Strava

[WinstonWolf]

TonyHetherington said:

ooo that's annoying.

For big mega rides, I'll share. But I'd lose friends very quickly if I shared every ride I made (especially commuting!). Plus, I'd become "the bike guy"...I really don't want to become that

Yup, I think you can turn it off again but I'd *already* turned it off

[Devil2575]

TonyHetherington said:

ooo that's annoying.

For big mega rides, I'll share. But I'd lose friends very quickly if I shared every ride I made (especially commuting!). Plus, I'd become "the bike guy"...I really don't want to become that

I don't have it on for that reason, also it would enable my wife to see that i'd actually left work a bit early and gone for a extended ride home rather than comming straight back to help with the kids

[Kermit power]

louiebaby said:

I'm sure I will have ridden that at some point inthe past. You can follow me...

I have a Strava challange I'm just working out at the moment, you have to promise to hep me on hat though. Deal?

Ha!

Who are you on Strava? You could be one of the five already!

To make it really annoying, whilst one mate is 22 seconds (iirc) on 3:46, the second and third guys are only 2 and 1 second ahead of me on a segment of over 4 minutes...

[Dizeee]

Wish I'd known. Rode part of that this week at 1am trying to get home but not that length.

That said, managed this at Clapham Junction: https://www.strava.com/activities/349858603/segmen...

Guess 1 out of 1434 ain't bad!

[ALawson]

Any premium users with a Garmin 1000 used the live segments yet? I assume you need to have it Bluetooth linked to your phone?

[adamwri]

Kermit power said:

I was rather pleased to get a PR this morning from Balham to Clapham Common, especially as I was on my cross bike with 35c tyres and panniers.

Looking on Strava, I was rather chuffed to see I'd averaged 20mph for the first time, was 532nd out of 5,192 people..... and 4th out of 5 people I'm following!

Would anyone slow care to volunteer to ride the segment so that I can follow them?

I'll be commuting up that way myself soon, feel free to follow and get ahead of me all the way up to Waterloo!

[teambeer]

Dizeee said:

Wish I'd known. Rode part of that this week at 1am trying to get home but not that length.

That said, managed this at Clapham Junction: https://www.strava.com/activities/349858603/segmen...

Guess 1 out of 1434 ain't bad!

I live 2 minutes away from there.. challenge accepted

[MC Bodge]

Kermit power said:

Ha!

Who are you on Strava? You could be one of the five already!

To make it really annoying, whilst one mate is 22 seconds (iirc) on 3:46, the second and third guys are only 2 and 1 second ahead of me on a segment of over 4 minutes...

Given the +/- error on the timings, they might not be faster than you.

[Chicken Chaser]

ALawson said:

Any premium users with a Garmin 1000 used the live segments yet? I assume you need to have it Bluetooth linked to your phone?

The 1000 looks the dogs knob, I know someone who has one but I haven't seen it on action. It's a big old beast though,not one for the weight weenies!

[numtumfutunch]

I have an 810 and without trying seem to have live strava segments enabled
It doesnt need a phone connection

There is a good write up on DC Rainmaker but basically when you approach one of your favourites it counts down and then gives you the map screen with time split ahead/down, PB for that segment and then follows you as you do it

I agree the 1000 looks a monster too.........

[SystemParanoia]

Went out to do some hill repeats thins morning, and manged to get a KOM completely by accident on the down hill part of it

I think next time ill actually pedal and take it out of reach of everyone else

[Dizeee]

teambeer said:

I live 2 minutes away from there.. challenge accepted

Good luck, did that at 1am

[Gruffy]

numtumfutunch said:

I have an 810 and without trying seem to have live strava segments enabled
It doesnt need a phone connection

There is a good write up on DC Rainmaker but basically when you approach one of your favourites it counts down and then gives you the map screen with time split ahead/down, PB for that segment and then follows you as you do it

I agree the 1000 looks a monster too.........

Already? I thought this was a future release that hadn't happened yet? Definitely Strava segments and not Garmin segments?

[okgo]

Dizeee said:

Good luck, did that at 1am

And had smart recording on by the looks of it, but then so did the other KOM so I guess its much for much, if you turned it off I think it would cost you 3 or seconds looking at that.

You didn't think to ride to Wimbldeon (where your train surely stops?) as its a lot closer..? Or does it not stop there...

[Dizeee]

Whats smart recording?

All trains had left by time I finished work. This was the last option to get me home

[okgo]

Dizeee said:

Whats smart recording?

All trains had left by time I finished work. This was the last option to get me home

Ah I thought you meant you got to clapham and missed the train when there!

Its a feature in your garmin, it essentially messes up the recording of data by making assumptions vs recording data points every second, on short segments where each 1s or so can make a big difference to an overall placing you often find many of the fastest people have done those times because they had that feature on which gifted them time.

For example, segment has you down as 29mph avg, but when you analyse the segment it was actually 27avg, I would turn it off purely as I can't see what good it does over taking many more data points.

[Dizeee]

Oh. Had no idea this even existed. I use a 200 but will play about with it. I got baulked by a bus right at the end so im not that bothered about it really. Tbh i didnt even knew that was a segment as ive never ridden it before.

[Silver940]

Doesn't on the 200 as I recall. Samples every 3 secs, sometimes works for you sometimes against in Strava land.

[mcelliott]

Finally a clear run on the Barral.

https://www.strava.com/activities/357878094#852473...

[Silver940]

No more Google maps in Strava then, OSM intstead.

The off road tracks are marked better but shame to lose Streetview.

https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/95423147-Feedba...