Silly STRAVA Racing

[400bhp]

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!

Yes I use it. I did wonder what it would do with segments close to home.

Simple answer - you need to move house.

 

[400bhp]

Well, I learnt something new about my Garmin 705 today. For a while now it hasn't been picking up segments on a canal path I use quite a bit. When zooming in on the ride the path seems to jump to the nearest road. Well, lo and behold, there's a "snap to road" option the Garmin, which was turned on. I will turn it off next time I go off road to see if that was causing the issue.

 

[gaz]

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!

Yes, just don't set it to such a high distance.

 

[MrJamie]

Yes, just don't set it to such a high distance.

How do I change the distance, I cant see an option for it? I can only see the add button and remove button, perhaps a paid feature?

Right now its cutting the start/end 1km off any ride starting/ending at home, so if I want to hit a nearby segment ill have to ride around and clock up a buffer distance to get removed. Its a little annoying that it hides it from me and doesnt warn that it will remove any segments in the hidden zone, but otherwise a nice feature.

 

[HLaB]

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


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I didn't push hard but found I was 4th today on a segment I'd never ridden before either; I was on the 13kg SS I'm pretty sure on a light road bike I'd have got KOM.

 

[400bhp]

Right we need rules I've seen some segments on here that have 3 or 4 riders.

How many riders does it take to pass the CyclechatBullshitSegmentTestTM ?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

There just don't seem to be all that many Strava users in my town!

 

[BSRU]

Managed my first KOM this morning on a short segment I cycle every day, it is in my normal warming up section.

http://app.strava.com/segments/1397651

This is the first day for months that there has been no headwind whilst going up the drag when riding my road bike since I discovered, with raceshape.com, where the actual finish is, last time I stopped pedalling with 100 metres still left of the segment .

The KOM was from my second time up the drag this morning, after 18km or so, even during the first ride through it I managed a very fast time. Realised I could shave a few more seconds off, due to being delayed slightly by a "road tax paying" car and having plenty of puff left at the end .

 

[Andrew_Culture]

last time I stopped pedalling with 100 metres still left of the segment .
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[gaz]

Right we need rules I've seen some segments on here that have 3 or 4 riders.

How many riders does it take to pass the CyclechatBullshitSegmentTestTM ?

600 riders

http://app.strava.com/segments/1177839

 

[lejogger]

Two KOMs on Tuesday night!
Went out on the carbon because it was a local clubs 1/2 distance TT. First time in a competitive event and managed this: http://app.strava.com/rides/14363803#270294893
It was actually the best time on the night!
Then was feeling a bit pumped up on the way home and decided to try to better my KOM from the other day and absolutely obliterated it here: http://app.strava.com/rides/14363806#270295003

I lost two of my other KOMs within minutes of each other on Sunday though. The dreaded emails just kept on arriving. Easy come, easy go

 

[400bhp]

I lost two of my other KOMs within minutes of each other on Sunday though. The dreaded emails just kept on arriving. Easy come, easy go

They are like painting the Forth Bridge for me. BTW great effort on the TT

 

[gb155]

Lost a kom last night

Regained it this morning (tho not yet uploaded)

Let the arms race commence

 

[BSRU]

Look at this cat 4 climb segment that appeared, pretty pointless being so short but average gradient of 26%, although it is basically flat .
http://app.strava.com/segments/1803621

 

[gaz]

Look at this cat 4 climb segment that appeared, pretty pointless being so short but average gradient of 26%, although it is basically flat .
http://app.strava.com/segments/1803621

Strava automatically creates segments if they are cat 4 or above.
Someone got some dodgy GPS data on a ride and it created it.