Silly STRAVA Racing

[Pedrosanchezo]

I get most of that from my polar watch. It gives current reading all the time, then at the end of the ride gives average and maximum. You can also set one zone to flash or beep when above or below it. The main thing missing is lining it up on the garmin connect website and comparing the graphs.

I've never used one but it sounds like you get everything apart from the after data. This can be good if you are riding the same routes a lot but if you do a different route every day/week then the data would be pretty useless.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I would assume post ride editing a file..

Was trying to figure out if someone could fabricate cadence without actually having a cadence sensor. Fair enough if you can edit the numbers post ride but what if there are no numbers? For example someone not on their bike but in a car.
Not overly important as i don't see people going to these extremes, i hope.

 

[gaz]

Would you not need to have the cadence sensor detected? HR monitor is easy enough to have on at anytime (like driving a car) but the Cadence wouldn't be so easy would it?

You can just add it in manually. It's an XML file afterall, just as long as it is all valid.

 

[SoloCyclist]

Delete the app, it will delete all the data with it, re install the app.

Cheers SM, but going into settings and logging out and back in did the trick and let me keep all my data. On an aside I have just updated the app which said had fixes in place for IOS6 on the iPhone and there is loads more you can do from the app. It is now letting me see almost all the same content as the web page including followers rides. Looks good.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

You can just add it in manually. It's an XML file afterall, just as long as it is all valid.

Ah well. Lets hope the general population remains honest.

 

[Seryth]

If this is the case, does anyone have a template that I can use to edit? I can't seem to find one online (or maybe I'm just not looking hard enough!)
Gr, life would be easier with a smart-phone.

 

[Hacienda71]

I just clocked this guy's hr on a segment I rode through with 400BHP on Saturday mmm bit dodgy Suppose he could have been drafting a truck in a very relaxed way or maybe his HRM was dodgy The average speed looks fine on his ride though. Verdict?

 

[400bhp]

I just clocked this guy's hr on a segment I rode through with 400BHP on Saturday mmm bit dodgy Suppose he could have been drafting a truck in a very relaxed way or maybe his HRM was dodgy The average speed looks fine on his ride though. Verdict?

I've looked at him before I was contemplating the same, but gave the benefit of the doubt. The average isn't that realistic for that segment.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I just clocked this guy's hr on a segment I rode through with 400BHP on Saturday mmm bit dodgy Suppose he could have been drafting a truck in a very relaxed way or maybe his HRM was dodgy The average speed looks fine on his ride though. Verdict?

No chance. His cadence sensor is actually on and is reading a big fat zero. Heart rate is 49bpm compared to others 150+ and to top it all he is going faster up the hill (nearly 40mph!!) than he is down the hill. Maybe he is capable of putting out 774w average though with a heart rate of 49bpm. If he's a machine.
FLAG! Edit, maybe not.

EDIT: I actually wonder if the guy in first hasn't had some sort of error. The elevation is all wrong. It's an all downhill segment. Could have just been a tailwind and an aero tuck.

 

[SportMonkey]

No chance. His cadence sensor is actually on and is reading a big fat zero. Heart rate is 49bpm compared to others 150+ and to top it all he is going faster up the hill (nearly 40mph!!) than he is down the hill. Maybe he is capable of putting out 774w average though with a heart rate of 49bpm. If he's a machine.
FLAG! Edit, maybe not.

EDIT: I actually wonder if the guy in first hasn't had some sort of error. The elevation is all wrong. It's an all downhill segment. Could have just been a tailwind and an aero tuck.

He did it somewhere else, he's a Triathlete, and took 2:07:48 to do the cycle section of the Helvellyn Triathlon (Google is great). It's a flaggable ride, he got in to a car at the end and drove home - it's obvious from the last stop.

 

[SportMonkey]

Well just don't go teaching anyone.
I prefer my KOM's to be gotten the hard way. Blood sweat and, almost always, tears.

I might buy strava-cheat.com and make a website out of it.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I might buy strava-cheat.com and make a website out of it.

I'll flag it.

 

[Andrew_P]

I just clocked this guy's hr on a segment I rode through with 400BHP on Saturday mmm bit dodgy Suppose he could have been drafting a truck in a very relaxed way or maybe his HRM was dodgy The average speed looks fine on his ride though. Verdict?

It was also recorded as a "Run" if you look at the URL. Also take a look at max power output looks suspect to me

 

[Seryth]

So just to clarify here, anyone with a .gpx file could upload completely false stats? What about people like me, who don't have a smartphone? Surely we could use the fact that editing the file is possible to join in with the fun too?

 

[SportMonkey]

So just to clarify here, anyone with a .gpx file could upload completely false stats? What about people like me, who don't have a smartphone? Surely we could use the fact that editing the file is possible to join in with the fun too?

You can upload to another service then download the gpx or tcx.

For the inventive, you can falsify GPS location quite easily on most phones, so I suppose one could write an app to falsify a full route based on an original file, you'd then start Strava, switch to a Strava hack app and click play, sit down and have a slice of cake while you're setting world beating KoMs.