Strava.com - Put your money where your mouth is

bigmat

Pufftmw wrote:

BigMat wrote:

Just to mention, I am starting to fear for Strava's long term future. They have a ridiculous habit of removing segment leader boards if they are flagged by somebody as dangerous. Tower Bridge north and south now gone. WTF? They will very quickly ruin it if they don't sort that out.

What?!!!? I've just re-flagged them asking them to be re-instated. Someone had also flagged TBS - By the Water but they've kept Tower Hill to Bermondsey... No other bridge I see has been flagged.

They need to re-think their whole strategy as one of the obvious by-products of Strava is encouraging people to ride fast in certain places. They can't rule out all built up areas? Removing the Strava segment is not going to stop me riding over Tower Bridge at the speeds I do, nor any other cyclist that goes reasonably fast there.

I regularly exceed the 30mph road speed limit for cars - does that make the route I'm taking dangerous as well?

You're right Mat, the whole ethos of their website is taking the competitive nature of people in order to make money. If they start removing popular segments then they will lose support, following and revenue.

If they do get back to you, could you also mention that joint KOM issue where if you weren't the first to get the time it doesn't feature on your KOM list?! Really bugs me, that.

keyser__soze

BigMat wrote:

If they do get back to you, could you also mention that joint KOM issue where if you weren't the first to get the time it doesn't feature on your KOM list?! Really bugs me, that.

Thought that was by design - you've got to better the existing KoM to take someone's crown?

okgo

Yep, that seems fair enough to me!

bigmat

Oh I suppose so, its just annoying when you get your ride report and it says you are KOM then when you investigate further it turns out you aren't. Must try harder.

vermin

Yep, tell them to start measuring to within one one-thousandth of a second... With Strava's reputation for accuracy, that'll fix it ;-)

cyclingprop

vermin wrote:

Yep, tell them to start measuring to within one one-thousandth of a second... With Strava's reputation for accuracy, that'll fix it ;-)

I quite regularly reach 300 mph, fact. Strava says so.

dhope

Felt quick last night so took the geared bike in this morning.
Ahhh, nice weather. Mitts and short sleeves for the first time this year.
Two KOMs and a 2nd place down CS7

Might be the last outing for the stock Ritchey wheels that came with the bike, time to see how the Fulcrums fare.

il_principe

So @DDD - you on Strava yet?

iPete

Wow, changed my route to include Richmond park this month... spot the difference in climbing:

January 114 feet [597miles]
February 10,965 feet [904mile]

notsoblue

iPete wrote:

Wow, changed my route to include Richmond park this month... spot the difference in climbing:

January 114 feet [597miles]
February 10,965 feet {904mile]

904 miles of climbing?!

iPete

notsoblue wrote:

iPete wrote:

Wow, changed my route to include Richmond park this month... spot the difference in climbing:

January 114 feet [597miles]
February 10,965 feet {904mile]

904 miles of climbing?!

Have you not seen my commute?

notsoblue

iPete wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

iPete wrote:

Wow, changed my route to include Richmond park this month... spot the difference in climbing:

January 114 feet [597miles]
February 10,965 feet {904mile]

904 miles of climbing?!

Have you not seen my commute?

I bet you dread the ride home. There isn't even any suspension on your Allez...

Some nice bumps in RP.

TheStone

Anyone entered the Specialized climbing thingy.
Seems you need to average over 700m/day for 45 days. That's beyond me.

Greg T

TheStone wrote:

Anyone entered the Specialized climbing thingy.
Seems you need to average over 700m/day for 45 days. That's beyond me.

God's crap . . .

That's a massive ask . . . .

As a yardstick that would be all the climbing in a lap of Richmond Park - five times every day for a month a half . . .

Or if you are going to do just one climb, Sawyers Hill from the Ballet School roundabout, 19.2 times, let's call it 20 . . . .

notsoblue

TheStone wrote:

Anyone entered the Specialized climbing thingy.
Seems you need to average over 700m/day for 45 days. That's beyond me.

Isn't it a team effort though?

Greg T

notsoblue wrote:

Isn't it a team effort though?

If only . .

Doesn't say anything about it being a team effort

Each rider who logs 105,312 feet in elevation gain from March 15 to April 30 will receive a custom Specialized and Strava commemorative water bottle and surprise finisher gift, not to mention the gargantuan bragging rights you’ll earn. Good luck!

notsoblue

Christ...

I think Strava grossly overestimate the standard of their site membership. Or they just don't have many water bottles to give away.

MonkeyMonster

is it also european?

willy b

In old money that averages around 2,300ft a day! I currently average about 1,000ft a day Might have to do more runs of Swains Lane...

bonkstrong

Each rider who logs 105,312 feet in elevation gain from March 15 to April 30 will receive a custom Specialized and Strava commemorative water bottle and surprise finisher gift, not to mention the gargantuan bragging rights you’ll earn. Good luck!

Easyjet is my only hope of that... or perhaps a trip to the Alps - or both.

Greg T

It is properly mental . .

I've just done some homework . .

So if I was going to do "Queens Road Richmond hill" http://app.strava.com/segments/669127 repeats . . at 3:30 per climb and a minute to get down and start again . . at 28m per climb, I'd need to do 26 repeats . . an hour and 29 mins solid climbing, 25 mins turning myself around, just under two hours a day . . . .

il_principe

Greg T wrote:

It is properly mental . .

I've just done some homework . .

So if I was going to do "Queens Road Richmond hill" http://app.strava.com/segments/669127 repeats . . at 3:30 per climb and a minute to get down and start again . . at 28m per climb, I'd need to do 26 repeats . . an hour and 29 mins solid climbing, 25 mins turning myself around, just under two hours a day . . . .

All that for 1 f*cking water bottle. Not even a matching set.

Greg T

So . . . Could break it up . . . an hour before work . . . an hour at the end of the day . .

hang on . .

I was forgetting the circa 200m of climbing I do anyway on the commute . .

So 718-200 = 518m of extra climbing per working day . .

ah . . that's only circa 18 reps - that's only 01:22 more time all up

45 mins in the morning, 40 in the afternoon . . . .
hmmmmmm

Gussio

Do you need to be a premium member to sign up to these pain fests?

cjcp

Gussio wrote:

Do you need to be a premium member to sign up to these pain fests?

Not the Challenges.

The Suffer score is complete guff. It's better to gauge it by the amount of saliva and snot pouring out of your mouth and nose, respectively.

Gussio

Signed up for the Classic Climbing Challenge. Always good to have an unattainable target.

Greg T

Gussio wrote:

Signed up for the Classic Climbing Challenge. Always good to have an unattainable target.

Can't get into Garmin Connect . . What's the elevation gain in the classic three Hills Surrey Route, Hungry Hill, Crocknorth, Box hill?

I'm feeling my mileage coming down but my climbing increasing . . .

Gussio

Sign up Greg - I would welcome company on what will invariably turn into a series of unenjoyable hill reps in RP. Will be as much fun as base mile training.

Greg T

Gussio wrote:

Sign up Greg - I would welcome company on what will invariably turn into a series of unenjoyable hill reps in RP. Will be as much fun as base mile training.

I'm well ahead of you Big Boy . . . have been signed up for ages . . .

Now just planning the max metres for my miles for the weekends and how I can suddenly lose 5kg, I suppose no-one has dysentry do they?

Gussio

Game on. See you at the foot of Sawyers on the 15th for 28 reps.....then again on the 16th......and the 17th....