Chrisc
Guru
You need to look at them while the pain of the slow bits is fresh. Then you can pace up to them and work a bit harder there.
How scientific is this!! Brailsford has nowt on us! :-)
Silly STRAVA Racing
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You need to look at them while the pain of the slow bits is fresh. Then you can pace up to them and work a bit harder there.
How scientific is this!! Brailsford has nowt on us! :-)
MattHB
Proud Daddy
I was looking at some segment times on one of my local short climbs and noticed someone who obviously had done it on a moped/car. He'd done 37 mph going up it. The other thing that makes me sure is I know the guy as he's one of my ex students and weighs about 30 stone!
Its the only 'ride' he has on his profile. Is there any way to get it removed as being false?
Its the only 'ride' he has on his profile. Is there any way to get it removed as being false?
potsy
Rambler
Good stuff, looks like I set off like a train on my quickest time, was with you pace-setters until halfway
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
Just looked at another KOM - it's 1.3 miles long, slightly down hill, some bumps in it. I have the KOM, but right at the end, there is a steep climb, and I lost a good second against the next 5 riders on it (I killed myself). Trick is to sit down and power climb and not get out of the saddle, which I did).
This is very interesting ! Just sees where your weakness is.
This is very interesting ! Just sees where your weakness is.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
Flag it. There is a button on the ride page. Bottom right
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
Good stuff, looks like I set off like a train on my quickest time, was with you pace-setters until halfway
You were actually quicker than me at the start.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
Scary. I just noticed one of the Manchester Wheelers is only 2 seconds behind me going down the Wizard and looking at Raceshape only because he lifted off at the last 50. If I lose that I don't want to try to regain that. It was bloomin fast.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
This works - i.e. flag it. In this case, a PM to the rider won't help.
I PM'ed one chap on the Warzone that is Brinksway as the chap had left his garmin recording after an MTB ride in the Peaks - he did 80 mph down the M60, then pipped us lot by a couple of seconds UP Brinksway in his car. He removed it and I got Kudos after I explained that a group of us had been fighting all week.
potsy
Rambler
And I picked up a bit at the end, that was where I threw the Garmin over the finish line
ps- gb155 still a bit slow on that segment
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
If you click on the down arrow next to the 'Action' box you have an option to flag it, iirc they then ask you why (dangerous or abnormal speeds).
MattHB
Proud Daddy
he's a silly boy, because he was also speeding!
400bhp
Guru
This ^^ Great story.
Andrew_P
In between here and there
Ideleted one too, and it proved my theory and makes your Phone vs Garmin theory worse. My Garmin gets really flaky Elevation if I leave it switched on indoors and turn it off indoors. Anyway I created a segement without realising it was during a flaky ride. So the segemnt started at -75ft and this carried forward to the actual segemnt page. So someone can create one using a wacked out phone that is maybe 3-5% overstated and you are competeing against that. Not sure Iam explaining it well but I am 100% sure that Strava segments use the original rider data and not map data. Again look at the segemnt on youride page look at the elevation and then compare it when you click on go to segemnt page, my elevation on my page is my data when yougo to the segemnt page see the difference!
Also create a segement using just the map starting at a junction that you know then switch to streetview (there is a green marker in streetview for the start) and it will not start where it does on the map
