Silly STRAVA Racing

[400bhp]

This one is strange. It's a narrowish road with not much traffic, a cattle grid and some cows. :S

You think they are struggling with storage space for all the segments?

 

[400bhp]

Sounds like somebody with an anti cycling agenda is doing the flagging.

If that was the case then surely we would see blanket segments flagged, not just random ones? And Gaz in down south and I'm up north so there's more than one of them.

 

[HLaB]

If that was the case then surely we would see blanket segments flagged, not just random ones? And Gaz in down south and I'm up north so there's more than one of them.

Yip, I must be wrong (or at least I hope so); out of curiosity, I went to flag a segment and you have to ridden it to do so

 

[400bhp]

I think there is a lot to be said for removing segments that have traffic lights on them personally.

 

[Hacienda71]

I think there is a lot to be said for removing segments that have traffic lights on them personally.

Bit like the Long Hill descent to Whaley we did last week. The end of that is in the middle of the village not at the bottom of the hill at the lights. Couldn't work out why we were so slow until I saw the end of it on the map. The temptation to jump the lights after a 4.8 mile segment is there.

 

[HLaB]

I like to make sections without any major junctions and starting away from them; I had a look at one of the hills I'd done however, and the segment creator had made it so the track was a u'turn of the roundabout then the hill; was that deliberate or accidental Anyway, I was delighted not to be last, having done it on a lightweight folding bike

 

[gaz]

This segment has 18 traffic lights on it.
I ride it pretty much everyday but I haven't bettered my time since 2010.

 

[400bhp]

I like to make sections without any major junctions and starting away from them; I had a look at one of the hills I'd done however, and the segment creator had made it so the track was a u'turn of the roundabout then the hill; was that deliberate or accidental Anyway, I was delighted not to be last, having done it on a lightweight folding bike

I suspect it's an automatic oone created by Strava - I've had a few odd ones Strava has created. There must be some kind of algorithm that creates a segment if a part of a route increases by so many feet over a certain distance.

 

[smokeysmoo]

OMG, I love Strava I do. Despite downloading it months and months ago I've used it or the first time today. It's feckin' ace 'innit?

I've won nowt but I don't care, (yet)! I'm just enjoying looking at the segments and thinking some of the KOM's must have engines on their bikes

Worst climb today? 'Hunter's Steep' near Mawdsley, Lancashire. Avg.grade 11.9% Granted it's only short but never the less!

 

[SoloCyclist]

Thanks (in part) to a strong Westerly I got six KOMs on my ride today Would have been seven but I stopped to speak to a friend I've not seen in a while. It was in a section where I'm KOM anyway.

Overall I was 11mins down on my time for the loop as obviously I was into the headwind on the way home.

 

[Sittingduck]

This segment has 18 traffic lights on it.
I ride it pretty much everyday but I haven't bettered my time since 2010.

Surprised there have only been 58 riders do that segment Gaz. I might take a little diversion tomorrow morrning and have a pop at it! Maybe a chance of getting into the top 10... hmm

 

[gaz]

Surprised there have only been 58 riders do that segment Gaz. I might take a little diversion tomorrow morrning and have a pop at it! Maybe a chance of getting into the top 10... hmm

Good luck, it is so dependent on traffic and the lights.
I've ridden it 3x more than anyone else and my best time this year would only be good for 15th.

 

[Sittingduck]

Yep - I go the same way until Stockwell, then usually straight over to Oval but can go via Vauxhall, if I so desire. May be an advantage to going out early! As you say - so many lights though.

 

[fossyant]

Bit like the Long Hill descent to Whaley we did last week. The end of that is in the middle of the village not at the bottom of the hill at the lights. Couldn't work out why we were so slow until I saw the end of it on the map. The temptation to jump the lights after a 4.8 mile segment is there.

Sounds like one segment I was in the top 4 for. Longhurst Lane in Mellor. There was a segment called 'Col du Mellor' that started after Marple Bridge village centre - I was in a good 'placing'. That's gone and there is now Longhurst Lane which starts before the village - it's traffic calmed and busy, and my time fell off the radar. That said some bloke called 'Nick Craig' trounced everyone. Swine - he's still bloody too fast !

 

[BSRU]

Despite being 2 minutes behind the KOM on a 1.6km climb with average 5.2% gradient I was pleased to see in RaceShape, I was faster, by a minute, than the KOM during the first half of the climb which contains the 16% part of the climb.
It seems once over the 16% part, where it flattens out, I took it too easy, explains why I was not out of breath or sweating by the time reached the top.
Note to self, try harder you lazy git .