Silly STRAVA Racing

[lejogger]

My GPS went on the Blink too, Garmin Connect shows me doing 26,000mph and 131.9 miles but Strava seems have corrected it to 33.9mph and 133miles, no KOMs though

As Strava gets more popular, the KOMs are going to become more and more rare. All it takes is a decent rider to hit a segment with a tailwind and unless you happen to get the same conditions you've got no chance. 90% of my riding is on my heavy CX bike, and while I did manage a KOM on it this week, for most of the ones around here I know I need favourable conditions and to be on carbon to challenge...

...take heed peoples. The easy times are fast disappearing. Grab those KOMs while you can

 

[Sittingduck]

As Strava gets more popular, the KOMs are going to become more and more rare. All it takes is a decent rider to hit a segment with a tailwind and unless you happen to get the same conditions you've got no chance. 90% of my riding is on my heavy CX bike, and while I did manage a KOM on it this week, for most of the ones around here I know I need favourable conditions and to be on carbon to challenge...

...take heed peoples. The easy times are fast disappearing. Grab those KOMs while you can

Looks the the perfect excuse for an N+1 investment, right there

 

[smutchin]

Its a bit harsh, but if you find someone slower than you, you can browse their KOMs and see how many you can take, which seems a bit mean

I've lost a few recently to what I presume to be younger, faster, fitter roadies coming into the area from elsewhere on deliberate segment-bagging rides - it does look like they've been scoping my profile, which is a bit galling but as 4F says, fair game. And kind of flattering too.

d.

 

[JuanLobbe]

Strava is so satisfying. I'm not troubling the KOM scorers, but my last ride had 8 PRs in it... great when you get home and upload it... maybe I'm actually getting fitter!!

 

[NotthatJasonKenny]

Someone's gonna be pissed...I nicked their 68th spot this morning!

(yes, tongue in cheek....)

 

[addictfreak]

Well two KOM's nicked today! The bounders must know I'm off on holiday tomorrow so no chance of getting them back just yet. It could take a while as I will need to get a weeks worth of red wine and good food out of my system.

 

[Eddie]

Someone's gonna be pissed...I nicked their 68th spot this morning!

I dunno, you've given them 69 instead, cough...

 

[400bhp]

Strava is so satisfying. I'm not troubling the KOM scorers, but my last ride had 8 PRs in it... great when you get home and upload it... maybe I'm actually getting fitter!!

You did on one didn't you? Unfortunately you hadn't realised I was on a mission on my way home. Sorry.

 

[400bhp]

Now-finally I have had a weekend rest on the bike apart from a family ride today. Wind from the South West tomorrow morn-perfect as that's the way i ride to work. Question is do I go for a couple of KoM's I have my eye on. It's a monday morning remember and I tried this a month or so ago. Killed me..

 

[middleagecyclist]

Flew up (relatively) a segment today. I past a roadie who was cruising along (I said Good Morning). Very glad I had a turn off shortly after the segment end. How embarrasing is it to be blown away on the recovery section by someone who does not have a very red face and is not breathing very hard?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I created a short segment going up a hill on the industrial estate that I work on, I decided against making it private and am amazed at how many times it has been ridden in just a few days! There must be other Strava users on this Industrial estate

http://app.strava.com/segments/1782310

 

[400bhp]

I created a short segment going up a hill on the industrial estate that I work on, I decided against making it private and am amazed at how many times it has been ridden in just a few days! There must be other Strava users on this Industrial estate

http://app.strava.com/segments/1782310

0.1m = pointless section. See some of the discussion on here about very short segments.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Oh I never claimed it was a good segment!

 

[Kiwiavenger]

just did one i didnt know was there! nice little 6 mile round trip, last 2 miles had me climbing 567 ft average of 8.9 MPH, got cramps half way up as well! next time i will just go straight down, then swing around and come straight back up again!

 

[JuanLobbe]

You did on one didn't you? Unfortunately you hadn't realised I was on a mission on my way home. Sorry.

Not sure holding a KOM for a matter of minutes counts!! Ta tho.