cheating on strava?

[jack smith]

cant find this covered elsewhere, what is stopping people cheating on strava? i am looking at routes around my house and some are saying people have been doing 55+ mph...surely this is total b*llocks.

 

[User6179]

cant find this covered elsewhere, what is stopping people cheating on strava? i am looking at routes around my house and some are saying people have been doing 55+ mph...surely this is total b*llocks.

Mountain bikers heading home from the trail in their cars maybe

 

[Broadside]

Unfeasible rides can be flagged and then Strava look in to it, they will delete flagged rides if they think they are not the real thing.

 

[buggi]

unless its a steep downhill that's likely to be bullcrap

 

[ColinJ]

It has been covered before. Apparently, there is even some software which will doctor GPX files in a subtle fashion so it doesn't look too obvious that the saddos are cheating!

 

[helston90]

Strava have produced a video on their vimeo channel on how to flag suspicious looking rides- I know as I recently had a KOM stolen by someone who achieve 70mph around town, needless to say I got that given back to me.

 

[jack smith]

arghh! blooming annoying when i put in a fast ride and it get's to about third place for a segment then the ones above seem to do it 25+mph faster, im not saying they didnt genuinely did it cause they might have but it just seems very odd when i know other seasoned riders around here do it nowhere near that

 

[Brandane]

I've been doctoring my average speed DOWN to 12/13 mph just so it looks more genuine .

 

[jack smith]

anyone know how to flag them, ive had a look and cant find it, its a 2.2 mile stretch 3.2% gradient but lots of corners and a very rough pothole filled windy road, im pretty sure you would struggle hitting 55 in a car on it with the corners

 

[User6179]

Flag this chancer!!!

http://www.strava.com/segments/1547568

 

[jack smith]

seem's alright that one, whats up with it??

 

[User6179]

seem's alright that one, whats up with it??

Aye pure power and no wind

 

[Louch]

Be bad to hear the road half a mile from my house was kom by a cheat

 

[User6179]

Be bad to hear the road half a mile from my house was kom by a cheat

Any time

 

[Mo1959]

anyone know how to flag them, ive had a look and cant find it, its a 2.2 mile stretch 3.2% gradient but lots of corners and a very rough pothole filled windy road, im pretty sure you would struggle hitting 55 in a car on it with the corners

On their ride page there is a little spanner on the left hand side. Click on that and the option to flag the ride comes up.