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[baiskeli]

Sure, why not? Left hand off the handlebar – no hands! Right hand holding your phone to take a selfie of you riding with no hands, while looking to your right, into the camera. While going down a hill.

[consularrider]

@baiskeli 142530 wrote:

Sure, why not? Left hand off the handlebar – no hands! Right hand holding your phone to take a selfie of you riding with no hands, while looking to your right, into the camera. While going down a hill.

You riding with Dirt again? Classic Danger Panda?

[scoot]

@notinthe18 142509 wrote:

It boggles my mind that people out for an exercise-type ride go anywhere near the MVT on a nice afternoon/evening on a holiday weekend. And then to have the audacity to bark at people out jogging or walking? I did hill repeats on city streets yesterday for precisely that reason.

Totally agree. I headed up to 22207 for hill repeats yesterday morning before the rain. To get home, I took George Mason (from Yorktown Blvd to the small Four Mile Run Dr) and finished with one more climb up Superman Hill. You can’t get that level of workout on any of the local trails unless you’re willing to run over people.

[creadinger]

@scoot 142558 wrote:

Totally agree. I headed up to 22207 for hill repeats yesterday morning before the rain. To get home, I took George Mason (from Yorktown Blvd to the small Four Mile Run Dr) and finished with one more climb up Superman Hill. You can’t get that level of workout on any of the local trails unless you’re willing to run over people.

What’s Superman hill??

[bentbike33]

@creadinger 142597 wrote:

What’s Superman hill??

There are 2 Strava segments by that name, but they are in Germantown, WI and Wichita, KS, so nowhere near 22207.

[wheelswings]

@creadinger 142597 wrote:

What’s Superman hill??

Superman Hill is the climb up Walter Reed from 4MR (up from the WOD intersection where they might one day build a new Phoenix Bikes).

[Steve O]

@creadinger 142597 wrote:

What’s Superman hill??

Walter Reed north from Four Mile Run. It’s not the name of the segment, though.
https://www.strava.com/segments/700075

Actually 5 segments
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[Tim Kelley]

@Steve O 142603 wrote:

Walter Reed north from Four Mile Run. It’s not the name of the segment, though.
https://www.strava.com/segments/700075

Here’s just the hill: https://www.strava.com/segments/728601

[creadinger]

Thanks for the clarification. Yeah that one is a doozy.

So what’s the over/under for how many of the people on the strava leaderboards drove up the hill in their cars or motorcycles?

[mello yello]

@creadinger 142605 wrote:

Thanks for the clarification. Yeah that one is a doozy.

So what’s the over/under for how many of the people on the strava leaderboards drove up the hill in their cars or motorcycles?

hozn is #2… you can ask him! My guess is the faster motorized trips have been flagged there. Whoever is climbing Meade – Rhodes westbound (strava segment) at 27 mph is going faster than I think is possible.

[Tim Kelley]

@mello yello 142606 wrote:

Whoever is climbing Meade – Rhodes westbound (strava segment) at 27 mph is going faster than I think is possible.

Those numbers don’t look too far fetched–it’s only a 22 foot gain over .3 miles.

[creadinger]

@mello yello 142606 wrote:

hozn is #2… you can ask him! My guess is the faster motorized trips have been flagged there. Whoever is climbing Meade – Rhodes westbound (strava segment) at 27 mph is going faster than I think is possible.

Ahh yeah. I missed the key bit about the units. It’s in kph, not mph! Big difference.

Still… Hans, how many CCs on your bike?

This segment is messed up too…
https://www.strava.com/segments/1522932

I’ve driven and biked over that bridge a lot. It’s in such shitty shape that 42mph seems impossible in a car too.

[Steve O]

@creadinger 142609 wrote:

This segment is messed up too…
https://www.strava.com/segments/1522932

I’ve driven and biked over that bridge a lot. It’s in such shitty shape that 42mph seems impossible in a car too.

Yes, he obviously switched to his car at mile 7, since after the bridge he hit a high speed of 65 or so along the Anacostia Freeway. I flagged it.
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[creadinger]

@Steve O 142611 wrote:

Yes, he obviously switched to his car at mile 7, since after the bridge he hit a high speed of 65 or so along the Anacostia Freeway. I flagged it.

I mean 1300 Watts seems doable. Right?

So how the heck do you actually flag a ride? I’ve looked and looked for that with no luck.

[LeprosyStudyGroup]

The other day I came across a guy who had KOM’d the “Behind the Buildings” segment in Crystal City at 60+mph.
His profile consisted of 5 rides over the past 2 years, all of which were named “Train Ride from XX to XX”. :confused:
He had a few 80+mph KOMs too.
I should have posted the account here because it was hilarious, but I had my grump hat on that night and just flagged them all, sorry.:rolleyes:

to flag a ride you gotta click on that wrench icon

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