DiddlyDodds
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steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Loved this. Is there one for headcams :0)
Steve
Steve
Which is nothing at all like the Pro's who ride tucked behind their team at a nominal pace until the last 200 metres and then blast it!?!
Bet you enjoy watching that though with no complaints.
Does it really matter what people do on their bikes, as long as it's not dangerous or affecting any other road users?
I think some people need to take stock and accept that everyone is different and we naturally enjoy different methods of motivation?
Just go out and beat his time on whichever segment he is targeting then say you were taking it easy.
Or just carry on accepting his plumbing skills and slating him behind his back as present...
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Which is nothing at all like the Pro's who ride tucked behind their team at a nominal pace until the last 200 metres and then blast it!?!
Bet you enjoy watching that though with no complaints.
Does it really matter what people do on their bikes, as long as it's not dangerous or affecting any other road users?
I think some people need to take stock and accept that everyone is different and we naturally enjoy different methods of motivation?
A big problem is that many people do ride in a dangerous way, because they're desperate to get a top spot even on shared use paths. I understand Sustrans are getting lots of complaints from all over the country from pedestrians and other cyclists about a small minority of cyclists who go blasting along off road paths.
Hence my reply stating as long as they are NOT riding dangerously.
Just don't make huge assumptions on the rest of us and call us assh0les!
Much like a new thread that I could start called How to Spot a NonStravaUsingPrick...
Except I am not that petty!
Flick of the Elbow
less than
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- Midlothian Edinburgh
I was totally anti strava until about 9 days ago when I got myself a smart phone and installed it. It's brilliant !
Welcome to the Stravasshole club, based on this thread!
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Fair enough, although I'm not the O/P. Strava would be fine for everyone else if people couldn't race against each other to be honest.
I am not lumping all Non-Strava users into the above, just making a point not to lump Strava users together either. We all have a sense of humour, and I would have found the initial video amusing, if it had actually been funny. I am more disappointed by the poor video than anything else, as thought it may have been a good laugh.
Perhaps the biggest draw to Strava is racing against yourself and others over time. The whole point is that you are not actually racing next to each other dangerously on the road at the same time as other users. Reality is, "most" of us are riding on the roads far slower than the other road users, albeit faster than if we were on a track or path. The roads are fine for riding fast, whilst still adhering to the law. To me there is no issue at all.
On a cycle track with pedestrians, dog walkers, kids, etc. then this is a different story. Although even those tracks are safe to travel faster on, if you can see way ahead of you and at times of the day when there is less traffic, etc. It's all common sense. I do agree that "some" are ridiculous in their approach, whilst the greater proportion are note peanuts!
Mugshot
Cracking a solo.
The biggest problem with strava is that anybody riding in anyway recklessly or in a way which another cyclist takes umbridge at is of course only doing so because they are on strava, this kind of riding never existed before strava and strava is of course the only tool which one can use to record times, beat a PB or even compete against other people. Strava is responsible for all and any bad riding!
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Unfortunately, cyclists generally get tarred with the same brush, such as all cyclists jump red lights etc etc. Car drivers seem to be seen in a different light when committing the same misdemeanours. I think it's all part of the same phenomenon that society generally accepts 1,500 motorists dying in car crashes and hundreds of thousands injured, as the norm. Which isn't right.
