So.. this strava thing...

[Hacienda71]

I'm getting a bit tired of segments not registering because I've went through trees at the start and the signal has took a wobble. I nearly burst myself doing a hill segment today and it says I deviated at 48%.......it's an effing straight road

Try snap on raceshape to correct the gps cockup.

 

[TheJDog]

I am proper addicted to it - I think partly because it's easier to get QOMs than KOMs due to a pretty big gender imbalance.

I use the QOM as a target for a lot of segments. It took me a long time to beat the QOM time up Swain's Lane. If I'm near the QOM time I think I'd doing pretty OK. If I'm ahead of it, I'm happy Is that sexist?

 

[summerdays]

The QOM are definitely easier to get than the men though there are some fast females out there on some of the segments. The other thing is finding the quiet segments, I'm an explorer, so I often take random routes and then occasionally I discover I've got a QOM cos I'm the first female to take that route.

 

[hatwell]

I don't have one for being the only woman but definitely a couple where I'm first of two or three female riders

 

[G3CWI]

Create your own segments. Make them private and enjoy KOM kudos.

 

[cd365]

I've done that for my commute to/from work, for which I claimed back my KOM from me last night, average speed 20.1mph. I was pleased :-)

 

[Learnincurve]

I love me some strava times. Was using the strava app but bought myself a present for not being able to cycle for 7 weeks (holidays) in the form of a second hand garmin forerunner 305 from ebay for £50.

 

[JoeyB]

I'm confused. Got a notification yesterday that I had lost my KOM...WHAT!? I never even had a KOM?? Its on a bit of road that I do frequent but in the opposite direction, which I have never done? Slightly confused. Could it be a new segment just created? My entry on the leaderboard is from about a year ago though so not sure about that.

 

[bpsmith]

If someone creates a new segment, then it factors in every logged ride historically and creates a retrospective leader board.

It obviously means that you MUST have cycled that route on the past at some point. I am guessing "about a year ago".

 

[NorvernRob]

I love it, definitely having some fun on my training ride loop with these winds lately. I went out last night and the wind had changed direction, I was fighting it all the way out, whereas last time I had a nice tailwind.

I've bagged myself top 15 places on nearly all the segments on the 19 mile loop though, all of which have hundreds of attempts. And I'm above Ben Swift and Russ and Dean Downing on some segments, yeah ok so they weren't trying but so what

Can you tell the head and tailwind segments from these two rides

https://www.strava.com/activities/186157082

https://www.strava.com/activities/183444555

 

[Ian193]

Got my 1st KOM last night on way home from work well chuffed I was 5th place went down the road pretty quick and when I plugged the garmin in it came up KOM was 1.35 now joint top 1.17

 

[bpsmith]

The problem with my area is that whenever one if us gets a KOM or top 10, the others that were following then go on that route next ride out and sneak it off each other. Good fun, but annoying at times.

 

[Batgirl]

I couldn't get the app to work today - first try - it didn't seem to like my location.
I used map my ride in the end.. not going to be competitive mind you, just good to see progress.

 

[Dark46]

Not a chance for me to get KOM as I've got Moto GP rider Scott Redding living by me and in some segments he's 3 mph than my cycling club buddies and close to KOM on a lot .

 

[Learnincurve]

I can beat you on the never getting a KOM thing. They put those anti-motorbike barriers up everywhere people at the top half of every segment along the trails set their scores when they could cycle along without stopping, where as now you have to stop all the fricking time.

There should really be a way to have legacy segments alongside new ones.