Silly STRAVA Racing

[MrGrumpy]

got nae chance of any KOM round my way Fife hill climb champ is my good neighbour and pal plus one of the local bike shop owners/bijke racer lives on town Anyway here is my link and training starts now!! I am way of the pace of some riders!http://app.strava.com/rides/14647029

 

[BSRU]

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

Any idea what criteria Strava use for cat 4 climbs, I have another three near me and one of them is definitely not a cat 4 plus a couple of climbs that should be.

 

[BSRU]

got nae chance of any KOM round my way Fife hill climb champ is my good neighbour and pal plus one of the local bike shop owners/bijke racer lives on town Anyway here is my link and training starts now!! I am way of the pace of some riders!http://app.strava.com/rides/14647029

The KOM I am really interested in is held by a local club rider, from checking raceshape I think I need to do some training and take it a little more seriously

 

[BSRU]

Would you believe I lost my KOM already to someone driving their car with their Garmin still turned on, the give away being the total ride was 291km completed in 4 hours

 

[lejogger]

Would you believe I lost my KOM already to someone driving their car with their Garmin still turned on, the give away being the total ride was 291km completed in 4 hours

Flag the ride. They take it down straight away until it's cropped.

 

[BSRU]

Flag the ride. They take it down straight away until it's cropped.

Flagged it and it's gone, fairly obvious it's a wrongun.

 

[Hacienda71]

KOM on my fast flat ride tonight the wrong way for me at least around Tatton Park, after failing to regain my KOM on the Wizard downhill this afternoon by 2 seconds.

 

[BSRU]

Good to see the previous KOM went through the segment 30 minutes later, it means we both had the same weather conditions, no wind at all, I imagine a tailwind up that drag could make big difference.

 

[4F]

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

Oh I don't know about that, plenty with a decent amount of riders on if you look. Head out towards Manningtree or Woodbridge for a bit of competition rather than just escaping from Chantry.....

 

[Mike!]

Oh I don't know about that, plenty with a decent amount of riders on if you look. Head out towards Manningtree or Woodbridge for a bit of competition rather than just escaping from Chantry.....

haha, i noticed that one

Got my first KOM this morning here, beating my best time by 20seconds. The benefit of the best bike in nice weather rather than the commuter with rack, panniers, guards etc. I quite expect the 2nd place man to blow it away shortly though, he has a lot of them around these parts!

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Lost one of my koms by over 2 1/2 minutes! Poo. Will have to build up and attack it in a week or so again

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[MrJamie]

Im finding this more and more addictive, I spent a while hunting local KOMs that would be easier for me to beat particularly trail ones, theres three where im 1 second off the leader and a few that have changed hands a few times between us. I do get the impression i might be trying a bit harder than some of the other people im competing with though

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

The Android app and i think the website explore tab show you the most cycled segments in visable area so you can zoom out a little and find the most competitive ones there, if you werent already aware

 

[HLaB]

I don't think I'll be getting many KOM's for a while on the 13kg SS but its fun and I don't have to worry about security too much. I got one tonight but it was on a new 11.6 mile loop I created last night and only one other rider has ridden it, which is a surprise its a beautiful loop maybe the A1(M) flyover puts people off but that the only time you encounter traffic

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Oh I don't know about that, plenty with a decent amount of riders on if you look. Head out towards Manningtree or Woodbridge for a bit of competition rather than just escaping from Chantry.....

Nooop chance of getting that kom back on my flabby wheeled old bike! I venture Woodbridge way sometimes, I'll try harder


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[gb155]

Got my kom yesterday

Had a go at Brinksway today but after yesterday's 44 miles and nigh on 2500ft climbing I just didn't have the legs