Silly STRAVA Racing

[Bobby Mhor]

I've been using Strava since September and boy, I must have strong shoulders. Maybe I need to lose 9st, shave my head etc and wear lycra and be 40 year younger.
My best is 30th in one short climb section... .

 

[Venod]

Decided dusting off my Garmin last week after it being lame for over a year just to log my cycling, decided signing up on Strava to find out what all the fuss is about

Be warned its addictive, difficult to stop once started.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I've given in and joined the Rapha 500 challenge.

 

[User6179]

New look of Strava seems to be a backwards step IMO , was more user friendly before the change .

 

[Stonechat]

Saw a downhill segment today that said average speed 25.8 mph aximum speed 25.2 mph?
Does not add up

 

[400bhp]

WTF

http://app.strava.com/athletes/3625422

 

[format]

WTF

http://app.strava.com/athletes/3625422

what a tool.

 

[Cuchilo]

I stopped using Strava for a bit mainly because it was pushing me to do longer rides that I didn't have time for due to work . I also wanted to just hop on my bike and go for a ride without having to do anything else .
Back on it now though as I want the " prove it " Tee

 

[Spartak]

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...14/confessions-of-a-strava-cycling-addict-app

 

[Andrew_P]

Guess due to winter this thread has died off a bit.

I have rediscovered the personal pleasures of Strava, having had a forced period off the bike and not fully back until this month I am quite a bit off my normal pace, and way off my summer pace. I wanted someway to chart my return to form (whenever that may happen!) so I opened a new Strava account and only uploaded my rides since I have been back on the bike just to monitor my progress and its brilliant seeing 0-14 PR's on rides on fairly regular basis, as it shows progress

Now I think Strava are missing a trick, they should make weekly and monthly PR's a premium account benefit, at least it will keep you a bit fresh. I am going to need some real freak weather to beat most of my normal account PR's to be honest and thus has made Strava a bit stale.

 

[potsy]

Can't remember the last time I tried for a pr on a segment, seems to have lost it's appeal to me lately.
Using it more as a social tool for keeping up with how friends are doing these days, maybe it will change once the warmer weather arrives.

 

[Venod]

Can't remember the last time I tried for a pr on a segment, seems to have lost it's appeal to me lately.
Using it more as a social tool for keeping up with how friends are doing these days, maybe it will change once the warmer weather arrives.

Much the same with me it must be the winter effect, but I have had 3 armchair KOM's recently, one looked a bit easy so I improved it to make it an harder target.

 

[HLaB]

Since they changed a few things STRAVA no longer works on the browser at work (and our IT is too restrictive to fix it ). So I'm not on it so much these days. When at home at Christmas though, I noticed a steep hill through a local park where I had the KOM up hill some idiot has created a downhill segment, now that is silly

 

[MrGrumpy]

Can't remember the last time I tried for a pr on a segment, seems to have lost it's appeal to me lately.
Using it more as a social tool for keeping up with how friends are doing these days, maybe it will change once the warmer weather arrives.

Nah it is just winter cycling, not easy going balls out in the dark or round slippy corners etc. All I have been trying to do is keep my average speed up as much as possible rather than chasing segments. Just waiting for spring as there are a few on my commute I defo want to improve on others I will look for PRs.

 

[MrGrumpy]

http://www.strava.com/activities/108650734

not a bad average for a commute, its a pity the route in the city to work is so busy with traffic, really slows you down at times