Stupid Strava segments
Brakeless
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Segments that go through traffic lights and busy junctions - what's the point?
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Flag them.0
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Flag them.
And/Or hide them so you don't see them when you view a ride.0 -
I am normally nowhere near the top of any leaderboard, but there is a certain segment in London where I am in the top ten out of over 20,000 attempts.
I achieved this feat by going through a red light, then the wrong way around a roundabout, and then cutting across an area normally filled with cars on parking meters.
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Segments that go through traffic lights and busy junctions - what's the point?
They are probably just sections of someone's regular rides they want to measure. I've a couple like that: bits of road I ride a lot that I like to keep track of. Over time the junctions/lights cancel out and you can see trends. I know I could mark them private, and sometimes remember to. But life is too short to worry too much about things like that.0 -
Not if some plonker, whose rational senses have left him, jumps the lights and gets killedSegments that go through traffic lights and busy junctions - what's the point?
They are probably just sections of someone's regular rides they want to measure. I've a couple like that: bits of road I ride a lot that I like to keep track of. Over time the junctions/lights cancel out and you can see trends. I know I could mark them private, and sometimes remember to. But life is too short to worry too much about things like that.Pegoretti
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Lifes too short to worry about plonkers then.
Why on earth that would be Starvas fault is beyond me.Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0 -
Not if some plonker, whose rational senses have left him, jumps the lights and gets killedSegments that go through traffic lights and busy junctions - what's the point?
They are probably just sections of someone's regular rides they want to measure. I've a couple like that: bits of road I ride a lot that I like to keep track of. Over time the junctions/lights cancel out and you can see trends. I know I could mark them private, and sometimes remember to. But life is too short to worry too much about things like that.
That's just Darwinism in action!0 -
I'm not on Strava anymore but when I was I was always tempted to leave the GPS on when I was on my turbo and then post that as a segment! see if anyone could follow that!www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0
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You'd worry if someone took your KOM on that. :shock:I'm not on Strava anymore but when I was I was always tempted to leave the GPS on when I was on my turbo and then post that as a segment! see if anyone could follow that!
Regarding people doing something stupid just to get a good Strava ranking I agree with the comments about it being Darwinism. They'd only do something else stupid, it's hardly Strava's fault. But breaking into CB's house to use his turbo would be a touch excessive.0 -
You'd worry if someone took your KOM on that. :shock:I'm not on Strava anymore but when I was I was always tempted to leave the GPS on when I was on my turbo and then post that as a segment! see if anyone could follow that!
Regarding people doing something stupid just to get a good Strava ranking I agree with the comments about it being Darwinism. They'd only do something else stupid, it's hardly Strava's fault. But breaking into CB's house to use his turbo would be a touch excessive.
It'd be more worrying if I was in my house when someone took the KOM!www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
You'd worry if someone took your KOM on that. :shock:I'm not on Strava anymore but when I was I was always tempted to leave the GPS on when I was on my turbo and then post that as a segment! see if anyone could follow that!
Regarding people doing something stupid just to get a good Strava ranking I agree with the comments about it being Darwinism. They'd only do something else stupid, it's hardly Strava's fault. But breaking into CB's house to use his turbo would be a touch excessive.
His sister may visit and so it wouldn't be a break in.
Screw the red light/luck segments I'd get more annoyed at the 20m cresting incline segment or the 10m sprint etc0 -
Yes those short ones are the worst where it seems to be down to gps error - I had one kom doing 45mph on a flat bit of road. I don't think many people bother about koms much once they've been on strava a bit - it's just a way of sharing your training with people you know.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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Nothing wrong with the short ones. I'm 1st out of 50,351 on a short Boxhill segment. 78.8kph uphill! I was feeling good that day
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I make up random meaningless (but safe) segments and give them silly names. A minor amusement when I've forgotten about them and they crop up when I go over them again.Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
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You'd worry if someone took your KOM on that. :shock:I'm not on Strava anymore but when I was I was always tempted to leave the GPS on when I was on my turbo and then post that as a segment! see if anyone could follow that!
Regarding people doing something stupid just to get a good Strava ranking I agree with the comments about it being Darwinism. They'd only do something else stupid, it's hardly Strava's fault. But breaking into CB's house to use his turbo would be a touch excessive.
His sister may visit and so it wouldn't be a break in.
Screw the red light/luck segments I'd get more annoyed at the 20m cresting incline segment or the 10m sprint etc
Funnily enough she flys back to the UK on Saturday!www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
It's people like you that give the internet a bad name.I make up random meaningless (but safe) segments and give them silly names. A minor amusement when I've forgotten about them and they crop up when I go over them again.0 -
You'd worry if someone took your KOM on that. :shock:I'm not on Strava anymore but when I was I was always tempted to leave the GPS on when I was on my turbo and then post that as a segment! see if anyone could follow that!
Regarding people doing something stupid just to get a good Strava ranking I agree with the comments about it being Darwinism. They'd only do something else stupid, it's hardly Strava's fault. But breaking into CB's house to use his turbo would be a touch excessive.
His sister may visit and so it wouldn't be a break in.
Screw the red light/luck segments I'd get more annoyed at the 20m cresting incline segment or the 10m sprint etc
Funnily enough she flys back to the UK on Saturday!
Quite, but Strava could fix it by mandating a minimum segment distance. It was never meant to be speedtrap software.0 -
It's people like you that give the internet a bad name.I make up random meaningless (but safe) segments and give them silly names. A minor amusement when I've forgotten about them and they crop up when I go over them again.
Bah Humbug.
as long as they have decent names. Near Epsom there is the delightfully named "horseshit sprint". beautiful.0
