Silly STRAVA Racing

[Kiwiavenger]

I left work today with no bag, nicely refueled to tackle the first segment going home only to have the mother of all headwinds and rain! Still was out the saddle for most of it and felt loads better with my spd-sl's but still 40 seconds down on my pb.

Ah well will sort out my 8 mile route to work tomorrow and as the missus is abandoning me for the evening will get a nice long ride out (possible segment hunting if not will pace round the local 10 mile tt route on strava) need more climbing miles though as only 3% today on rapha rising

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[zizou]

Day 2 of Rapha Rising. Was a nice evening so instead of hill repeats went out for a hilly ride instead, another 1002 metres added to the total.

Some of the elevation totals riders are posting so far are incredible, makes my rides seem like a series of speed bumps

 

[DRHysted]

http://app.strava.com/segments/1723465

Just guessing, mind

I get the feeling I'm not going to remain KOM much longer now

 

[gaz]

Anyone else noticed when they look at their KOM list, they get ones which are not theirs :S

 

[HLaB]

Anyone else noticed when they look at their KOM list, they get ones which are not theirs :S

I think its a record of all your KOM's you've ever had, you might have got the KOM on that segment 2 years ago but it has since been beating, if you go back to that ride it still shows a KOM in the details, even though that time may now be 30th

 

[Hacienda71]

I have one where I am KOM but it doesn't show up on my KOM list. I am the same time as another chap, but I was notified I had got the KOM although his ride was earlier than mine.

 

[Gixer Rob]

logged my first strava ride today...forgot to set it last two times ive been out!!!
managed to get a 7th on leader board on a segment i didnt know was there
http://app.strava.com/rides/13638084#248955249
created my own short segment as well,,8th in that one...didnt realise strava would automaticaly find anyone else who had ridden that segment!! coolio!!!

 

[MrJamie]

http://app.strava.com/rides/13525551

Beat that!

I like how the average speed is higher than the max speed

 

[Vikeonabike]

First top 10 on my way home after a night shift.... with a poorly knee and not fully fit.
Just scraped into 10th.
http://app.strava.com/rides/13618381#248170083

 

[4F]

I like how the average speed is higher than the max speed

That segment is certainly a direct one and "as the crow flies"

 

[MrJamie]

Looking through some of the segments, it looks really competitive in and around London, by comparison theres hardly any people here, the very busiest segments have like 100 riders and most have about 10.

People have also set really weird segments here, like 20-60km intricate routes that they have KOM at a relatively slow pace because noone else has ever ridden them and require someone to start from the correct start/finish place. Theres loads that overlap junctions at both ends, so unless youre specifically turning on and off roads at the same point youd never ride them without knowing theyre there, a short trim of the segment and there would probably be a lot more riders.

I think they could do more to encourage a bit of competition between riders, it seems if you dont have KOM and cant get it then its really hard to keep track and be competitive about those segments.

 

[BSRU]

Theres loads that overlap junctions at both ends, so unless youre specifically turning on and off roads at the same point youd never ride them without knowing theyre there,

There is one near me, down hill for 1.6km with a 16% gradient near the end, I freewheeled down it on Sunday at over 65kph.
But at the end of the segment it goes through a busy set of traffic lights with lots of cars turning right across the path of anything coming downhill, it is a completely crazy segment.

 

[lejogger]

I nabbed a KOM by 1 second at 2mins 1 second on the way home from work last week here: http://app.strava.com/rides/13196744#235360559
Imagine my surprise when last night not only did I receive kudos from the guy I knocked into second place, but he also left a nice comment about whether we could take the time down under 2 minutes!
If it had been the other way around I'd have been calling him all the names under the sun! What a thoroughly nice chap

Next time I'm on the carbon I'll be leaving the rucksack in the office though!

 

[MrJamie]

There is one near me, down hill for 1.6km with a 16% gradient near the end, I freewheeled down it on Sunday at over 65kph.
But at the end of the segment it goes through a busy set of traffic lights with lots of cars turning right across the path of anything coming downhill, it is a completely crazy segment.

A lot of the descent segments are stupid and encourage people to take risks. People have started a few speed trap segments here, where they put a 10metre segment on a hill and see who can go through the fastest like here http://goo.gl/maps/7t5f which looks a bit nuts for 50mph http://app.strava.com/segments/1139466
and this very steep hill with poor and dirty surface, crap visability, parked cars and driveways http://goo.gl/maps/u1HV and people hitting 40mph at that point http://app.strava.com/segments/1598282

 

[HLaB]

A lot of the descent segments are stupid and encourage people to take risks. People have started a few speed trap segments here, where they put a 10metre segment on a hill and see who can go through the fastest like here http://goo.gl/maps/7t5f which looks a bit nuts for 50mph http://app.strava.com/segments/1139466
and this very steep hill with poor and dirty surface, crap visability, parked cars and driveways http://goo.gl/maps/u1HV and people hitting 40mph at that point http://app.strava.com/segments/1598282

Somebody has made a similar section down here, there's a blind 90deg left hander at the bottom and many folk have went straight on into the field by mistake; I went round and nearly hit a van cutting the corner up the hill It shows daft speeds with folk averaging over 50mph; it does similar to me shows me averaging near 40mph, my max speed on that ride was 34.5mph.

What I find daft also are short segments in the middle of a climb uphill