Robbie Stewart Posted October 30, 2018 Share I had one at Meerendal. It stood for almost 3 years, but it is taken now. At present I don't have the legs to take it back, but someday soon... Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdwet1980 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Got my first KOM today doing 100km/h up a hill for a couple of kms and into the wind with my heart doing maybe 60bpm. By tomorrow my KOM will be gone, but the hate mail I will hold close to my heart as a badge of honnor and cherish for as long as I live as this will be the only reminder of the atrocity towards human kind. Duane_Bosch, nonky, JanJan and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted July 17, 2019 Share Got my first KOM today doing 100km/h up a hill for a couple of kms and into the wind with my heart doing maybe 60bpm.By tomorrow my KOM will be gone, but the hate mail I will hold close to my heart as a badge of honnor and cherish for as long as I live as this will be the only reminder of the atrocity towards human kind. I get that 99.9% of the time it's just an innocent case of "forgot to stop my Garmin when I got into the car". But why leave it on Strava just to annoy people and not just crop your ride - don't get why some people get a kick out of that? Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted July 17, 2019 Share 11th spot on the downhill stuff. not bad for a 50yr old toppie. Ok, I was 48 at the time https://www.strava.com/segments/11976628 Pure Savage, Robbie Stewart, Andrew_Smith and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferro Posted July 17, 2019 Share Got my first KOM today doing 100km/h up a hill for a couple of kms and into the wind with my heart doing maybe 60bpm.By tomorrow my KOM will be gone, but the hate mail I will hold close to my heart as a badge of honnor and cherish for as long as I live as this will be the only reminder of the atrocity towards human kind. Can you post some of the best messages? Should make for interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted July 17, 2019 Share Got my first KOM today doing 100km/h up a hill for a couple of kms and into the wind with my heart doing maybe 60bpm.By tomorrow my KOM will be gone, but the hate mail I will hold close to my heart as a badge of honnor and cherish for as long as I live as this will be the only reminder of the atrocity towards human kind.So you get joy from intentionally being annoying to others. Well done. You win a troll KOM. BikeisLife and Skubarra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted July 17, 2019 Share Isn't that the inevitable conclusion of most Strava segments on open roads? Eventually a strong rider will come along in stormy conditions and post a ridiculous time that can only be bettered if you go out riding in a worse storm. I held the KOM on the section from D'Urbanvale entrance, down Adderley/Koeberg rd, to the T-junction with the Philadelphia road.This stood for quite a while (almost two years) before I got the message that my KOM was stolen, and by quite a few seconds also.Checking the conditions for that day, quite a stiff SE was blowing, so he had help from the weather gods.So before I can try and get "my" KOM back, I will have to get relatively fit again, and wait for a gale force SE to blow. edit: This was in 2014, and I got a lot slower since then, so I think this one is forever lost to me. Edited July 17, 2019 by Wannabe Skubarra and Reg Lizard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat2forLife Posted July 17, 2019 Share Maybe it's just because I'm too slow to have any, but I don't really understand why people make such a big fuss about KOMs ons Strava segments. Is it perhaps a case of caring too much about what your friends say and not enough about having the opportunity to just go ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted July 17, 2019 Share Maybe it's just because I'm too slow to have any, but I don't really understand why people make such a big fuss about KOMs ons Strava segments. Is it perhaps a case of caring too much about what your friends say and not enough about having the opportunity to just go ride?I dont think there are people going out on every ride KOM hunting. But if the conditions are lekker and you feeling good its great! Some segments I have ridden over 400 times and was no where near the top till one day, tail wind green lights, was lekker. There are about 8 people in the South that have most of the KOM's its lekker. Cat2forLife and JohanDiv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted July 17, 2019 Share Maybe it's just because I'm too slow to have any, but I don't really understand why people make such a big fuss about KOMs ons Strava segments. Is it perhaps a case of caring too much about what your friends say and not enough about having the opportunity to just go ride?When you have a KOM, the other people in the top 10, are not your friends. Pure Savage, Cat2forLife, Skubarra and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted July 17, 2019 Share 11th spot on the downhill stuff. not bad for a 50yr old toppie. Ok, I was 48 at the time https://www.strava.com/segments/11976628A few savages there Well done thats quick! MTBeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted July 17, 2019 Share When you have a KOM, the other people in the top 10, are not your friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted July 17, 2019 Share My best is the KOM hunters in cars doing 112km/h average in a 80km/h zone. People do not like being called out on twitter for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted July 17, 2019 Share Maybe it's just because I'm too slow to have any, but I don't really understand why people make such a big fuss about KOMs ons Strava segments. Is it perhaps a case of caring too much about what your friends say and not enough about having the opportunity to just go ride?Om te meet is om te weet. Skubarra, Cav', Wannabe and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted July 17, 2019 Share Maybe it's just because I'm too slow to have any, but I don't really understand why people make such a big fuss about KOMs ons Strava segments. Is it perhaps a case of caring too much about what your friends say and not enough about having the opportunity to just go ride? I guess in the first place you must have a few KOM's to understand what the fuss is about? Appeals to our competitive nature & egos, gives you goals when you are training, are fun to chase, feels like an achievement especially if you had to work for it a bit. Some days you can "just go ride" (usually when the KOM's are too difficult to get...) and other days you can chase something, nothing wrong with either option. Cat2forLife, Wannabe, Spinnekop and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 17, 2019 Share Is it okay to slipstream a truck, at a 70km/h average, and not get onto the top 10 leaderboard? Asking for a friend. Reg Lizard, Popit, slickjay007 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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