Strava Flyby

[Racing roadkill]

I've found it useful to identify someone who you've encountered on a ride, who's done something incredibly stupid (wheel sucking, then breaking their arse to get past you, as you sit up and lift off a fraction, so you can see a road sign you are approaching, then ride much more slowly than you / get in the way / weave out every time you go for an overtake, then decide the only way to 'get away' is to ride straight through a red light, then continue to ride so slowly that they begin to get in the way / and block overtakes about 30 seconds further up the road, despite the fact I stopped at the red light) for example. And breathe. At least I now know the identity of the prat.

 

[summerdays]

That only works if there isn't multiple people around to be able to identify the correct one and assume they have Strava.

 

[Racing roadkill]

That only works if there isn't multiple people around to be able to identify the correct one and assume they have Strava.

The fly by columns and the amount of time he was on the same bit, pretty much nailed it.

 

[bpsmith]

Even with a large number of riders, it is easy to find people with flyby. The realtime movement relative to you is really good.

 

[summerdays]

Even with a large number of riders, it is easy to find people with flyby. The realtime movement relative to you is really good.

Depends whether you are overtaken by a chain of people or not, probably something to do with my commute where the riders get bunched up at junctions and then string out till the next one.

 

[bpsmith]

Depends whether you are overtaken by a chain of people or not, probably something to do with my commute where the riders get bunched up at junctions and then string out till the next one.

Not experienced that, but can see it being an issue in fairness.

 

[clay_bs7]

I've been using it occasionally for a while now, and noticed that I think one of the velo post people passed me last week .... At least that's what I assume he/she was doing, having seen his very convoluted route:
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You went right by my house on Luckington Road

 

[summerdays]

You went right by my house on Luckington Road

That's the Velopost's persons track, though I usually pass nearby going along Gloucester Rd and Kellaway Avenue on many a day.

 

[Louch]

Just seen who was being paced by a 4x4 today on my ride today, tut tut

 

[Mo1959]

Just seen who was being paced by a 4x4 today on my ride today, tut tut

One way of catching out the "cheats" There's a woman not far from me that has several QOM,s on the back of a tandem with her obviously very fit hubby on the front putting out the power.

 

[Louch]

She's a pro apparently. Drafting in today's wind to second place on a segment is very wrong.

 

[Mo1959]

She's a pro apparently. Drafting in today's wind to second place on a segment is very wrong.

I see who you mean. She has put that she had a bit of motor pacing but she has still claimed the QOM,s. She should really have made the ride private.

 

[MisterStan]

It's not real you know. Just Strava. There are no rules about pacing/chain gangs etc. people take it way too seriously.

 

[sackville d]

Last Sunday I went across the newly reopened bridge across the head of Batings Dam above Ripponden heading in the direction of Pike End and Oldham.
The road, all the way from the dam to the turn up Pike End had been top dressed.
"Take care here Sackers old boy" I say to myself. The road is very steep and twisty and can catch you out at the best of times,but with a loose surface, well. beware!

Well, within maybe 300 yards of starting the descent, I gingerly come around a corner and see a young fellow on the deck with nasty elbow grazings but in the care of two other roadies who were already calling for assistance for him. A taxi or ambulance I`m not sure.
I pull up along side offer some sympathy but quickly see that everything is under control and set off again.

Stone me, but 200 yards later at Parrock Nook Chapel I find his mate on the deck now!! Having failed to negotiate a sharp and steep right hander he had gone up a banking
and come a cropper. "You OK mate?" I inquires. He was fine, probably just his pride and youthful exuberance which was battered "Is that your mate back there on the deck?"

Explaining what I have come across I decide to press on, after pointing out that the road has just been rendered dangerous by the act of top dressing.
I stopped short of telling him to take more care!

So ,a lovely ride ensues and on getting back home and downloading my ride decide to look at the flyby and see the whole scenario played out.
The initial tumble,me stopping briefly then carrying on then the second tumble and me stopping again.
The second rider going back to his injured mate,who seems to have been put in a car(along with bike,Garmin not switched off)
The car heads back towards Batings Dam , up onto Rochdale road and towards The Whitehouse and down to Littleboro`
With the injured riders device not switched off the flyby showed the cars destination....Oldham Royal Infirmary....Casualty I should imagine.
According to the ride description the poor lad had a broken finger to go along with the gravel rash
And to add insult to injury his ride has been flagged! Well ,he was doing 60mph at one point!!

 

[summerdays]

I thought that on the couple of occasions that I gained some car assisted QOM's, that I also got a message saying it was flagged and wouldn't be displayed for others to see? (When I put the pannier in the boot forgetting to turn off Strava).