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[Greenbelt]

Somebody stole my KOM on the research road hill today: http://app.strava.com/segments/1181178

I shall have the last laugh, however. I live near this hill and will wait for a perfect tailwind and try again! (That’s not cheating is it?)

[Certifried]

It’s only cheating if you get caught being pulled by a motorized vehicle of some sort. Para sails and helium balloons are totally legit (so are clowns in clown cars pulling you, but that’s too scary for me)

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[Tim Kelley]

@Certifried 21319 wrote:

Para sails and helium balloons are totally legit.

Helium balloons actually slow you down. I know from experience: http://www.twitpic.com/9ii38m

Towing a whole bunch of red balloons does have the effect of motorists giving you more room on the road though…

[Dirt]

I think my main KOM is pretty safe… not because of any amazing prowess of my own… mostly because of its somewhat secluded location.

[GuyContinental]

How do I fix a crazy time from a gps data error on Strava?

http://app.strava.com/segments/1030765

I’m KOM at Brandywine Castle with a 58mph/830w/4 second climb… I like to think that I’m burly but it would take a catapult to make that. Meanwhile I’m holding up the KOM spot on a climb that some folks (including me) like to work on. I tried going to the segment and then to my time but the only “action” that I can find is to flag the segment as hazardous. Any guidance?

[vvill]

@Certifried 21319 wrote:

It’s only cheating if you get caught being pulled by a motorized vehicle of some sort. Para sails and helium balloons are totally legit (so are clowns in clown cars pulling you, but that’s too scary for me)

I saw a guy being actively motorpaced by a van at Hains Pt the other day. But I would think a lot of the best times there involve close pack riding.

@Dirt 21324 wrote:

I think my main KOM is pretty safe… not because of any amazing prowess of my own… mostly because of its somewhat secluded location.

Yeah I have one like that… “Ridden by 1 person 24 times”

I recently lost this one but don’t think I have a chance of re-taking it:
http://app.strava.com/segments/1052919
Maybe Tim could claim it for BikeArlington

[eminva]

@GuyContinental 21330 wrote:

How do I fix a crazy time from a gps data error on Strava?

http://app.strava.com/segments/1030765

I’m KOM at Brandywine Castle with a 58mph/830w/4 second climb… I like to think that I’m burly but it would take a catapult to make that. Meanwhile I’m holding up the KOM spot on a climb that some folks (including me) like to work on. I tried going to the segment and then to my time but the only “action” that I can find is to flag the segment as hazardous. Any guidance?

I notice that vvill is right behind you with six seconds and only 59 watts of power. Honestly, I think I may be more impressed that will got up so quickly with so little effort.

I have one whole QOM. As it were, I am the only woman who has done this segment. It is right in front of my house, so it is only fair it is mine. I will be sad the day another woman figures out there is a segment there, or is randomly passing through with her Garmin running.

Liz

[Tim Kelley]

@GuyContinental 21330 wrote:

How do I fix a crazy time from a gps data error on Strava?

http://app.strava.com/segments/1030765

I’m KOM at Brandywine Castle with a 58mph/830w/4 second climb… I like to think that I’m burly but it would take a catapult to make that. Meanwhile I’m holding up the KOM spot on a climb that some folks (including me) like to work on. I tried going to the segment and then to my time but the only “action” that I can find is to flag the segment as hazardous. Any guidance?

I had the same issue at that spot. I show have a 6 second time there, but it doesn’t show up in the Full Leaderboard. I have to click on “My Results.” I think it just gets flagged and takes care of it itself.

I had another similar issue going the other direction from that point which was a legitimate ride, but got pulled off for some reason…

[Tim Kelley]

@GuyContinental 21330 wrote:

How do I fix a crazy time from a gps data error on Strava?

http://app.strava.com/segments/1030765

I’m KOM at Brandywine Castle with a 58mph/830w/4 second climb… I like to think that I’m burly but it would take a catapult to make that. Meanwhile I’m holding up the KOM spot on a climb that some folks (including me) like to work on. I tried going to the segment and then to my time but the only “action” that I can find is to flag the segment as hazardous. Any guidance?

FYI–there is this: https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/20950153-flagging-a-false-kom-qom

[DismalScientist]

I won’t be collecting many KOMs because most of the segments I ride are in the city with traffic lights, which I don’t think the current KOMs necessarily obey. There’s no way I can average 35 down M street through Georgetown on my afternoon commute.
http://app.strava.com/segments/702817

[Dirt]

@vvill 21331 wrote:

Yeah I have one like that… “Ridden by 1 person 24 times”

Mine also has the benefit of being an obscure dirt road that goes nowhere and starts about 15 miles from a different nowhere in the middle of the mountains in Costa Rica.

Interestingly, it isn’t a segment that I ever created. It is one that the Strava created for me.

[vvill]

@eminva 21334 wrote:

I notice that vvill is right behind you with six seconds and only 59 watts of power. Honestly, I think I may be more impressed that will got up so quickly with so little effort.

Hehe, yeah I used to be KOM on that segment due to similar GPS weirdness/false data. That ride was recorded before I had my Garmin 500 using a car GPS so it was probably interpolating data or something. It’s a silly segment anyway because it’s just too short for accuracy – there’s a well-known one on Hains Pt where everyone regularly gets clocked at ~60mph.

@Tim Kelley 21335 wrote:

I had the same issue at that spot. I show have a 6 second time there, but it doesn’t show up in the Full Leaderboard. I have to click on “My Results.” I think it just gets flagged and takes care of it itself.

Yeah I remember you also had a 6 second time there. Maybe someone flagged your ride?

[GuyContinental]

Bummer- I couldn’t find a way to flag just the segment, had to flag the entire ride which had 3 legit PRs. Looks like it worked. Sigh, easy come, easy go.

My bad for not using a proper GPS or even ANT+

[vvill]

@GuyContinental 21342 wrote:

Bummer- I couldn’t find a way to flag just the segment, had to flag the entire ride which had 3 legit PRs. Looks like it worked. Sigh, easy come, easy go.

My bad for not using a proper GPS or even ANT+

I haven’t tried it but Tim’s link sounds like it might help for cropping just a part of a ride:
@Tim Kelley 21336 wrote:

FYI–there is this: https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/20950153-flagging-a-false-kom-qom

ANT+ doesn’t make a difference I don’t think? I thought it was just a protocol for wireless data transmission.

[GuyContinental]

@vvill 21341 wrote:

Hehe, yeah I used to be KOM on that segment due to similar GPS weirdness/false data.

You’re KOM again. Long live the king of the tiny hill!

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