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You can look at anyone's ride private or not if you find their name in a segment and then go to the ride it was done in.
Made even easier when on someone's page it lists recent achievements at the top even if they have their account locked down. So just copy and paste that segment into the explorer, filter by day and find the persons ride. Easy.
Made even easier when on someone's page it lists recent achievements at the top even if they have their account locked down. So just copy and paste that segment into the explorer, filter by day and find the persons ride. Easy.
Firstly, Some Gump? 
Secondly, a question...
I've looked at 'My Profile' to look at my KOM list. I picked up a (very cheap) new one today, and two other (similarly cheap) segments this past week. They're silly segments with only a handful of riders posting times on them (which, and it's sad I know, is why I targeted them). Anyway, I see a KOM on the list that I don't recognise. So I open it, and find that I'm the only rider to have a time credited. So I think "I must have created that one whilst drunk or something". It has abbreviations I wouldn't use and starts and ends where I'd never start or end a segment.
"That's odd", thinks I. I'll just have a wee edit of that so that it makes more sense. Only I can't edit it. Primarily because I didn't create it!
Here's the segment... https://www.strava.com/segments/9686035 ...and so to the question...
How is it possible that I'm the only rider on a segment, yet it wasn't me that created it??? After all, you can't create a segment outside of having ridden it yourself first.
Not massively bothered, just baffled. Only explanation I can think of is that whoever created it has since deleted their Strava account so that their activity on that segment has been flushed. It's more the sort of segment you'd create for a commute along fire roads than one you'd do for fun on a MTB. It's all either gravel fire roads or badly potholed quiet tarmac roads.
Secondly, a question...
I've looked at 'My Profile' to look at my KOM list. I picked up a (very cheap) new one today, and two other (similarly cheap) segments this past week. They're silly segments with only a handful of riders posting times on them (which, and it's sad I know, is why I targeted them). Anyway, I see a KOM on the list that I don't recognise. So I open it, and find that I'm the only rider to have a time credited. So I think "I must have created that one whilst drunk or something". It has abbreviations I wouldn't use and starts and ends where I'd never start or end a segment.
"That's odd", thinks I. I'll just have a wee edit of that so that it makes more sense. Only I can't edit it. Primarily because I didn't create it!
Here's the segment... https://www.strava.com/segments/9686035 ...and so to the question...
How is it possible that I'm the only rider on a segment, yet it wasn't me that created it??? After all, you can't create a segment outside of having ridden it yourself first.
Not massively bothered, just baffled. Only explanation I can think of is that whoever created it has since deleted their Strava account so that their activity on that segment has been flushed. It's more the sort of segment you'd create for a commute along fire roads than one you'd do for fun on a MTB. It's all either gravel fire roads or badly potholed quiet tarmac roads.
There seems to be some algorithm that creates segments for climbs. "I" created 3 when I visited Croatia, except I didn't.
IF someone's gps had a moment, and out silly climbing on (I once did 40k feet on a ride, except it was slat), they might (like me) choose to delete that ride to not cock the annual stats up.
If they did that, you'd be the only one one the segment possibly?
Tenuous but closest I have to likelihood..
IF someone's gps had a moment, and out silly climbing on (I once did 40k feet on a ride, except it was slat), they might (like me) choose to delete that ride to not cock the annual stats up.
If they did that, you'd be the only one one the segment possibly?
Tenuous but closest I have to likelihood..
Well, given that the segment that had me wondering was labelled as #2, I did a search.
Three similar segments were returned in the results...
https://www.strava.com/segments/13255367
https://www.strava.com/activities/720064223/segmen...
https://www.strava.com/segments/13490122
...one of them has no riders in the leaderboard, but I think I've identified the "culprit". Colin Juett seems to be the only name on two of these segments, and uses the same code/shorthand for his ride names.
Mystery solved really. All I wanted to be sure of was that I hadn't created this segment myself and then forgotten about it. I thought I was going doolally for a moment...
Three similar segments were returned in the results...
https://www.strava.com/segments/13255367
https://www.strava.com/activities/720064223/segmen...
https://www.strava.com/segments/13490122
...one of them has no riders in the leaderboard, but I think I've identified the "culprit". Colin Juett seems to be the only name on two of these segments, and uses the same code/shorthand for his ride names.
Mystery solved really. All I wanted to be sure of was that I hadn't created this segment myself and then forgotten about it. I thought I was going doolally for a moment...
Steve vRS said:
I've sort of fallen out with Strava recently. I used to check it all the time and religiously upload my rides as soon as I was home. I just can't be bothered at the moment. Maybe as I never get many KOMs.
I don't bother with looking at the records.There's always someone cheating on an electric bike or with full aero kit on.
I'm still keen on Strava - but there are some annoying things that go on locally. Mainly to do with people building segments based on poor GPS data. And crazy segment times from Phone App users. It got so silly on one segment I'd created that I deleted the damned thing, as I couldn't be bothered with 'flagging' most of the Top 10 times on it.
I just wish folk would check their GPS trace against 'satellite view' before committing to creating a new segment. Clue: If the reason you don't appear on the segment you evidently rode quite hard is GPS drift, then don't create a new one based on poor GPS data! Instead, either buy a more reliable GPS, or probably best to suck it up and re-ride it on another day and hope for less (or no) GPS drift away from the segment footprint.
And people 'flagging' my efforts on single-track MTB segments. No, I didn't ride the MTB segment today. I rode the road segment that runs parallel to it and less than 30 feet away. Read the Strava techies answers on the subject you fool. THE SEGMENTS ARE TOO CLOSE and so anyone riding one of the two will almost always get a time on both. And no, I'm not accepting your 'flag' - mainly because I was just transiting past your precious segment to put in some efforts later on my ride, and you're not denying me those efforts. And I just got a reply from STRAVA themselves - they agree, the flag has been removed, and you'll be blocked from flagging it again. So loosen up a bit, and create some segments that are NOT too close to road ones, then we can all live happily ever after...
I just wish folk would check their GPS trace against 'satellite view' before committing to creating a new segment. Clue: If the reason you don't appear on the segment you evidently rode quite hard is GPS drift, then don't create a new one based on poor GPS data! Instead, either buy a more reliable GPS, or probably best to suck it up and re-ride it on another day and hope for less (or no) GPS drift away from the segment footprint.
And people 'flagging' my efforts on single-track MTB segments. No, I didn't ride the MTB segment today. I rode the road segment that runs parallel to it and less than 30 feet away. Read the Strava techies answers on the subject you fool. THE SEGMENTS ARE TOO CLOSE and so anyone riding one of the two will almost always get a time on both. And no, I'm not accepting your 'flag' - mainly because I was just transiting past your precious segment to put in some efforts later on my ride, and you're not denying me those efforts. And I just got a reply from STRAVA themselves - they agree, the flag has been removed, and you'll be blocked from flagging it again. So loosen up a bit, and create some segments that are NOT too close to road ones, then we can all live happily ever after...
dave0010 said:
Hopefully someone can help, is there anyway to see your all time best efforts for 5k 10k 15k runs? Id like to see my old best times but have no idea how to do it. Will I have to upgrade to a premium account?
The Stravistix Chrome extension can do all that. No Premium necessary AFAIK.yellowjack said:
I'm still keen on Strava - but there are some annoying things that go on locally. Mainly to do with people building segments based on poor GPS data. And crazy segment times from Phone App users. It got so silly on one segment I'd created that I deleted the damned thing, as I couldn't be bothered with 'flagging' most of the Top 10 times on it.
I just wish folk would check their GPS trace against 'satellite view' before committing to creating a new segment. Clue: If the reason you don't appear on the segment you evidently rode quite hard is GPS drift, then don't create a new one based on poor GPS data! Instead, either buy a more reliable GPS, or probably best to suck it up and re-ride it on another day and hope for less (or no) GPS drift away from the segment footprint.
And people 'flagging' my efforts on single-track MTB segments. No, I didn't ride the MTB segment today. I rode the road segment that runs parallel to it and less than 30 feet away. Read the Strava techies answers on the subject you fool. THE SEGMENTS ARE TOO CLOSE and so anyone riding one of the two will almost always get a time on both. And no, I'm not accepting your 'flag' - mainly because I was just transiting past your precious segment to put in some efforts later on my ride, and you're not denying me those efforts. And I just got a reply from STRAVA themselves - they agree, the flag has been removed, and you'll be blocked from flagging it again. So loosen up a bit, and create some segments that are NOT too close to road ones, then we can all live happily ever after...
Amen +1... could not agree more.I just wish folk would check their GPS trace against 'satellite view' before committing to creating a new segment. Clue: If the reason you don't appear on the segment you evidently rode quite hard is GPS drift, then don't create a new one based on poor GPS data! Instead, either buy a more reliable GPS, or probably best to suck it up and re-ride it on another day and hope for less (or no) GPS drift away from the segment footprint.
And people 'flagging' my efforts on single-track MTB segments. No, I didn't ride the MTB segment today. I rode the road segment that runs parallel to it and less than 30 feet away. Read the Strava techies answers on the subject you fool. THE SEGMENTS ARE TOO CLOSE and so anyone riding one of the two will almost always get a time on both. And no, I'm not accepting your 'flag' - mainly because I was just transiting past your precious segment to put in some efforts later on my ride, and you're not denying me those efforts. And I just got a reply from STRAVA themselves - they agree, the flag has been removed, and you'll be blocked from flagging it again. So loosen up a bit, and create some segments that are NOT too close to road ones, then we can all live happily ever after...
Have the exact same issues round here with stupid segments and idiots that dont know how to create a decent one. There needsto be some sort of auditing process on strava for stupid segment creation. Idiots creating 60ft long ones that takes 2 seconds to do!! grrr
https://www.strava.com/activities/831504763
Strava Art Cock & Balls for cycling fans of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, South Australia.
Strava Art Cock & Balls for cycling fans of the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, South Australia.
Edited by luwak on Saturday 14th January 17:13
uncinqsix said:
Big Rod said:
What the hell happened at 80k? Did they fall off a cliff?
Looks like he stopped for a coffee at that point. He's using a Garmin Edge with a barometric altimeter, so I'm guessing that allowed time for the altitude to correct itself, or maybe a change in the weather.It's a bit 'hit & miss' though. As best as I can work out, my house is around 60 metres above sea level, plus or minus 10 metres because it's flat and contour lines are widely spaced. So I set the unit to remember that my driveway is "60m above MSL". I've also set some other elevation points, either at trig points, spot heights, or places where a contour line crosses a road or track at an easily recognised point. But sometimes I still leave home with the GPS unit reading 120 metres elevation (which is higher than the local trig point, FFS!), and it refuses to budge.
I've given up worrying about it now. Such errors are obvious, with a massive change in height via a vertical line. If it gifts me, or robs me of elevation, then so be it. It's the best data I've got access to, and far more than I really need if I'm honest with myself.
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