GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
"They've" been doing runners segments on bikes since Strava started. Who gives a tosh.?
Strava cheats
- Thread starter Milzy
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I lost a KOM a while back by over 5mins and it was genuine. Turns out it was a stupid long segment that I didn't know had existed and the new KOM was a semi pro.
That said I've given up caring about KOM's a long time back and am only concerned with comparing my efforts, I find RWGPS better for that.
That said I've given up caring about KOM's a long time back and am only concerned with comparing my efforts, I find RWGPS better for that.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Could be the guy that runs the local kebab shop.
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
According to Strava I have a lifetime total of 0.0 miles. Don't care. Only use it to plan routes, not to record them. There will always be some idiots out there cheating like mad to try to impress. Worse still are the suburban housing estate sprint sections where everyone seems to go mad for no apparent reason and forget all about road safety exactly where it matters most. Just chill.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
You do occasionally see genuine errors. I had one ride where I took two koms, the slowest at 80+mph average. I hid that ride from the leaderboards
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Maybe for some, but for a lot of us it is a good way to record our rides and share them with others.
vickster
Squire
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Strava is whatever you make it - like life, I suppose, he said philosophically. Between the fanaticism of "Get a KoM by any means" and " Have nothing to do with it" there is a constructive middle position. Use it wisely - it will tell you about yourself.
I am not disagreeing with that, but the cheaters and many others think it is a race, it is not.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Why shouldn't it be used in that way if people wish to? There is no obligation to join in. Use it how you want, is my view.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
My mates missus had an off on gravel last year and was recording the ride using Strava on her phone. She forgot to stop the ride after she fell and it continued to record as she was being taken to Worcester hospital in the back of an ambulance. The ride was very impressive with QoMs all the way for about 15 miles.
Someone commented and flagged the ride within seconds of it being uploaded.
The same thing happened to Mrs Celine when we went out for an evening bimble in August. I left her sitting by the road, sprinted the mile back home, drove back, picked up her and her bike and then drove her the two miles to the hospital. Two QOMs, top speed 75 mph.
The genuine holder of those QOMs complained within 5 minutes of Mrs C uploading the ride, at which time she was trying to edit out the offending segments.
A 10 mile bimble at 10 mph followed by a long stop then a high speed dash ending at the hospital? I think I would have left that a bit longer before querying it.
