So, I just downloaded Strava on my Android. I’ve done two rides with it but I have some questions.
How do you create a segment? There’s a nice little 4 mile neighborhood in the area that would be a great place to create a … KOM? Is that what it’s called? How do I create one?
When out on a ride, will the app automatically track my progress on a segment? So can I warm up with the GPS on, and then start the segment without reaching into my jersey for the phone?
Are there any cool features I’m missing? Basically, the only thing jumps out is the segment challenge. Do you use it for anything else?
My bike computer says 20.4 mph avg. My Strava says 21.3. Which is correct?
You can only create segments on the computer when you looking at the rides. You don’t have to do anything special on the rides to do the segments. It takes them out when you upload the ride. I used my iphone with it for a while and it does work a little better with the edge 500. It will give you power estimates if you don’t have a power meter and I have found them to be pretty close to my rides with the power meter.
The strava uses the gps so the distance isn’t that accurate but it shouldn’t be off from your computer that much. You might want to check your calibration number on your bike computer.
You can go to Strava.com and get all these answers…
Nah.
It automatically tracks your performance on any existing segments.
And you can also create your own segments, which you can make public, or keep private.
Too bad there’s not a website someplace w all this info on it.
You can go to Strava.com and get all these answers…
Nah.
It automatically tracks your performance on any existing segments.
And you can also create your own segments, which you can make public, or keep private.
Too bad there’s not a website someplace w all this info on it.
I swear, I’ve looked all over their FAQ etc and couldn’t see anything about segments or KOMs. I’m kinda in a vacuum so I appreciate the forum’s help…
I use it to monitor my buddies activity, and even those I do nto personally know but ride the same areas. Good at motivation when one of them bests you on a segment. Nice to see what friends who you don’t ride with all the time are doing. Give kudos or talk shit.
I find it fun and motivational, but not much more that that.
As was said, to create segments you need to be on the website.
The existing ones are what they are.
Oh - and I also think that sometimes Strava will automatically create a segment for an obvious section of road or trail.
There are some segments that are supposedly “mine”, yet I never personally created them.
So unless I have a Tyler Durden-esque alter ego running around doing this shit, it musta been Strava doing it.
Unless you are in the middle of nowhere, a lot of segments are probably already there.
The rest of my season will not be following any plan - it will simply be waking up, deciding which way the wind is blowing and picking a segment that I can crush… with a tailwind.
The rest of my season will not be following any plan - it will simply be waking up, deciding which way the wind is blowing and picking a segment that I can crush… with a tailwind.
I didn’t believe it when someone told me people actually do this. But apparently they do.
The rest of my season will not be following any plan - it will simply be waking up, deciding which way the wind is blowing and picking a segment that I can crush… with a tailwind.
nah, this don’t work. Don’t you have to ride the segment in the correct direction to get put on the list.
You can’t just cruise down a big climb and make KOM : ) LOL
group rides are great when you’re just riding along and all of a sudden, half the bunch wakes up and starts HAMMERING for some reason. Ahhhh, strava!
so much fun, yet so much pain. hard to keep workouts under control when you keep coming across segments. Wish there was a way to know when you’re coming up on one other than checking the route before you go out.
so much fun, yet so much pain. hard to keep workouts under control when you keep coming across segments. Wish there was a way to know when you’re coming up on one other than checking the route before you go out.
that’s one reason why this seems silly to me, if you’re training to actually race. If I’m out for a long ride I’m not interested in hammering any one hill so hard. Same thing if out doing hill intervals. I will ride them hard but I’m not going to blow the workout trying to get a KOM on one of them.
Maybe after the season is over and I’m in “just riding around mode”. (and then, I’m probably not interested in burying myself). I guess if your ‘race’ is racing on Strava … then OK. Seems pretty fredly though. I loaded some rides and ended up with a number of KOMs and now I’m getting these annoying messages that someone “stole” it.
Oh - and I also think that sometimes Strava will automatically create a segment for an obvious section of road or trail.
There are some segments that are supposedly “mine”, yet I never personally created them.
So unless I have a Tyler Durden-esque alter ego running around doing this shit, it musta been Strava doing it.
If Strava finds a big climb on your activity that has not been made into a Segment yet, it will do so automagically. This happens to me quite a bit when I start uploading my trail runs. It gives them terrible names to. They use the name of the nearest road to name the segment which works great for road cycling, not so much for a trail run where you don’t follow roads.
that’s one reason why this seems silly to me, if you’re training to actually race. If I’m out for a long ride I’m not interested in hammering any one hill so hard. Same thing if out doing hill intervals. I will ride them hard but I’m not going to blow the workout trying to get a KOM on one of them.
Maybe after the season is over and I’m in “just riding around mode”. (and then, I’m probably not interested in burying myself). I guess if your ‘race’ is racing on Strava … then OK. Seems pretty fredly though. I loaded some rides and ended up with a number of KOMs and now I’m getting these annoying messages that someone “stole” it.
Oh - and I also think that sometimes Strava will automatically create a segment for an obvious section of road or trail.
There are some segments that are supposedly “mine”, yet I never personally created them.
So unless I have a Tyler Durden-esque alter ego running around doing this shit, it musta been Strava doing it.
If Strava finds a big climb on your activity that has not been made into a Segment yet, it will do so automagically. This happens to me quite a bit when I start uploading my trail runs. It gives them terrible names to. They use the name of the nearest road to name the segment which works great for road cycling, not so much for a trail run where you don’t follow roads.
This. x infinity.
Really annoying auto-naming of trail segments. Often giving several different segments the same name, since no other roads are nearby.
As for downhill KOM’s - oh yes, you can get those too.
I set one up for the Mohonk descent at AmZof, and that bitch is mine, all mine.
There are 2 downhill segments on Bear Mountain (which were already there) - so naturally I had to go take those out too.
Somebody’s gonna need a moto to take down the longer one - I lucked out and had a nice tailwind that day.
