The QOM problem

[jefmcg]

There's a real advantage of being a woman on Strava: QOM. There are a lot less women than men on strava, so it's not impossible to be the only woman who has ever done a segment. So, despite being a slow cyclist, I have 30-something QOM at the moment. Which is fun

But there's a downside. For instance, a couple of years ago I did a 80km pootle along the Ruhr on my folder. At the time there were no segments there at all. Apparently people started creating segments, and unbeknownst to me, I became Queen of the Mountain on them. Later on, other women rode the course, and I started receiving humiliating emails "Uh oh! <german name> has stolen your QOM <by several minutes>"

This is my current favourite QOM. I was supposed to be meeting someone I didn't know, but expected to recognise outside Buckingham Palace (no, not the Queen). I wandered around looking for him for quite a while, on foot.

 

[young Ed]

right i am now called Young Edwena! now to go and do some strava segments
Cheers Ed

 

[Steady]

I get this a lot on certain segments! I don't know whether to feel satisfied with myself or not, I mean I know in reality I'm a slow cyclist but my QOM tells me different right?!

 

[sazzaa]

It's really annoying when you get notifications, is there a way to switch them off? I'd rather not know in real time when my qom has been beaten!

 

[Steady]

It's really annoying when you get notifications, is there a way to switch them off? I'd rather not know in real time when my qom has been beaten!

There is, under setting, email notifications: http://www.strava.com/settings/email

 

[Hacienda71]

I switched the notifications off but still sometimes get the uh oh message. Pretty rarely though. I like riding hard and get the odd KOM, but not to get onto some silly tit for tat segment snipping so I switched the alerts off.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Problem? What problem?
I have a couple of QOM me being the only woman having ridden the segment
Mind, what about all them that ride without gps?
We are fake queens, me thinks!

 

[jefmcg]

Oh, I found one of the particularly humiliating emails .... 29m 5s!!!!

Uh oh! Anna Fischer just stole your QOM!

You just lost your QOM on Hattingen-Bochum by Pavlo to Anna Fischer by 29m 5s.

Now get out there, have fun and be safe.

-Your friends at Strava

 

[helston90]

Oh, I found one of the particularly humiliating emails .... 29m 5s!!!!

Strava tends to think people are going bonkers for each segment- it amused me I was just doing a standard commute and saw someone walking who I needed to stop and speak to, got home updated my strava and where the KOM was something like 1:30 I had a very prompt time of 15 minutes odd.

 

[jarlrmai]

My old commute one segment was used as the sprint finish for an elite road race, where a few of the riders had uploaded the segments. Not a chance.

 

[jefmcg]

Strava tends to think people are going bonkers for each segment- it amused me I was just doing a standard commute and saw someone walking who I needed to stop and speak to, got home updated my strava and where the KOM was something like 1:30 I had a very prompt time of 15 minutes odd.

The difference is, if I'd done the same ride, I might have come home and seen "QOM", followed eventually by "Uh oh" email of shame.

(no one creates segments for distances they do at 10kmh)

 

[Mo1959]

Am I just being petty here? I am a bit miffed at a woman nearby who often does rides on a tandem with her husband and is getting QOM,s due to the extra speed he is generating.

 

[jarlrmai]

Tandems should have their own category, as should group rides.

 

[Mo1959]

Tandems should have their own category, as should group rides.

I think riders have been asking for this for a while but I think Strava has said that it would be too complex to adapt the software??

It would certainly give those of us who ride on our own virtually all the time a more level playing field.

 

[jefmcg]

Actually, it looks like they are soliciting support for adding tandems (Elle is a staff member).

Sign up and vote to encourage them to add the facility.

https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/21119597-Support-Tandem-Cycling-on-Strava