Strava gettng bad press again

[nickyboy]

Is this the segment in question? http://www.strava.com/segments/1606888

I dont know the route but IMO "strava racing" on it doesnt look like much of a problem. There are only 2 riders over 18 mph (or 17mph for that matter)...that does not strike me as being excessively fast.

On a stretch of cyclepath near me i'll be mid 20s if conditions allow. If it is busy then obviously i'll go a fair bit slower but a "speed limit" of 13-15mph would be ridiculous most of the time and a deterrent for many cyclists (either commuting, training or for leisure rides) using the cyclepath at all never mind moderating the speed.

I would suggest most cyclists on shared use paths are leisure cyclists so a 13-15mph speed limit would be quite reasonable. That is faster than most will want to go. If you want to train faster than that, go somewhere else

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

In the case of the route in question, to achieve 18 mph average they must have been taking risks. It's quite a bendy route with A LOT of pedestrians and crosses quite a few roads has quite a few gates and crosses a bridge or two with hairpins at either end and has untarred bits as well.

A really nice leisure riding route that ties in some nice routes to Lytham.

 

[MattMM]

Doesn't attract those with mental conditions like sociopathy at all....


View: http://youtu.be/uH6YqAMKxD4

 

[the_mikey]

The average commuting speed on the Bristol Bath cycle path is 23km/h ,these aren't mamils on road bikes. I also have a top place on strava for allegedly riding at 45km/h along a part of that path, I know I couldn't do that if my life depended on it, so there is a lot of crap data on strava. I wonder where all these speedy cyclists are? I've never seen them...

Is this the segment in question? http://www.strava.com/segments/1606888

I dont know the route but IMO "strava racing" on it doesnt look like much of a problem. There are only 2 riders over 18 mph (or 17mph for that matter)...that does not strike me as being excessively fast.

On a stretch of cyclepath near me i'll be mid 20s if conditions allow. If it is busy then obviously i'll go a fair bit slower but a "speed limit" of 13-15mph would be ridiculous most of the time and a deterrent for many cyclists (either commuting, training or for leisure rides) using the cyclepath at all never mind moderating the speed.[/quo

 

[Leodis]

Box Hill?