Strava question
VitaminC
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I'm quite new to Strava
There's someone in my cycling club who I'm faster than especially on climbs. I always overtake them on climbs. My average speed on my Strava rides is a bit higher than theirs. Yet when I click into individual Strava segments they always have a better time than me.
How is that?
When I use Strava I just turn it on and stick my phone in my pocket so I can't see it when I ride. They have their phone mounted on handlebars. Does that mean they can see when they are on a segment and go faster then slow down between segments?
There's someone in my cycling club who I'm faster than especially on climbs. I always overtake them on climbs. My average speed on my Strava rides is a bit higher than theirs. Yet when I click into individual Strava segments they always have a better time than me.
How is that?
When I use Strava I just turn it on and stick my phone in my pocket so I can't see it when I ride. They have their phone mounted on handlebars. Does that mean they can see when they are on a segment and go faster then slow down between segments?
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Some devices do seem to record better times than others. I'd not worry about it. It's only Strava.
Your phone can tell you when you are on a segment if you are that way inclined, or you just get to know where your favourites start and end.
You don't say if you are referring to segment times for the same ride, or all time results?
Your only point of reference is Strava?
Unless you count it using the iPhone app, in which case it'll be 9 pages...
If you don't use that, you need to know exactly where segment start and finish is.
Voltaire
If he's slower than you now but all his all time PRs are better than yours either he has been faster before or he happens to have targeted all the segments you happen to have been checking (not necessarily implausible given you're probably more likely to check the more popular segments).
Most of my PBs and the few KOMs i did have are from a couple of years ago , life has times of good and bad.Currently i am having a slow year due to work/ life and and accident that has just left me off the bike for 2 weeks .Mind you nowdays i am more concerened about overall average speed rather than killing a segment and exploding at the top .
Click on the "compare" button and add him...then it will play both your PB's and you can see. Usually it comes down to either you back off before the segment finishes....or GPS inaccuracies.
or these days
Virtual Simulator doping
Live segments is brilliant on the Garmin.
you will discover that as time goes by some days you are faster in certain sections than others, for a multitude of reasons, wind, weather, getting a good break on the lights, catching up with someone, trying to distance yourself from some one.
And a lot of the time, you wont even realise it until you get home, upload your ride and see you got a PR on a section of road you wernt even aware your pushing it on
Went up a climb over the weekend, my previous best was 4:04. I went up with a few others, together. Both of us rode up in 3:50, and on his Strava feed it showed his time and overall best time as 3:50 - plus it gave him a little trophy with a 3 on it for 3rd overall. My time of 3:50 was registered on my ride, but, when I then looked at overall leaderboard, my previous time of 4:04 remained as my best time, despite having ridden it quicker. It still is like that now, so basically, my time has been acknowledged yet ignored by Strava.
How so?
Click 'Refresh activity achievements' under the spanner icon.
Have a look at my screen shot:
Or, do you have the new feature 'hide from leader-boards' turned on (i.e. ride still shows up in peoples feeds, but can't been seen on leader boards)?
I've had this in the past, it normally corrects itself a little later on.
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