava but i don't have the time to make it an obsession. Scarlett Johansson is enough obsession for me just now.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Some bloke on my segment did it 30 seconds faster that the next fastest. I looked over his 'ride' and it seemed he averaged 48mph over 45 miles - top speed 82mph. I flagged the ride and his KOM was removed. I gave it beans a few days ago and got into joint 3rd (3 seconds down on KOM - not bad for an old fat bloke on a tourer with panniers)

Then this bloke was KOM again using the same ride - so I flagged it again.

Why do people cheat, and why can't they be honest?

 

[400bhp]

Some bloke on my segment did it 30 seconds faster that the next fastest. I looked over his 'ride' and it seemed he averaged 48mph over 45 miles - top speed 82mph. I flagged the ride and his KOM was removed. I gave it beans a few days ago and got into joint 3rd (3 seconds down on KOM - not bad for an old fat bloke on a tourer with panniers)

Then this bloke was KOM again using the same ride - so I flagged it again.

Why do people cheat, and why can't they be honest?

See, this is where I think Strava will eventually start to decline if they don't address these issues. Stuff like this just makes the whole thing little more than worthless. It should be fairly easy for them to put in automatic flags for averages/top speeds above a certain threshold. Also they really should have some way of alerting you if someone flags your ride. And to stop silly beggars, perhaps limit the ability to flag anothers ride and/or reinstate a ride if they have fewer than so many rides/miles logged in.

It's kind of targetted as a bit of fun, but it isn't fun if people are taking the pish.

 

[ianrauk]

Haha, i never said i was obsessed!! I like Strava but i don't have the time to make it an obsession. Scarlett Johansson is enough obsession for me just now.

Honest Guv... I can handle it!

 

[VamP]

See, this is where I think Strava will eventually start to decline if they don't address these issues. Stuff like this just makes the whole thing little more than worthless. It should be fairly easy for them to put in automatic flags for averages/top speeds above a certain threshold. Also they really should have some way of alerting you if someone flags your ride. And to stop silly beggars, perhaps limit the ability to flag anothers ride and/or reinstate a ride if they have fewer than so many rides/miles logged in.

It's kind of targetted as a bit of fun, but it isn't fun if people are taking the pish.

If you just accept that's what it is, then it stops being a problem.

 

[ianwoodi]

Another kom today that makes 3 this month http://app.strava.com/segments/3628179

 

[Mapster1989]

The annoying part, for me, is the lack of placing info. Previously a click on "check placings" would reveal any lost KOM's and any slides in position. Now i don't get any of that. Is there another place to find this info??

On the main segments page it has the change in placings on there denoted by green and red squares. A bit more work to find out but its there.

Although there is a check placings button isn't there??? Last time I checked there was anyway

 

[Spartak]

I think the idea is that you do it all yourself.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

On the main segments page it has the change in placings on there denoted by green and red squares. A bit more work to find out but its there.

Although there is a check placings button isn't there??? Last time I checked there was anyway

It's all working much better now anyway. Was all weird before.
Cheers.

 

[Spartak]

Finished the 30H Strava Challenge today

Even managed a KOM http://app.strava.com/segments/3825579