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Damian indicated weighting comes down to position/# riders. So getting ranked on segments with more riders will do more than bagging KOM's on segments only a handful of riders have ridden.
Honestly though it's just a throwaway figure I don't see it as a valuable metric. Still to many variables involved to make it a meaningful way of ranking you based on Strava population.
Surely that's the same as Strava KOMs then? Too many variables involved.
The only real way to tell if you're faster than someone is to race against them.
Probably more meaningful than just numbers of KoMs, given how subjective some of those are.
I tend to find myself in the top quarter of people on the leaderboards. Higher on some, lower on others. So my 87 score or whatever seems pretty reasonable.
I tend to find myself in the top quarter of people on the leaderboards. Higher on some, lower on others. So my 87 score or whatever seems pretty reasonable.
Why not? It's a score based on your collective performance on your best stages. If you view it as just that, then of course it's meaningful. Maybe it appears less so because we're generally all scoring well, but hey, we're made up of quite a keen bunch of cyclists, so that shouldn't come as a great surprise.
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Entirely powered by cake obviously. I keep seeing segments where I've got practically the same time as skinny whippet climbers so I really want to get lighter and see how I compare when I'm in a similar weight bracket. My sweet tooth and complete lack of willpower has other ideas though.
I might have to take up TT'ing or track cycling where it's perfectly fine to be a chunk and stuff your face all day erry day.
Reading all these VV scores got me interested...
VeloViewer Score
86.65
From 28 of 111 segments.
Maximum possible score: 98.85
Makes sense to improve base on this score than just trying to get KOM, not that'll matter as I always aim to beat a local fast rider (Lanky Wayne) who incidently is in my Rival list on VV!
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VeloViewer Score
86.65
From 28 of 111 segments.
Maximum possible score: 98.85
Makes sense to improve base on this score than just trying to get KOM, not that'll matter as I always aim to beat a local fast rider (Lanky Wayne) who incidently is in my Rival list on VV!
I didn't say KOMs were a better metric. I don't think either are particularly great. We've seen the big discrepancy between results depending on device, day, GPS signal, rounding to the second etc etc. Therefore anything based on Strava should be taken at face value and a good measure of common sense.
As for racing someone, if they're of similar ability then you would need to race them several times. You may be faster on flats @ TT's, hills, a better descender etc so even that's not a great way to measure yourself.
Surely the best statistic is yourself and your own improvement/performance. And that of your peers. Not some guy who lives half way across the country/globe and rides in different climates/terrain etc etc.
A fair unbiased and non skewed ranking system for the global Strava population. I don't know what you know about statistics but think about that.
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Anyone seen the new Garmin tourer looks like it could be a decent cheap (or cheaper) way of getting a Garmin w/ Mapping at £200:
http://garmin.blogs.com/ukpr/2013/0...designed-for-navigating-by-.html#.Uh8WOmSKOGo
http://garmin.blogs.com/ukpr/2013/0...designed-for-navigating-by-.html#.Uh8WOmSKOGo
You could always do what I did.[Damien];24847475 said:
For a long time I was hovering around the 70-75KG mark (whilst lifting heavy weights admittedly). Then took up ultra running and got down to about 68KG. Then, after wanting to lose weight for cycling and running trying to control my diet and failing, contracted a virus after diving in Tanzania for 3 weeks, and ****/vomited myself down to 60KGs. I'm now up to 65KGs, whilst lifting twice a week (for strength and power rather than weight) and eating (almost) whatever the hell I want.
I might patent it and call it the Tanzavomit diet.
VeloViewer Score
96.06 ?
From 55 of 219 segments.
so I'm not as slow as I thought I would be compared to you skinny beasts..
Having less weight is only really an advantage if you're going upwards..
Losing weight would certainly help but it's not just about weight. Power to weight ratio, and the time that you can hold that power is more important. I'm a fairly good climber and have lots of hill KOMs and i'm not particularly light at around 82kg.[Damien];24847475 said:
Annoyingly though, i'm not a great TTer and terrible at sprinting
True, racing (especially bunch racing) has a lot of variables as well but racing in the same place at the same time removes some of the variables that Strava leaderboards have (weather, wind, traffic, junctions, traffic lights, etc)uniQ said:
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Seriously thinking about the Canyon CF SL in black instead of an R3 now.
For £200 more than an R3 frameset you get a complete bike under 7KG with 11sp Ultegra and a £450ish wheelset.
I could probably get the CF SL & the Inflight CX (or stages power meter) for less than a built up R3. Ack
For £200 more than an R3 frameset you get a complete bike under 7KG with 11sp Ultegra and a £450ish wheelset.
I could probably get the CF SL & the Inflight CX (or stages power meter) for less than a built up R3. Ack
I'm not sure how they manage to make any profits from that.. rims alone are 1k..
epic value for money that.Bike light time of year people. Does anyone here opt for the mounted torch option? It seems like it could be far cheaper than buying a dedicated bike light. Any advice I could be given for a light /torch around the £50 mark that will enable me to see when I hit areas that aren't well lit from streetlamps?
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