Silly STRAVA Racing

[Andrew_Culture]

Cracked into the top 10 of a few segments today, which made me very happy


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[Hacienda71]

I just lost a KOM by a second but equaled another KOM on my ride today. I will have to get the one back I lost. Sure I can push myself a bit harder on it.

 

[SoloCyclist]

I equalled my best time on a segment even although I got stopped at two sets of traffic lights. This still leaves me one second behind the KOM over 1.4 miles. Arrrrgh!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I know I could have got a higher rank on some of my segments today if there was less traffic. I'm seriously considering some late night bike rides...

 

[Nebulous]

I know I could have got a higher rank on some of my segments today if there was less traffic. I'm seriously considering some late night bike rides...

I've got a kom which runs through some roundabouts on an industrial estate. I got it at 4.42 am!

 

[HLaB]

I know I could have got a higher rank on some of my segments today if there was less traffic. I'm seriously considering some late night bike rides...

I'm 9th on this section using a heavy SS, I couldn't go much faster on a decent bike, it a straight riverside path (no barrier) full of peds. The KOM must have been a pushy b'stard or on a night cycle, I wouldn't fancy it at night

 

[400bhp]

I'm 9th on this section using a heavy SS, I couldn't go much faster on a decent bike, it a straight riverside path (no barrier) full of peds. The KOM must have been a pushy b'stard or on a night cycle, I wouldn't fancy it at night

Early morning is my bet - before 8am.

 

[HLaB]

Early morning is my bet - before 8am.

Could be, before 6am; I think it gets light at 5:30 but I'm never up at that time

 

[Nebulous]

I had never noticed that you don't get times for other people's rides! I'm often out before work, leaving home before 6.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I'm 9th on this section using a heavy SS, I couldn't go much faster on a decent bike, it a straight riverside path (no barrier) full of peds. The KOM must have been a pushy b'stard or on a night cycle, I wouldn't fancy it at night

I know the feeling, I've had a few KOMs and I don't (yet) have a road bike


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[ohnovino]

I had never noticed that you don't get times for other people's rides!

Go here, enter a segment URL and click Full Details and you can see what time everyone else did there rides.

 

[SoloCyclist]

I got a new KOM without turning a pedal. Just noticed someone has set a new segment on my route home from work and I'm No.1. :-)

 

[thefollen]

4 seconds and 6 seconds off a top 10 finish on two segments this morning. Both of those put me into a 30th place :/

With so many cyclists, achieving a KOM in London is quite something!

Was recently ousted from an all-time 10th place in the Chelsea Bridge stretch in my debut Strava last week; however I'm coming up well short in the Chelsea Bridge-Vauxhall Bridge (light dependent) and Millbank Sprints.

Are you Gaz Williams? If so I beat you on the Balham Hill stretch today :P Although, it's only a mile into my ride and an unfortunate run of lights/busses can often break momentum. Although I top the table for today (so far), I still languish in 53rd overall!

 

[gaz]

With so many cyclists, achieving a KOM in London is quite something!

Was recently ousted from an all-time 10th place in the Chelsea Bridge stretch in my debut Strava last week; however I'm coming up well short in the Chelsea Bridge-Vauxhall Bridge (light dependent) and Millbank Sprints.

Are you Gaz Williams? If so I beat you on the Balham Hill stretch today :P Although, it's only a mile into my ride and an unfortunate run of lights/busses can often break momentum. Although I top the table for today (so far), I still languish in 53rd overall!

Yes, I always slow down before the finish of that segment, so not a good one for me. I should probably try it properly on the carbon bike.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I think I've found out why I've been missing out on logging so many segments, look at this screengrab following a ride that was tracked with my Samsung Galaxy S

I was in fact on the B1113!