Originally Posted by
WhyFi
As others have mentioned, ebikes should be properly categorized. If someone is poaching segments on an ebike, you can often tell when looking at the segment analysis - the speed curves look unnatural - and flag the ride.
yep, pretty easy to tell from the amount (or lack of) of deceleration up a hill, heart rate and/or power data, the speed capping at 20 or 28, etc etc.
strava actually asked me once or twice whether a ride was on an e-bike (they were), so i think they are using some of the above algorithmic means as well.