Silly STRAVA Racing

[Peter Armstrong]

Ive just signned up to Strava, I found out the on one route im 140th out of 150, ha ha how lame, I have to go back now and "Try"
And so the silly Strava racing begins................

 

[DRHysted]

And so the silly Strava racing begins................

And doesn't stop. I've just lost one of my KOM's, so the sprint to work tomorrow morning will either see me beat it, or laying in a ditch.

The question posed to me last week was "is this going to get you fit or dead?". I have yet to answer!

 

[4F]

Ive just signned up to Strava, I found out the on one route im 140th out of 150, ha ha how lame, I have to go back now and "Try"
And so the silly Strava racing begins................

Welcome to the silliness

 

[SoloCyclist]

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!

Hi there, I had the exact same problem. All you have to do is cycle the 1 mile or Km and turn towards your segment. You have to get 1mile away from your home for the ride to start but you can then cycle right past your house if you want. Same in reverse for coming home. You will need to cycle one mile past your house and then turn home.

It actually works well for warming up and cooling down and if it's your commute 5 days a week it's an additional 20miles. HTH.

 

[Peter Armstrong]

http://app.strava.com/rides/14908023#279218935

Check out this decent I did today, I'm 4th on my first go and a max speed of 44.8mph

 

[redcard]

Some ridiculous KOMs up my way today due to a 20mph+ tailwind towards Glasgow.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

I lost a kom today but 25-30 mph up a steep hill (400 ft in a mile or so?) looks a bit suspect especially after climbing 300 ft to get to the bottom of the segment!

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[HLaB]

Missed a KOM on this segment, I don't think I'll be trying to beat it, it crosses a major rbt. What I find funny however, is the elevation stats 8.5% Its a gentle climb over a railway.

 

[DRHysted]

ha ha, got my KOM back, knocked 37 seconds off him, he'll be getting a nice email when he wakes!!

Just don't ask what state I was in when I got to work, at least I get 12 hours to recover.

 

[mattobrien]

Have been trading KoM's on this segment for a little while http://app.strava.com/segments/1438862

Currently I rule, but for how long I don't know. It's at the start of one of my loops so not usually properly warmed up, but I do have a competitive streak...

I tend to try to go for a faster average speed over a whole ride rather than taking it easy and only powering it through the segments. Not always conducive to getting KoM's, but it keeps me happy.

 

[DRHysted]

I tend to try to go for a faster average speed over a whole ride rather than taking it easy and only powering it through the segments. Not always conducive to getting KoM's, but it keeps me happy.

Yeah I noticed that on my route they seem good for different segments on different days, whereas I go for the best total time. So I created a segment that covers most of my route (starts/finishes at a tricky junction to cross, and then starts/finishes at the last roundabout before I enter/exit the private roads). These routes are my KOMs (I've not been beaten on the going home segment yet, and this morning I took back the going to work), and I will fight for them (I just hope that the head of maintenence never joins strava, he spends more on wheels than I do cars, velodrome racing, MTB, road, he did a charity 80 mile ride on his fixed gear bike so it would be more of a challenge!!).

 

[HLaB]

Have been trading KoM's on this segment for a little while http://app.strava.com/segments/1438862

Currently I rule, but for how long I don't know. It's at the start of one of my loops so not usually properly warmed up, but I do have a competitive streak...

I tend to try to go for a faster average speed over a whole ride rather than taking it easy and only powering it through the segments. Not always conducive to getting KoM's, but it keeps me happy.

btw Simon Flemming is now 10 secs faster
I prefer similar, the overall quality of the ride is more important to me than an individual KOM although sometimes I've seen me doing both

 

[4F]

Have been trading KoM's on this segment for a little while http://app.strava.com/segments/1438862

Currently I rule, but for how long I don't know. It's at the start of one of my loops so not usually properly warmed up, but I do have a competitive streak...

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Matt enjoy it while you can, I will be over that way for that segment next week.... x

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Matt enjoy it while you can, I will be over that way for that segment next week.... x

I go along that road quite often, either my phone gps is so inaccurate that Strava doesn't register that I've ridden that segment or I'm really slow....

Yeah, must be the gps thing...


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[mattobrien]

I could see how a bit of team work would be highly beneficial to getting KoM's. Getting a tow for half a segment would be joyful. Sadly the vast majority or my riding is done solo.