Strava Rivalry?

[GuyContinental]

I just lost my last-gasp commuting KOM to half a dozen folks that rode the segment months and years ago… must be new Strava Users uploading data. As a result this morning I set a PR on the segment while chanting “I’m gonna get you Patrick G. (whoever you are)”… Sad thing is that Patrick will likely never notice when I do get that extra 0:02 I need. Patrick, if you happen to be a Bike Arlington member- you are on notice. Nokes Blvd to Cascades Pkwy is MINE!

Regardless, I’m not a big fan of KOMs on the trails or urban areas- I’m trying to be cognizant of that and keep my competitiveness to remote sections or roads but I can feel the tug when I see than I’m only a smidge off a KOM somewhere.

I love the “and one other” feature- twice now I’ve been able to identify folks that I rode with and then chatted with them on Strava afterwards. I spend 99% of my riding alone, Strava has expanded my network and made me feel a bit more connected.

[vvill]

@GuyContinental 22603 wrote:

I love the “and one other” feature

Same here!

[GuyContinental]

For those that like geeking out on Strava- check out some of these tools:

http://www.scarletfire.co.uk/2012/06/turbo-charge-your-strava-data-with-these-third-party-api-tools/

I like the multiple ride mapper (although it is reallly boring in my case)

[Mark Blacknell]

As much as I slag it, I think Strava has probably done a net service to the sport cycling community. It certainly helps drive folks to work harder in places they’d never have thought twice about doing it before. That said . . .

@GuyContinental 22603 wrote:

Regardless, I’m not a big fan of KOMs on the trails or urban areas- I’m trying to be cognizant of that and keep my competitiveness to remote sections or roads but I can feel the tug when I see than I’m only a smidge off a KOM somewhere.

http://clarendon.patch.com/articles/local-pathletes-pursue-championship-dreams

[GuyContinental]

@Mark Blacknell 22623 wrote:

As much as I slag it, I think Strava has probably done a net service to the sport cycling community. It certainly helps drive folks to work harder in places they’d never have thought twice about doing it before. That said . . .

Hi, My name is Guy and I’m a Pathlete. Sigh…

[eminva]

Tell me something: Why are some of these segments on net downhills? I thought the “King of the Mountain” was the guy who got up the mountain the fastest?

Liz

[GuyContinental]

@GuyContinental 22603 wrote:

As a result this morning I set a PR on the segment while chanting “I’m gonna get you Patrick G. (whoever you are)”… Sad thing is that Patrick will likely never notice when I do get that extra 0:02 I need. Patrick, if you happen to be a Bike Arlington member- you are on notice. Nokes Blvd to Cascades Pkwy is MINE!

Now it’s 0:01… do you feel me back there Patrick??? My heart almost exploded this morning because of you…

[thucydides]

I’ll just leave this here:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/family-sues-strava-over-descending-death_224889

[GuyContinental]

@thucydides 22682 wrote:

I’ll just leave this here:

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/news/family-sues-strava-over-descending-death_224889

This is being flogged elsewhere and in this thread- I’m pretty sure that our local BikeArlington crowd is on the responsible end of the spectrum. Those that are not are on notice that a public record of poor behavior has a certain liability attached. Suing Strava? Sure, Strava made him do it… CA courts are ridiculous at time but I don’t think that suit is likely to go anywhere.

[americancyclo]

@GuyContinental 22684 wrote:

This is being flogged elsewhere and in this thread- I’m pretty sure that our local BikeArlington crowd is on the responsible end of the spectrum.

There are a couple of places that I’ve aborted KOM attempts countless times because there were too many (read, ONE) other trail users to try to ride at the speed that I’d need to get my name higher on the leaderboard. Strava is fun and has shown me great new rides, but it doesn’t make me reckless, if you are reckless, that’s something that’s a pre-existing condition.

[TwoWheelsDC]

The nice thing about being slow is knowing that I’ll never be a contender for any Strava feat. On one climb, I did notice that I was only one place behind Dirt, but then I realized he probably did it on his fixie, while almost certainly also recovering from a major illness of some sort.

[DismalScientist]

@americancyclo 22685 wrote:

There are a couple of places that I’ve aborted KOM attempts countless times because there were too many (read, ONE) other trail users to try to ride at the speed that I’d need to get my name higher on the leaderboard. Strava is fun and has shown me great new rides, but it doesn’t make me reckless, if you are reckless, that’s something that’s a pre-existing condition.

I know all about this. I’m number 3 (in full dress khakis! (non-military)) on the Roosevelt Bridge after 1 real attempt and about 15 aborted ones.

[Megabeth]

I totally think that Strava should allow for extra points if you indicate things like, “I was carrying a full load of groceries in my front basket, backpack and a six pack of Fat Tire Ale strapped to my back rack”, or, “I was in heels, a floppy hat and a dress that required me to take my hands off the handlebar when the wind almost made the ride indecent”, or, “I just ate a full bowl of Tofu Panang Curry and still managed to chug home up that hill.”

[GuyContinental]

@Megabeth 22691 wrote:

I totally think that Strava should allow for extra points if you indicate things like, “I was carrying a full load of groceries in my front basket, backpack and a six pack of Fat Tire Ale strapped to my back rack”, or, “I was in heels, a floppy hat and a dress that required me to take my hands off the handlebar when the wind almost made the ride indecent”, or, “I just ate a full bowl of Tofu Panang Curry and still managed to chug home up that hill.”

It sort of does- your relative power incorporates the weight of the bike- I have my kid-hauling bike set at 100 lbs so my power goes off the charts when I actually exceed 10 mph going uphill.

I love the idea of bonus points or maybe little icons for paniers, french bread, kid trailers and the like. Of the double kid-hauling 35+ crowd on a 1×9 I OWN Key blvd… lol

[americancyclo]

@GuyContinental 22694 wrote:

Of the double kid-hauling 35+ crowd on a 1×9 I OWN Key blvd… lol

Careful there, Mr. Kelley might just have another kid so he can take you out, in a few years.

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