You don't need drugs, silly training programs, tricked up bike and good genetics to smash segments on strava, just use Digital EPO http://digitalEPO.com/ It's much safer than all of the other methods 'other cyclists' use.
Did you ehmmm... "convert" from *.GPX to *.TCX or whatever? /img/vbsmilies/smilies/biggrin.gifOriginally Posted by jhuskey .
I tried it and got an error message on by bike computer followed by a blue screen.
Riders put in "segments", sections of rides: maybe an ascent, descent, a bit of particular rough road, or summat. Then anyone who rides that segment (and segments have a direction) will see the segment in their ride data along with how they fared on it compared to others. You could certainly make a whole ride a segment. Strava doesn't pick any of the segments. It's entirely done by people signed up on Strava. That's one reason I don't buy any arguments that Strava is liable in any way for what anyone does on segments.danfoz said:I'm not much of a Strava-phile so I'll ask: Does one rider plug in a route which other riders are able to compare against (and by virtue of popularity get more competition than others), or are the routes determined by Strava (which seems downright impossible considering the scope)? Â
There are garbage segments near here that end 15-20 meters past stop signs and round-a-bouts, madness if you ask me. It's not a case of my GPS being out either, others have confirmed them.Originally Posted by maydog .
A lot of "garbage" segments are created and several potentially dangerous segments as well. All users are allowed to Flag segments as hazardous which then hides the leaderboard until Strava reviews the segment and potentially removes the flag. As Strava gains in popularity, the number of casual users is increasing and many are making more wierd segments.
If someone has elevation issues on their Garmin on a ride (e.g., it gets really wet) then sometimes bad elevation data is created which triggers Strava to auto-create a climb that doesn't exist. You can tell these because they are always "categorised" climbs and use the road name plus the word "climb" at the end. They will disregard junctions, stop signs, etc. because Strava doesn't note them.Originally Posted by ambal .
There are garbage segments near here that end 15-20 meters past stop signs and round-a-bouts, madness if you ask me. It's not a case of my GPS being out either, others have confirmed them.
That sounds like a really good idea.Originally Posted by joroshiba .
I have heard through the Grapevine that Strava is considering creating a system of segment confirmation by their Ambassadors. Basically if you create a segment an Ambassador will look it over, confirm that it has reason to stand seperately from other segments in place, and you won't die (Ambassador's are all over the place in the place right now they get free Strava premium and a kit I believe as well as beta testing of upcoming features). Rumor was that they were going to start testing this in NYC, specifically tackling central park where one lap nets you like 50 segments at the moment.
Again all rumor and grapevine stuff.
I think it's a terrible idea actually. Lots of older segments are garbage (in part because for a while Strava had a bug which moved the start and finish points from where you made them to 500m further up the road) so why should newer segments have to meet some standard before they are allowed?Originally Posted by steve .
That sounds like a really good idea.
I paid a while back just to see what was in the premium for the extended metrics and I will not renew the next time around. I do like it from a social aspect and that I can follow guys like Kevin Metcalfe, Jesse Anthony and a few others. I like it from the most basic view of just seeing hours and days trained or even seeing how they did in a race with metrics like miles and timing. The power metrics for some of those guys are not too far off most of the time, but you do not know if they have well calibrated equipment on every single ride as we sometimes find out and sometimes guys like Kevin will mention this when they post up their data. Of the guys that I follow I like Kevin the most because he is so open and honest about what he does.Originally Posted by smaryka .
Tbh I'm getting more and more annoyed with Strava these days. So many bugs, so many decent feature requests being ignored, meanwhile they keep promoting their silly challenges. I was a premium user for a long time but I haven't bothered to pay for it now in several months as I no longer feel it's worth paying for.
An 80 mile rehab ride? Nice!Originally Posted by Felt_Rider .
I did an 80 mile ride that I called a rehab ride
What can I say? I'm not that smart, but I do like riding my bike rain, pain or shine/img/vbsmilies/smilies/biggrin.gifOriginally Posted by danfoz .
An 80 mile rehab ride? Nice!
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