E-bike Strava chasers

[Paddaman]

I see the pros hide their HR and PWR data. How can you do that? 

Strava volunteers too much information for competitive athletes to be comfortable with it.  As a joke I showed a club member what he had posted on Strava during a three day club competition.  I analyzed his performance against mine, compared HR rates during the day's stage and speculated on recovery rates after each attack.  (Basically I showed how this data could be used to plan the next day's race, right down to when and how hard to attack to ensure that he blew properly).   Needless to say he stopped posting his results for the rest of the event.  

[Duane_Bosch]

I also don't get guys who upload Strava when they went to gym... 

Like an IDT session? I do that. but mine shows km's. No elevation tho. Even tho it often feels like a climb up an Alp.

[Duane_Bosch]

lol well it ain't working and they gooi me plenty kudos. I am not interested in following someone I don't know/know of. Your pics on IG recently were lekker, I was very jealous.

IG?

[Jewbacca]

For some its a fitness tracker and those sessions add to your CTL

Really? Does strava have the tools to actually accurately log things like gym and Chronic Training Loads? 

Wouldn't something like Training Peaks be a better solution?

[Long Wheel Base]

IG?

Instagram

[mecheng89]

Really? Does strava have the tools to actually accurately log things like gym and Chronic Training Loads? 

Wouldn't something like Training Peaks be a better solution?

If you have an expensive (I hate the term smart) GPS activity device, such as the excellent Edge 520, and frankly some of the older models such as the 510/800/810, you can engage Indoor Mode. Then you link your Wattbike and HR monitor to your Garmin, it picks up speed/HR/cadence/PWR and you upload that to your training analysis software of your choice. Same with watches, but in particular the XT series. It "knows"when you are running on the treadmill, or you can tell it you're about to. The Fenix series does this very well too. 

[mecheng89]

Really? Does strava have the tools to actually accurately log things like gym and Chronic Training Loads? 

Wouldn't something like Training Peaks be a better solution?

Acitivty logging - great

CTL/ATL, anything analytical - useless

[Patchelicious]

Really? Does strava have the tools to actually accurately log things like gym and Chronic Training Loads? 

Wouldn't something like Training Peaks be a better solution?

Fixed, so that I can say "yes"

[TIB]

Check your privacy settings periodically. I'm quite paranoid about it so only people whom I personally know follow me. 

If you train alone then set your FlyBy to private as well. No one can see your ride but you can see theirs if they aren't hidden as well. 

 

Strava has become far too "social" for me. But if that's the direction they want to take, so be it. Useless to analyse your rides. GC (Garmin Connect and GoldenCheetah for that matter) do a much better job. King of Mountain should be renamed King of Segment, since many KOMs here are nowhere near mountainous. 

 

KOS. I'll chew on that....

[Duane_Bosch]

Instagram

Ooooh. Haha. Sorry. My brain isn't engaged today.

 

My Mate Martin is organizing a trip for Next year if you are keen. More Giro roads than you can shake a stick at and more climbing than your legs will like.

 

And cheaper than the F place that I'm not allowed to talk about on here.

[NGM]

Just got flagged

Like a 3 min segment

My avg bpm 170

Average power just over 400 megawatts

 

Jealousy makes people nasty

400 megawatts is literally a million times more power than i can put out for a similar time period, so I'm pretty jealous too. Although it wasn't me that flagged you. 

[Skubarra]

Have you joined a club/group recently?

 

I left most of my clubs/groups, after that the kudos from random people all over the world mostly dried up.

 

Not paranoid about my privacy like mecheng but all these random kudos were annoying.

 

Also think the club/group thing is not a bad idea but for the most part not really useful in practice.

[Coolspin]

Thought about getting Strava set up to check how fast / slow I am, to monitor my progress and long term fitness levels, while constantly being measured against other riders whilst partaking in my leisure activity.

 

Went upstairs and lay down until the thought passed.

Feel much better now.

[thisismyotherbike]

I left most of my clubs/groups, after that the kudos from random people all over the world mostly dried up.

 

Not paranoid about my privacy like mecheng but all these random kudos were annoying.

 

Also think the club/group thing is not a bad idea but for the most part not really useful in practice.

 

The Privacy Zones feature has largely managed any privacy concerns I had.  I'm happy with anybody seeing my training, most of my weekday training is on the IDT anyway.  But the location of my home remains private.

 

https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000173384-Privacy-Zones

[Skubarra]

The Privacy Zones feature has largely managed any privacy concerns I had.  I'm happy with anybody seeing my training, most of my weekday training is on the IDT anyway.  But the location of my home remains private.

 

https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000173384-Privacy-Zones

 

Yes the privacy zone is the only  "privacy feature" I use. Just a bit too easy on Strava for anyone to see exactly where you live!

[Thor Buttox]

Yes the privacy zone is the only "privacy feature" I use. Just a bit too easy on Strava for anyone to see exactly where you live!

I don't use it because in my mind I expect to come home to hero's welcome after another successful Strav-Adventure. (And I am no longer worried about the local crash and breaker and bike stealing mofo, touch wood.)