Why am I not a Strava segment person any more?
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How else do you get a KOM?
Genuinely curious. I don't even live in a heavily populated area, but nearly every single KOM worth mentioning is held by a pretty good Cat 1 or 2 (with a select few held by a former TdF jersey wearer). There aren't many KOMs you can just roll through in the middle of a workout and get a crown around here, and again, I'm talking segments with only 200-300 users. They all have to be planned and targeted.
Genuinely curious. I don't even live in a heavily populated area, but nearly every single KOM worth mentioning is held by a pretty good Cat 1 or 2 (with a select few held by a former TdF jersey wearer). There aren't many KOMs you can just roll through in the middle of a workout and get a crown around here, and again, I'm talking segments with only 200-300 users. They all have to be planned and targeted.
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Agree with this. I don't know about planning an entire ride around a KOM effort, but even if so I don't see how that's a bad thing if that's what you're in to. For sure anything of "value" as far as segments go around here isn't just gonna fall into your lap. I'm in Utah, lots of big time climbs, we also have (or had) the Tour of Utah and plenty of pro's train here so if someone wants to get after a competitive KOM it's not gonna happen by accident. Leaderboards are pretty stacked but I'm pretty sure that's the idea of a KOM or FKT for the non-Strava crowd. Nobody in this thread is hating on Strava, but when people do it's kinda silly. You don't have to like what someone else likes, if a dude is into KOM hunting and he's strong enough to go get them, get after it! This is a hobby that we do for fun!
I personally don't consider KOMs on descents or ones that require you to run signs or lights legitimate, just out of the principal of safety. That eliminates probably 80% of ours right there.
Everyone around here know what the legit KOMs are, I'm sure every cycling town does.
How else do you get a KOM?
Genuinely curious. I don't even live in a heavily populated area, but nearly every single KOM worth mentioning is held by a pretty good Cat 1 or 2 (with a select few held by a former TdF jersey wearer). There aren't many KOMs you can just roll through in the middle of a workout and get a crown around here, and again, I'm talking segments with only 200-300 users. They all have to be planned and targeted.
Genuinely curious. I don't even live in a heavily populated area, but nearly every single KOM worth mentioning is held by a pretty good Cat 1 or 2 (with a select few held by a former TdF jersey wearer). There aren't many KOMs you can just roll through in the middle of a workout and get a crown around here, and again, I'm talking segments with only 200-300 users. They all have to be planned and targeted.
A lot of these KOMs are essentially on training rides of semi pros (Phil Gaimon has a boatload), or during the Redlands Classic Race.
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LOL, I don't try unless on my ride I am going through a segment that fits my planned route, I feel great, and the wind is favorable. I mainly ride in the Boulder area, good lord there are a lot of fast guys and girls there.
My buddies I often ride with, plan the route based on the wind and the segment to correspond to trying to get a KOM. That does nothing for me. To each his own though. Nothing against anyone who does. I ride with great people, and I love going fast just as much as them. The only segments around me with 200 users is in someones neighborhood, certainly not any hills around here, nor any of the roads I ride.
My buddies I often ride with, plan the route based on the wind and the segment to correspond to trying to get a KOM. That does nothing for me. To each his own though. Nothing against anyone who does. I ride with great people, and I love going fast just as much as them. The only segments around me with 200 users is in someones neighborhood, certainly not any hills around here, nor any of the roads I ride.
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I just got a new Garmin that has some pop-up that says whether I'm on a Strava segment. Super annoying. I need to figure out how to turn it off.
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Making a kilometer blurry
I may have to quit Strava. WR Jr. went and did the hill behind our house 2s slower than my PR during his 1' test. Ugh.
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Thank you. I was doing intervals on Sunday afternoon and it keeps telling me I'm riding on segments I created myself.
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I've gotten my time trial bike set up after having it hang on the wall for the last four years. I'm seriously contemplating taking every KOM within a 10 mile radius of my house now. Every single one. It looks soooo fast.
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Do you have a TT helmet/disc wheel/skinsuit and all the goodies???
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Time in position matters a good bit on the TT bike for the longer segments. Shorter ones in the 5min and less range, sure, it won't matter at all. Just set it up safely and hunker down.
Just to say..........I get a lot of people always are like "If only I had a TT bike I could be a hero". They equate the purchase with the outcome.
It's more accurate to say "if I had a TT bike, and trained on it at least 50% of my rides, and have spent hours doing aero testing my position and components........and.....and.....".
Just to say..........I get a lot of people always are like "If only I had a TT bike I could be a hero". They equate the purchase with the outcome.
It's more accurate to say "if I had a TT bike, and trained on it at least 50% of my rides, and have spent hours doing aero testing my position and components........and.....and.....".
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Time in position matters a good bit on the TT bike for the longer segments. Shorter ones in the 5min and less range, sure, it won't matter at all. Just set it up safely and hunker down.
Just to say..........I get a lot of people always are like "If only I had a TT bike I could be a hero". They equate the purchase with the outcome.
It's more accurate to say "if I had a TT bike, and trained on it at least 50% of my rides, and have spent hours doing aero testing my position and components........and.....and.....".
Just to say..........I get a lot of people always are like "If only I had a TT bike I could be a hero". They equate the purchase with the outcome.
It's more accurate to say "if I had a TT bike, and trained on it at least 50% of my rides, and have spent hours doing aero testing my position and components........and.....and.....".
My TT bike aero pads are actually a little higher than my road bike bar on which I rest my forearms (because my road bars are lower for sprinting). I run 165 cranks on both bikes, and saddle position is nearly identical.
I've only tested it out so far and am hoping to do a proper ride today, but position wise I think it should be very feasible to hold fur a good duration.
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