Silly STRAVA Racing

[Eddie]

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?

You're fairly local to me =), you need to head north for some proper hills though.

 

[martint235]

Someone has apparently just taken my KOM. Can't say I'm fussed, no one appears to be chasing down my 241km segment so when that finally goes I'll go out and take everything back. See I can be competitive.

 

[gb155]

Am forced to be on my geared bike today, confident that I moved up a few places this am

 

[gaz]

Can anyone explain what is going on here?
This is the segment.. And this is the KOM.. like 1/3rd of the distance of the segment :S

 

[MrJamie]

I went out today for a relaxing ride around local lakes, a couple of miles in and i found myself chasing a cyclist id spied in the distance and then ended up going after 3 trail segments, half of one was accross the edge of a grassy field. I got one of them, the other two i missed by 1 second over around 4mins which was irritating and then I just checked my email and ive lost one of my other local KOMs since i got back

Theres only 5-10 people competing on these trail segments so nothing like the competition on London roads, but on a few the KOM is switching back and forth a bit which is making it good fun

 

[400bhp]

Can anyone explain what is going on here?
This is the segment.. And this is the KOM.. like 1/3rd of the distance of the segment :S

Most of them are driving...

 

[MichaelO]

I think at my level, beating my own PB on segments is about as much as I can hope for... Although on one segment I'd have KOM for the 55-64 age group! I'll just have to wait almost 20 years to collect it though

 

[smutchin]

Funny post-work ride this evening. Got into a minor bit of Cat 6 racing with a chap who was going the same way as me all the way from Elephant & Castle through to Crystal Palace. He kept pulling ahead thanks to, ahem, some fairly liberal interpretation of traffic signals, but I was faster slightly less slow than him between the lights (where traffic allowed), so I kept pegging him back.

By the time I reached the tollbooth at the bottom of Fountain Drive, he was about 100 metres or so ahead of me. But the pace he was going, I knew I would catch him before the top so I didn't push too hard, just took it steady and gradually reeled him in...

Just uploaded my data and it turns out I got a PR for that segment. Which is nice.

Still a long way off troubling the hardcore roadies who own the top 10 places but I'm pleased with the personal improvement. Maybe I need that kind of incentive more often.

d.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I think someone local is having some fun with me! I have an heavy old tourer and someone keeps on matching me minute and second on this segment http://app.strava.com/segments/1531948

Great fun!

 

[Sittingduck]

Can anyone explain what is going on here?
This is the segment.. And this is the KOM.. like 1/3rd of the distance of the segment :S

Gaz, I think it's related to the assclownery that is on this segment. Strava seems to think there's a cat 4 climb round there somewhere and the elevation data for that locale is screwy. I flagged the 'frazier St climb' a couple of weeks ago but notice it's still active.

Edit: I see there's no leaderboard, so perhaps my flagging worked - to a degree but not so much as for them to have fixed the incorrect elevation data.

 

[JuanLobbe]

Good ride again today. Annoying though - stopped briefly a couple of times in the middle of segments that I didn't know were there and so have rubbish results on them. Gah! Will be the wiser next time...

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Half died up a steep segment I'd not ridden before only to find out I was forth fastest!


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[Hacienda71]

KOM on a three mile segment on the way home tonight, first time I have ridden it using Strava. Thought I would get top ten but chuffed to KOM

 

[400bhp]

KOM on a three mile segment on the way home tonight, first time I have ridden it using Strava. Thought I would get top ten but chuffed to KOM

Great effort mate.

I took the short route home last night, down the A56. It's surprising how much faster cruising speed is on A roads. Had a bit of a TT with another guy. Turns out he uses Strava too - me and him now 2nd and 3rd respectively on a major segment, wasn't even particularly aware of it too.

Although he's just taken a KoM off me along the canal. I can't defend it at the moment because my Garmin has decided it doesn't want to recognise any segments along the canal lately.

 

[MrJamie]

Do any of you use the "hide my home/work" feature? It cuts off the start/end of any rides that finish near your home/work so people cant tell where you live. It says "start or end of the ride will be hidden from other users", so i thought id try it and its lumped the start and end off my rides and hence removed all my times from two segments that are within 1km of leaving or arriving home. Wasnt ever going to get KOM unless theres a hurricane i can use for a tailwind but i was about 2nd or 3rd out of about 15 and working on it.

On the plus side I took my KOM back on a hill in a park, 1st place of 3 riders!