Strava..... For dummies

[rattlesnake]

Love strava, best ap ever, but......don't love some of the newbies;

 

So in the interest of promoting peace and love in strava land, I thought I would take it upon myself to put together a few pointers on using strava (for the newbies out there with errr let's say less time to think things through properly)

 

1. When you finish your rides press "stop" on your garmin device BEFORE getting in your car

2. If you forget to do so, and its ok, it happens, do NOT upload your ride file.......

 

Why? Because you screw up the leader boards on every climb that you have driven.

 

Rant off, thank you.

Edited December 13, 2012 by rattlesnake

[divernick]

And if you know that you've messed up as above, please crop your ride.

[HLTGN]

Flag that ride!

[rattlesnake]

Flag that ride!

 

Flagging takes effort, get notification emails almost daily lately of lost KOM,s to guys going up 7% gradient climbs at 80km/hr!

[Bennie Dikwiel]

Love strava, best ap ever, but......don't love some of the newbies;

 

So in the interest of promoting peace and love in strava land, I thought I would take it upon myself to put together a few pointers on using strava (for the newbies out there with errr let's say less time to think things through properly)

 

1. When you finish your rides press "stop" on your garmin device BEFORE getting in your car

2. If you forget to do so, and its ok, it happens, do NOT upload your ride file.......

 

Why? Because you screw up the leader boards on every climb that you have driven.

 

Rant off, thank you.

 

Wait until someone board a plane with his Garmin still tracking - now THAT would be a serious KOM to beat...

[Pusher]

Is Strava available for BB? Looked on the web and saw only iPhone and Android.

[Rudi Pollard]

I got some random readings on strava for my ride over the weekend. Recorded the ride with my Bryton GPS, but when uploaded to Strava the ride time is incorrect. On Brytons website its correct. I did flag the ride, as my average speed according to Strava was 58kmph through Northern Farms.

Edited December 13, 2012 by lapa

[dirtrider]

This is so funny .

[Agteros]

Flag that ride!

Flagging takes effort, get notification emails almost daily lately of lost KOM,s to guys going up 7% gradient climbs at 80km/hr!

I've flagged numerous rides where people are going 70+ on uphills whether I'm the KOM or not. Always good to move up on position

[Man with no name]

Like koi pond hill before they cleaned it up. Some oke went up the hill to dainfern avg 97 kmh.

[word]

I have a strava reading that has me at something ridiculous like 190km/h - best part is that somebody took my KOM by a second. I was not in my car at the time as I do not drive to the ride.

 

What do you mean "flag the ride"?

[Cav']

Flagging takes effort, get notification emails almost daily lately of lost KOM,s to guys going up 7% gradient climbs at 80km/hr!

[Stretch]

must say - i hardly see any car kom's...but then very little of my ride is on tar, and when it is, it is on popular climbs so people probably flag it

 

P.S...all we all part of the hub group on strava? - i am

[jannosmit]

Is Strava available for BB? Looked on the web and saw only iPhone and Android.

 

No - you can use Endomondo then export your .gpx files to Strava

[Rudi Pollard]

must say - i hardly see any car kom's...but then very little of my ride is on tar, and when it is, it is on popular climbs so people probably flag it

 

P.S...all we all part of the hub group on strava? - i am

 

how do I find the group on Strava?

[rouxtjie]

http://app.strava.com/clubs/the-hub-sa

 

Ta lapa...only 32 of us

Edited December 14, 2012 by rouxtjie