Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 But what if I'm stronger in teh first part of the segment than teh second part?Then that's your problem. Gauge your improvement on the overall time, or just make the segment private.
marko35s Posted February 7, 2017 Author Posted February 7, 2017 Then that's your problem. Gauge your improvement on the overall time, or just make the segment private.This bit.
Wil6 Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Then that's your problem. Gauge your improvement on the overall time, or just make the segment private.Sorry I forgot to write in my sarcastic font. Could not give a hoot about segments and how many there are. Created a couple on the XCO track we build in Bloem. Featured in a couple of top 10's, until our SA Cup events. Man o man those kids can ride. Yoh
LazyTrailRider Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 ... edit ... Realised I had factual errors in my post so have removed, oops! ... edit ...
marko35s Posted February 7, 2017 Author Posted February 7, 2017 ... edit ... Realised I had factual errors in my post so have removed, oops! ... edit ...Hurry up and edit, I have the worlds wittiest reply waiting. No really...
Mathieu_Schneuwly Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Tokai trails have changed and evolved over the years so that will lead to multiple segments covering the "latest" version of the trail. The fact that old times will remain for new segments is in itself flawed - if you delete a segment of an old version of a trail you must surely delete the results achieved on that old version? If you create a new segment with approximately the same start and end points, strava will look at historical data and retrospectively give results. I see this as a problem which has not been addressed by the efforts above.
Skubarra Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Tokai trails have changed and evolved over the years so that will lead to multiple segments covering the "latest" version of the trail. The fact that old times will remain for new segments is in itself flawed - if you delete a segment of an old version of a trail you must surely delete the results achieved on that old version? If you create a new segment with approximately the same start and end points, strava will look at historical data and retrospectively give results. I see this as a problem which has not been addressed by the efforts above. I guess this the upside of this and all Strava's other flaws is that it forces you not to take Strava too seriously
marko35s Posted February 7, 2017 Author Posted February 7, 2017 Tokai trails have changed and evolved over the years so that will lead to multiple segments covering the "latest" version of the trail. The fact that old times will remain for new segments is in itself flawed - if you delete a segment of an old version of a trail you must surely delete the results achieved on that old version? If you create a new segment with approximately the same start and end points, strava will look at historical data and retrospectively give results. I see this as a problem which has not been addressed by the efforts above.That is basically what we have asked them to do, in effect archive the old segments and results.
Pure Savage Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Sometimes the problem is the first person to create the strava segment used his iphone data recording and throws the elevation off 100% of the segment. I have found that if you have 10 mates that are like minded you can force your segment to be the one that shows to randoms. You can click hide on the segments you dont like and star the segments you do like. We have done this a few times and now when randoms look at the segment they no longer to the random other ones.
Mathieu_Schneuwly Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 I guess this the upside of this and all Strava's other flaws is that it forces you not to take Strava too seriously That is basically what we have asked them to do, in effect archive the old segments and results. Indeed strava should not be taken too/so seriously - but I'm sure this will upset some people. I guess Strava could update their whole website and app, its quite archaic.A button to "ignore this segment" and (did not know this was already possible) a more powerful filter which can exclude results from anytime back would go a long way.
Pure Savage Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Here is an example of Strava hiding random ones. If you were to do the segment for the first time as my boss did the other day, strava only shows the Pure Savage segment. It hides the other 3 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Wil6 Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 I guess this the upside of this and all Strava's other flaws is that it forces you not to take Strava too seriouslyOne plus point, we caught a guy cheating in a local race from he's Strava info..it was a lap race of 25km, and many short cuts were taken
Pure Savage Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 One plus point, we caught a guy cheating in a local race from he's Strava info..it was a lap race of 25km, and many short cuts were taken Thats amazing, you can flag his strava ride, DQ him and notify him via a comment on his strava that he cheated. What some people do to brag to their friends boggles the mind.
Skubarra Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 One plus point, we caught a guy cheating in a local race from he's Strava info..it was a lap race of 25km, and many short cuts were taken Also a nice way to catch rogue riders on the local trails I even managed to figure out Die Muishond's real identity by going through his strava history
Headshot Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Strava does some odd things too because GPS data is so variable I think. I have seen road rides in the vicinity of certain MTB segments claim top ten spots and recently my mtb ride failed to show on the same segment despite and obvious match. When checking Strava it claimed my ride deviated from the segment too much and they could not match it. I emailed them and they matched it manually.
Donovan Le Cok Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Cool, well done for doing this. The segments were a mess.
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