Silly STRAVA Racing

[Sittingduck]

I've set a goal of one KOM, and it will be this segment http://app.strava.com/segments/1117925

6 seconds to cut >

I'm quite surprised of the high speeds on there. Must be some drafting of buses etc. Might have to take a slight detour on the way home one day to try this one

 

[Lyrical]

I'm quite surprised of the high speeds on there. Must be some drafting of buses etc. Might have to take a slight detour on the way home one day to try this one

Nope, you go faster than the cars down the stretch, there's 2 sets of traffic lights so there's always a luck factor.

Just gotta POWER it out and feel the burn

Keep an eye out for me, I always give it a shot haha.

 

[VamP]

Big increase in strava users down here. Box Hill has gone from having cca 1200 recorded PBs to over 3000 since the last time I checked (about 4 months ago). Obviously the Olympics and the new surface have helped, but even so.

You need to be seriously good, or selecting really obscure segments to get KOMs around these parts.

To get KOM on Box Hill, I'd need to nearly halve my PB


How's everybody else finding it in other parts of the country?

 

[gaz]

I'm quite surprised of the high speeds on there. Must be some drafting of buses etc. Might have to take a slight detour on the way home one day to try this one

As lyrical said, you need a lot of luck with that segment. I hit the lights badly on my one attempt and i'm a minute down on the KOM.

 

[smutchin]

I've kind of given up chasing segments lately. I had a few local KOMs but then a bunch of carpetbaggers came in and stole them off me. I reckon I could get some of them back (only a handful of seconds in it in most cases) but I haven't had any suitable opportunities - I only get to ride most of them when I'm on my commute, and therefore laden down with a full saddlebag and/or tired after a long day at work.

Plus I've started riding with a new club lately and they do the same set route every Sunday - no chance of me getting KOMs on any of the segments it takes in, since the club has a few proper racers on its books (including at least one Cat 2 that I know of).

There are quite a few local segments I haven't even registered a time on yet, and some of them look very winnable. I really must try to find an opportunity to get out there and lay down a few markers, but it would mean going out on my own on a Sunday morning instead of with the club, and I'm enjoying the club riding too much at the moment, so that is my focus rather than segment-chasing.

d.

 

[4F]

I had a few local KOMs but then a bunch of carpetbaggers came in and stole them off me.

 

[smutchin]

I don't begrudge them their KOMs. I just hope they enjoy them while they last. I will get them back, sooner or later.

Edit: I just checked to see what KOMs I actually hold at the moment. I have two that I consider worth having, although I'm 1st out of 11 and 16 riders respectively, and the competition isn't that hot. I've just signed up to Stravaviewer so I can get a better idea of which segments I need to work on.

d.

 

[4F]

It was the line "stole them from me" that made me chuckle

 

[smutchin]

It was the line "stole them from me" that made me chuckle

Well, the bloody insolence of it, coming in from outside the area and riding better than me. I ask you!

d.

 

[400bhp]

I don't begrudge them their KOMs. I just hope they enjoy them while they last. I will get them back, sooner or later.

Edit: I just checked to see what KOMs I actually hold at the moment. I have two that I consider worth having, although I'm 1st out of 11 and 16 riders respectively, and the competition isn't that hot. I've just signed up to Stravaviewer so I can get a better idea of which segments I need to work on.

d.

Good answers

 

[fossyant]

Oh god, don't tell me there is another site 'stravaviewer' for analysing segments....argh !

 

[smutchin]

Oh god, don't tell me there is another site 'stravaviewer' for analysing segments....argh !

Yup. It gives you a list of all the segments you've ridden, in rank order - ie all your KOMs first, then your second places, then third places etc. It also tells you how many other people have ridden the segment and how far behind the KOM you are. And it includes a link to Raceshape for each segment.

So, you really have no excuse for not knowing which segments you need to up your game on...

d.

 

[mattobrien]

Managed to get one KoM today, but only on a segment that I was already KoM on and also equalled another KOM time for a segment that I am joint KoM with two others. I was pushing hard but still didn't knock off that elusive 1 second

 

[4F]

I quite fancy a little ride over Woodbridge way early Sunday morning.

 

[gaz]

Went to get 3 KOM's back today that I lost from one guy on the weekend (all in a row).
3 seconds off the first, 2 seconds off the second and 1 second off the next one. AAAAAAARGH!!

I can rest easy that I did it at the end of my commute and with a cold. So I should easily be able to get them back when i'm running light and can breath a little easier.