Silly STRAVA Racing

[Andrew_P]

OK here is a semi weird one. I set up ages ago a door to door commute segement which was around 14.7-14.8 miles. Due to a few reasons in the last month or so I have been going the longer way round going past a turning and kind of doubling back to my work. BUT Strava is picking up the Start and End point nothing in the middle and working out an averge speed by time and distance of the original journey, so although most days I am doing the 16.5 journey it is picking up the 14.8 mile journey as the segemnt. Not sure I have explained that very well :-)

 

[400bhp]

This segment is hillarious:

http://app.strava.com/segments/773659

 

[zizou]

5 of my KOTM times went yesterday in large part due to the wind. Sort of feels like ive been cheated by a doper!

Of course when i set them it wasnt wind assisted at all, honest

 

[400bhp]

I was "worried" yesterday that i would lose a few too - as yet they are still standing.

Great fun this

 

[Andrew_P]

This segment is hillarious:

http://app.strava.com/segments/773659

LOL I neraly reported a load of Surrey TT'ers for using their motorbikes with their Garmins on for road racing hitting 100+ on 40 mph roads. I would guess the club captain was worried about someone reporting them and posted a comment explaining Strava on a circuit segemnt doesn't pick up the laps very well!

 

[HLaB]

OK here is a semi weird one. I set up ages ago a door to door commute segement which was around 14.7-14.8 miles. Due to a few reasons in the last month or so I have been going the longer way round going past a turning and kind of doubling back to my work. BUT Strava is picking up the Start and End point nothing in the middle and working out an averge speed by time and distance of the original journey, so although most days I am doing the 16.5 journey it is picking up the 14.8 mile journey as the segemnt. Not sure I have explained that very well :-)

I've had similar ones where it appeared I was x minutes slower but I actually went x mile more taking a different route from A to B

 

[zizou]

Just back in and nabbed 3 of "my" KOTM back

Maybe makes me a bit of a sad bastard but i downloaded the other guys ride so i could race the virtual partner on my garmin! First time i've done that and found it was quite a good help judging the pace needed (the segments were about 2 miles and 4 miles, i dont think it would work for a sprint)

 

[Edwards80]

Just back in and nabbed 3 of "my" KOTM back

Maybe makes me a bit of a sad bastard but i downloaded the other guys ride so i could race the virtual partner on my garmin! First time i've done that and found it was quite a good help judging the pace needed (the segments were about 2 miles and 4 miles, i dont think it would work for a sprint)

Blimey! Hadn't thought of that. . . WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!

 

[smutchin]

I've had similar ones where it appeared I was x minutes slower but I actually went x mile more taking a different route from A to B

Yeah, good one - must remember to use that excuse next time I'm having a slow day - "I took a longer route!" Nice one!



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[TheJDog]

I just went out in the hope that it would be a bit quieter this morning than on a weekday. One KOM and two joint thirds. The people on my commute must take it fairly easy for me to do that.

There's a long hill on a different route home so I might start tackling that.

 

[HLaB]

This section is bizarre, it says 18.8% and a climb but I can't even recall a gradient consistent with the KOM doing 25mph and the other +20mph speeds. The 18.8% might be the hump back bridge which probably lasts less than 3m, thats certainly what my gps said.

 

[Sittingduck]

Went out this morning and sniped what I had thought was an achievable little KOM. Worked out ok and I'm in 1st, now

How long it lasts, remains to be seen...

 

[gaz]

Two laps of box hill today, that was hard work but did my best time on the second time round. Probably because there was lots of traffic the first time round and I was held back.

Got 5th place here and missed out on 10th place on another segment by only 2 seconds.

 

[Sittingduck]

Looks like I'm languishing on that Bish-Bash-Bosh but done you on Box

 

[gaz]

Looks like I'm languishing on that Bish-Bash-Bosh but done you on Box

I'm carrying a bit of extra weight at the moment, so climbing isn't easy. Working it off though.