Silly STRAVA Racing

[gb155]

And Relax ....

It's back

Phew

 

[smutchin]

My local rival has just nabbed another KOM off me. This will not do!

Right, I'm going after two of his on the way home tonight. The swine.

d.

 

[Chrisc]

My local rival has just nabbed another KOM off me. This will not do!

Right, I'm going after two of his on the way home tonight. The swine.

d.

http://raceshape.com/

check where you're losing time....and you thought it couldn't get any worse...

 

[4F]

Maybe I am being a complete numpty but I just cannot get a avatar / photo loaded against my Stava profile. Any clues ?

OK not being a numpty, a known problem loading photo's using IE8 but no problem usung Firebox or Chrome. Sorted

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Phew

This!

 

[BSRU]

http://raceshape.com/

check where you're losing time....and you thought it couldn't get any worse...

That website gives excellent info, shows on a KOM I tried to capture where I stopped peddling because I thought the segment had finished, in 100 metres went from 3 seconds in front to 5 seconds behind, d'oh.

 

[smutchin]

http://raceshape.com/

check where you're losing time....and you thought it couldn't get any worse...

Thanks, that's just too depressing...

He seems to have gone at it hard and built up a decent gap quite quickly, peaking at 9 seconds, but then slowed down and I was closing by the end, so the final gap is 6 seconds. Hmmm, reckon I could take that one back...

He also tried on the same ride to recapture the one that I stole off him the other day, but FAILED. Ha!

Looking at his stats, he seems to be quite a powerful rider while I'm built more for endurance. I suspect he is a fair bit younger than me too, which is a consoling thought.

d.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

That website gives excellent info, shows on a KOM I tried to capture where I stopped peddling because I thought the segment had finished, in 100 metres went from 3 seconds in front to 5 seconds behind, d'oh.

http://khaaan.com/

 

[Hacienda71]

Took a kom off fosyant on a climb yesterday on my ss

Proudest moment on a bike ever

I think I might have to equate that post to poking a big grumpy animal with a pointy stick to see what happens.

 

[HLaB]

What I find hilarious is the rides that are sub or near 15mph but the rider gets KOM's, its just so obvious they are Strava hunting.

 

[400bhp]

Nowt wrong with that It's called interval training.

I am trying to stay away from strava segment bashing this week, and have rode to work in recovery mode since monday. I'm itching to get back into it. Patience....patience..

I've stuck a couple of segments in raceshape where i have lost the KoM's recently and has given me some insight into how I ride. I am clearly setting off too fast, (where segments are a mile or so). That'll learn me.

 

[smutchin]

What I find hilarious is the rides that are sub or near 15mph but the rider gets KOM's, its just so obvious they are Strava hunting.

I did wonder that about yer man who nicked my KOM this morning, but his whole ride was 32km, which he completed in just over an hour, so I had to give him kudos for that.

Curse him!

d.

 

[400bhp]

For those interested in timing differences between a Garmin gps and a phone gps, have a look at this segment detail. The top 2 rides are by the same rider on the same day. He runs both a Garmin and a gps enabled phone (annoying really-he should delete one of them when loading up, plus he is getting the best of both times).

A 5 second difference over 0.6 of a mile.

 

[potsy]

I think I might have to equate that post to poking a big grumpy animal with a pointy stick to see what happens.

Hee hee, where is the old git?

 

[400bhp]

Wonder how long it takes him to have another go at the hill.

24 hours?