Strava Rivalry?

[TwoWheelsDC]

@jabberwocky 26075 wrote:

The 200 is an entry-level GPS, and as such does not have the barometric altimeter the Edge 500 and 800 does. Elevation data will tend to be a bit spotty (getting absolute elevation from GPS with consumer GPS chips isn’t always terribly accurate).

I’ve read that letting the GPS sit for a few minutes before getting started can help with the accuracy. I have a 200 and I also used to get the negative elevation numbers, but I haven’t in a while…at least not in Strava. I don’t know if that’s a fix from the Strava side or from the Garmin side (they’ve pushed a few updates in the last couple of months), but I think it’s mostly the websites that have problematic elevation data, since they each spit out wildly different numbers. Endomondo way overestimates, while MapMyRide underestimates. I find Strava to be kinda in the middle, so I go off what it says more than anything else.

[GuyContinental]

Just ran across this:

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[Certifried]

An interesting take on the Strava lawsuit

http://www.bikerumor.com/2012/06/28/use-strava-get-sued/

Quote:

if you do something and Strava gets sued as a result, you agree to not only pay Strava’s legal fees…you also pay any judgment entered against them.

actually, it’s scary if you think about. I’d hope it would never happen, but the language is there in the T.O.S.

[GuyContinental]

@Certifried 28568 wrote:

actually, it’s scary if you think about. I’d hope it would never happen, but the language is there in the T.O.S.

Check out the lawyer battle over this post in the comments on the guy’s actual blog:
http://ridingagainstthegrain.com/2012/06/28/use-strava-get-sued/

Myself, I like the suggestion that KOM’s be limited to UPHILL (you know, “mountain”) segments and that any segment that includes a road crossing be automatically booted.

[Greenbelt]

Sweetly, if temporarily (no doubt) back on top, by a whopping 1 second on my “home” a 1.2 mile segment. (Wind aided a little, as Certifried can attest!): http://app.strava.com/rides/22058899#394062670

[Rockford10]

Asking for a friend.

So if someone takes your QOM by a healthy margin and even obliterates the KOM, but the ride doesn’t otherwise look funny, what to do? This person halved the KOM going just much faster than anyone else. It’s not at quite the end of the ride and this ride wasn’t otherwise epic for this person, nor is this person otherwise epic.

Is this something to flag? Berate them on social media? Ask them what they are using? Get over one’s self? Buy a new jersey and hope that makes you go faster? Donuts?

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Rockford10 159411 wrote:

Buy a new jersey and hope that makes you go faster?

Close. The solution is to buy a more expensive bike, then replace most of the stock parts on that new bike with even “faster” components. It’s the only way to be sure.

[cvcalhoun]

@Rockford10 159411 wrote:

Asking for a friend.

So if someone takes your QOM by a healthy margin and even obliterates the KOM, but the ride doesn’t otherwise look funny, what to do? This person halved the KOM going just much faster than anyone else. It’s not at quite the end of the ride and this ride wasn’t otherwise epic for this person, nor is this person otherwise epic.

Is this something to flag? Berate them on social media? Ask them what they are using? Get over one’s self? Buy a new jersey and hope that makes you go faster? Donuts?

Donuts. Definitely donuts. Donuts are the answer to every question.

[mello yello]

@Rockford10 159411 wrote:

It’s not at quite the end of the ride and this ride wasn’t otherwise epic for this person, nor is this person otherwise epic.

Done that… non-epic ride, load bike into car, instant KOM to home. If you point it out in an obviously tongue-in-cheek sort of way to the new record holder, she can edit the ride, split it and keep the part that she actually rode.

Otherwise there’s no hope of catching up so… Donuts.

[hozn]

If the ride looks possible, but unlikely, just comment to ask them about it. But if they’re doing something like averaging 35mph over some extended distance, then just flag it. If the ride is legit they’ll contest it to have it unflagged.

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[Tim Kelley]

Can you pass along the link for analysis? I frequently have to flag people’s files who either get in a car, or have a GPS error, so I’m pretty good at picking out what looks legit and what doesn’t. Check for multiple, fast accelerations at stop lights. 0-30 over and over again can be an indicator.

[Rockford10]

@Tim Kelley 159419 wrote:

Can you pass along the link for analysis? I frequently have to flag people’s files who either get in a car, or have a GPS error, so I’m pretty good at picking out what looks legit and what doesn’t. Check for multiple, fast accelerations at stop lights. 0-30 over and over again can be an indicator.

Here’s the QOM ride. Marshall MacArthur climb in Vienna.

[Harry Meatmotor]

@Rockford10 159435 wrote:

Here’s the QOM ride. Marshall MacArthur climb in Vienna.

That’s 100% mechanical doping.

[Brett L.]

Damn, wish I could go 25+mph up a 10% grade

[dkel]

I’ve never gone that fast up that climb, despite having ridden that segment exactly 410 times to date. I’ll try again today. :p

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