Silly STRAVA Racing

[Joshua Plumtree]

Do what my mate did; select the wrong wheel settings on the Garmin (unintentionally), and you'll be getting KOM results all day long!

 

[400bhp]

Do what my mate did; select the wrong wheel settings on the Garmin (unintentionally), and you'll be getting KOM results all day long!

Doesn't work like that.

It goes off GPS data,not off the speed sensor.

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

If the Garmin 500 is using the speed sensor it will override the GPS and give an inaccurate reading

 

[Stonechat]

The position and segment data derive from the GPS. The speed sensor will override one derived from GPS, the speeds from GPS are not so good.

It will not affect segment times- these use GPS

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Sorry- does that mean segment times from Strava are always calculated using the GPS on the Garmin?

 

[potsy]

I forgot I'd given up on Strava yesterday and got a good (for me) 4th place on an off road segment, helped by the fact the barrier at the start of the segment was open so I could get a bit of a run up

Once that was out of my system I continued at my usual pace for the rest of the ride

 

[gaz]

Sorry- does that mean segment times from Strava are always calculated using the GPS on the Garmin?

yes

 

[Joshua Plumtree]

Damnation! Shall I tell him his fast times were er...... in actual fact, fast times, or will you?

 

[Venod]

I have a couple of KOM's that when iI look at the speed graphs compared with other people I look to be slower but the time taken to complete the section is quicker than theirs so I assume my cadence/speed sensor is reading slow its set to auto calibrate at the moment. I will have to try it on manual calibration.

 

[HorTs]

The wheel size thing with Garmin along with the Digital EPO site does detract from Strava a little for me - I have to remember to take some of the times with a pinch of salt and that it doesn't really matter. It leads me to eying all Garmin device logged rides with suspicion.

 

[Mannion]

As a novice to road biking strava is something i am keen to use, i wont get obsessed over being #1 but it will be nice to see an improvement over time (i hope!)
Its a shame people have to ruin it by doctoring their times though..

 

[Mo1959]

As a novice to road biking strava is something i am keen to use, i wont get obsessed over being #1 but it will be nice to see an improvement over time (i hope!)
Its a shame people have to ruin it by doctoring their times though..

Personally, I can never understand anyone getting any satisfaction from cheating. I get a bit of satisfaction out of really trying hard on some segments occasionally and knowing that it has been pure effort that has got me the occasional QOM or PB. Just a bit of fun to gauge your own improvements really.

 

[400bhp]

The wheel size thing with Garmin along with the Digital EPO site does detract from Strava a little for me - I have to remember to take some of the times with a pinch of salt and that it doesn't really matter. It leads me to eying all Garmin device logged rides with suspicion.

Didn't you take any notice of the replies in this thread? Strava segments are unaffected by wheel size setings.

 

[HorTs]

Didn't you take any notice of the replies in this thread? Strava segments are unaffected by wheel size setings.

Alright misery, please forgive my error.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Had my first flagged ride. No idea why as I only managed 14.6mph average on it.