What's going on here? (Strava-related)

meanredspider

Looking at a local Strava input and found these rides

http://app.strava.com/rides/10577840

http://app.strava.com/rides/10577802

Look at the performance tab - there's something very bizarre about it - I've never seen a ride where the speed varies so little despite steep ascents & descents. Any thoughts on what's going on?

rick_chasey

Car innit?

meanredspider

At 15mph?

Electric bike perhaps. Just noticed he says it's imported from Runkeeper - corrupted data?

daviesee

meanredspider wrote:

At 15mph?

Lack of ambition and trying to keep it believable.

A degree qualified Engineer that I worked with thought 15 mph was the maximum possible velocity of a bike :shock:

bobbygloss

Must be corrupt data. No way you could do 6 hours and 8 hours on any form of road transport without slowing at a junction or something, and there is a seamless connection with a ferry.

EKE_38BPM

daviesee wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

At 15mph?

Lack of ambition and trying to keep it believable.

A degree qualified Engineer that I worked with thought 15 mph was the maximum possible velocity of a bike :shock:

Must have been following a sprinting RC!

rick_chasey

EKE_38BPM wrote:

daviesee wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

At 15mph?

Lack of ambition and trying to keep it believable.

A degree qualified Engineer that I worked with thought 15 mph was the maximum possible velocity of a bike :shock:

Must have been following a sprinting RC!

Game on Mr.

Game on.

meanredspider

Bobbygloss wrote:

Must be corrupt data. No way you could do 6 hours and 8 hours on any form of road transport without slowing at a junction or something, and there is a seamless connection with a ferry.

Good point - the Cromarty ferry too (a converted landing craft :shock: )

EKE_38BPM

Rick Chasey wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

daviesee wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

At 15mph?

Lack of ambition and trying to keep it believable.

A degree qualified Engineer that I worked with thought 15 mph was the maximum possible velocity of a bike :shock:

Must have been following a sprinting RC!

Game on Mr.

Game on.

OK, I'll play.

Must have been following a sprinting RC! Downhill. With a tailwind.

jds_1981

Maybe he's used one of those new fangled tools to 'tweak' his journey?

daviesee

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

daviesee wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

At 15mph?

Lack of ambition and trying to keep it believable.

A degree qualified Engineer that I worked with thought 15 mph was the maximum possible velocity of a bike :shock:

Must have been following a sprinting RC!

Game on Mr.

Game on.

OK, I'll play.

Must have been following a sprinting RC! Downhill. With a tailwind.

Careful now. He will soon have his new bling bike to live up to :P

bails87

If you create a route on bikehike you have to put an average speed in, and it puts that as the steady speed over the whole route.

Maybe he's done a ride but the phone battery died, so entirely innocently has then traced it out in bikehike (or equivalent) and then imported the gpx into strava. Purely to keep a track of his/her mileage, rather than trying to steal any KOMs.

raffa cakes

bails87 wrote:

If you create a route on bikehike you have to put an average speed in, and it puts that as the steady speed over the whole route.

Maybe he's done a ride but the phone battery died, so entirely innocently has then traced it out in bikehike (or equivalent) and then imported the gpx into strava. Purely to keep a track of his/her mileage, rather than trying to steal any KOMs.

Something like this could definitely be the cause. A while ago I was planning out some long routes and imported a plotted GPX into Strava to look at the elevation profiles. (And then of course deleted them). They came in looking very similar to those linked, speeds and so on, and I remember being surprised at how plausible they look. Worth keeping in mind if anyone here is planning a bank heist and needs a good alibi.

rick_chasey

daviesee wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Must have been following a sprinting RC!

Game on Mr.

Game on.

OK, I'll play.

Must have been following a sprinting RC! Downhill. With a tailwind.

Careful now. He will soon have his new bling bike to live up to :P

Indeed. Might just have to put your money where your mouth is soon EKE .

meanredspider

bails87 wrote:

If you create a route on bikehike you have to put an average speed in, and it puts that as the steady speed over the whole route.

Maybe he's done a ride but the phone battery died, so entirely innocently has then traced it out in bikehike (or equivalent) and then imported the gpx into strava. Purely to keep a track of his/her mileage, rather than trying to steal any KOMs.

Could be - though he's done it twice if that's the case. He's certainly got a good haul of KoMs to go with it

EKE_38BPM

Rick Chasey wrote:

daviesee wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Must have been following a sprinting RC!

Game on Mr.

Game on.

OK, I'll play.

Must have been following a sprinting RC! Downhill. With a tailwind.

Careful now. He will soon have his new bling bike to live up to :P

Indeed. Might just have to put your money where your mouth is soon EKE .

Buying speed, eh?
I've just realised that my power to weight ratio would have to be about 25% higher than yours to be equal. There again, with you're girlie compact gearing...