Strava

[BMWBen]

Silver940 said:

BMWBen said:

Real or no real:

http://www.strava.com/activities/206569207

What you reckon?

The bit that peaked my interest was the section of 60km/h for 1.5 minutes on flat road. The cornering speeds do seem realistic though. I think.

Looking at the analysis my thinking is a motor vehicle of some kind.

Too harsh acceleration? I'm wondering what you're looking at... I don't want to be a dick and flag it if it's genuine.

[okgo]

BMWBen said:

Too harsh acceleration? I'm wondering what you're looking at... I don't want to be a dick and flag it if it's genuine.

Lets look at it logically. Barely rides a bike, rides 6 miles, yet can ride at over 40mph on the flat without assistance?

Its not right either way you look at it. He is either drafting a vehicle or on a motorbike.

[numtumfutunch]

okgo said:

BMWBen said:

Too harsh acceleration? I'm wondering what you're looking at... I don't want to be a dick and flag it if it's genuine.

Lets look at it logically. Barely rides a bike, rides 6 miles, yet can ride at over 40mph on the flat without assistance?

Its not right either way you look at it. He is either drafting a vehicle or on a motorbike.

I did 40kph for a straight mile uphill assisted with a 50kph hurricane up my jacksy last week so its possible with a tailwind, but rather hooky that hes barely ridden all year

[okgo]

numtumfutunch said:

I did 40kph for a straight mile uphill assisted with a 50kph hurricane up my jacksy last week so its possible with a tailwind, but rather hooky that hes barely ridden all year

40 mph is a different ball game to 25 mph.

[TwistingMyMelon]

I can scrape up to 37mph on a flat/very slight downhill KOM near my house over 800 metres, nearly killed me (literally) as I ducked my head in to get as aero as poss so had no idea what was in front of me!! Thankfully was 1am in the morning and was quiet . Was pretty happy with it, I couldnt believe the extra effort needed to get from 28/29 av on the flat to 30+ av over a short distance

If he thinks he can hit 43mph on a pan flat road, blimey good on him, guess it would be possible with the wind behind you, lots of POOWWWEER and slipstreaming/sprinting others ...or just lieing...!

[MadDad]

I rode with Darren Kenny and Katie Colclough earlier this year, being a good domestique I spent the majority of the time on the front trying to hold the pace at around 22-25 mph - when they took their turn the pace went up to 30+ without too much effort, it only ever dropped to soft pedal up the hills!

Even with them cutting the air I still had to dig deep to A; keep up, B; make it look as if I wasn't digging deep to keep up!

[okgo]

Anyway, go and look at his rides from last year. Its quite obvious it is not real. You don't go from averaging 11 mph on a ride using the iphone app to those speeds.

[MadDad]

True, but the only person he is kidding is himself!!

[CoolC]

Does anyone know how to search for clubs in the mobile app?

I can't seem to work it out

[Vocal Minority]

MadDad said:

True, but the only person he is kidding is himself!!

I really have never understood the point of cheating strava...where is the satisfaction?

[Greenish]

CoolC said:

Does anyone know how to search for clubs in the mobile app?

I can't seem to work it out

Theres a few things you can't do on the app, liek search for clubs, other atheletes etc. You also cannot filter segments based on who you follow, or all your previous times - all you can do is who has done that segment that day / week / month.

[CoolC]

I figured so. I went searching on the desktop version this morning when I had the laptop on.

[wildwaters]

This is me an a mate getting a decent Strava time on the A23 this morning....enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7_Fq56g2c&src...

[ALawson]

wildwaters said:

This is me an a mate getting a decent Strava time on the A23 this morning....enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7_Fq56g2c&src...

Like the bunny hops over the white line.........and single handed riding.

[Napper]

That is absolutely awesome....... But without a helmet.... Crazy!

[scubadude]

Napper said:

That is absolutely awesome....... But without a helmet.... Crazy!

Oh dear- hope you got a flameproof suit on?

Actually this is "crazy" without leathers and FF helmet but rather than wear lycra you might as well be naked on a motorway at 80mph :-)

[Hippohiphooray]

BMWBen said:

Real or no real:

http://www.strava.com/activities/206569207

What you reckon?

The bit that peaked my interest was the section of 60km/h for 1.5 minutes on flat road. The cornering speeds do seem realistic though. I think.

Oh That's beyond funny. I ride down that way quite a lot. That's a bus route

[ALawson]

I see Veloviewer are now charging for access, £8.99 or £9.90 per year. According to a blog I saw yesterday.

[Silver940]

ALawson said:

I see Veloviewer are now charging for access, £8.99 or £9.90 per year. According to a blog I saw yesterday.

Seems so, a week left of freeness..

http://blog.veloviewer.com/

[Gruffy]

Can't argue with the chap charging for his work but I do think he'd have been better off making it a couple of quid rather than £10. It's a small amount, I know, but I don't think I'd pay £10. I only use it for the 100 climbs leaderboard. If it were a couple of quid I wouldn't have even thought about it.

I hope it works for him as he's clearly put a lot of work into it. It could certainly do with some polish if he's going to be charging for it. I wish him well but I'm out.