[Closed] Stava: How many KOMs do you have?

there's already an STW group on strava.

None 🙁

I had a few but some ex-Giant sponsored Cat 1 roadie near me has decided to take up mountain biking and has hoovered all the climb KOM's up like a whale inhaling krill.

And I walk down anythign technical so the descents were never going to be KOM's for me.

Is Stava new ?

Edit: found out.

19 KOMs, lost about 5 in the last week 🙁

Have a few, proudest one was skyline at Afan despite getting caught up in some mince. Third now though : (. Going to try and get a few in Morzine (times this early in the season don't look too hard) which is a recipe for limb shattering.

Likewise had a few climbs too but teh pros lap them up soon enough. Going to give them a go on my new 29er soon though.

As sad as it seems, Strava has made me get out on my bike more than anything. I never went out on my bike on my own before but it gives me a 'challenge' to compensate for the lack of a social element.

EDIT: 8 - lost a few. I WILL regain them! 😡

1 KOM

I appear to have 6 at the moment including a couple of roadie ones 😀

Lost a couple and have been equaled in a coupel recently so I may have to get back out there

i had 4, currently have none. all roadie ones. I find the roadie ones are very hotly contested indeed, you know if you get one it's going to be challenged very shortly

Mine are about half and half, mainly climbs, couple of descents. I seem to have lost several lately without being told I'd lost them, as if they've been deleted.

About 10, only 1 or 2 of which are off road.

3 but then you know that already. I suspect they won't last too long either.

I think you'll find you only have 2 😉

30 KOMs 24 of which are on the road. All uphill.

Slightly unfair though as living in London there are loads of Segments! Loads more riders as well, but still.

Proudest was a brief (1 day) stint on Swains Lane in North London, a local hill climb section (Urban Hill Climb Race)
http://app.strava.com/segments/760505

Didn't realise there was a STW group...I'll go investigate.

Have 3 or 4 in my local woods which took a significant amount of effort to get!

I have 57 Road KOM's but most of them were done in the car.

19 but lost a few in the last week, all uphill.

Either 3 or 6 - which are KOMs and which are CRs in the list?

This despite the fact that I've only just started experimenting with it in the last week and haven't ridden anything in anger yet as I'm coming off an injury.

I think all mine are just because nobody else has ridden these hills yet! So I guess it's not the quantity of KOMs but the quality of them that counts...

Quite a few but in newcastle most of the off road ones aren't that contested. There are a few with some battles going on

It has also done something wierd and created them automatically for walks I've done which mean I have about 5 where I am the only person to have done the segment?

just counted - 23 on the bike.

I do go out to try and grab them occasionally. It is a more interesting/motivated way to go out and ride some hard fast sections.

10, but 9 of those came on two rides and on several I seem to be the only one to have logged them

3, all downhill just to cheer up the haters

(1 is currently tied)

Got plenty of top 10's

11 KOMs, all bar 1 are uphill. I had 18 last week... They don't stick about for long!!

None, best I've got is 3rd in a flat sprint outside Tesco!

Judging by the times on the road ones, I'm not likely to get any either.

Matt

not one.

there are some very fast people around, and i'm a very slow person.

5 in total
3 I'm first out 1 rider
one I went down it (in 2010) but strava thinks I went up it when I imported the routes from garmin connect
one is a downhill footpath only possible at night due to walkers.
So nothing to be proud of.

94th / 405 around The Monkey Trail

[b]K[/b]ing [b]O[/b]f the [b]M[/b]incers

Is there an easy way to see?
I can't see an 'achievements' link anywhere on the website.

Eight at present and hoping to regain one again this weekend. All on the mountain bike and mostly loops

11 at the moment, mixture of on & off road.

MTB KOM `s are worth nothing. Too many sections only ever ridden by 3 or 4 bloaters.

Descents are pretty meaningless too.

The popular roady climbs is where you get the true glory.

Anything else is hollow

Proudest was a brief (1 day) stint on Swains Lane in North London, a local hill climb section (Urban Hill Climb Race)
[url= http://app.strava.com/segments/760505 ]http://app.strava.com/segments/760505[/url]

Number 5 on that leaderboard, Jean Claude Pretorious, has the best name ever.

I used to have loads of KOMs but it turns out that that was only because not many people had ridden those sections. I seem to get an email every other day now telling me someone has beaten my time.

When I first signed up to strava back in Febuary I uploaded a gpx of hamsterley forest trails I'd ridden last year and on most of the sections I was first out of a leaderboard of about 10. Some of those sections now have over 200 riders and I'm just about in the top 10% if I'm lucky and all my KOMs have gone. Its great to see it taking off but on the popular routes the KOM is now forever out of my reach.

I had 2. One gained completely by accident, didn't even know the segment was there (and TBH, it's a bloody stupid segment, on shared use canal towpath). I've still got that one.

The other one I held for all of 3 days - it was on a long climb near me which I'd specifically gone out to get and I beat the previous KOM by a significant margin. Unfortunately, a certain well know MTBer follows me on Strava and 3 days later, he'd gone out and annihilated my time. Still, good to know that it took a pro like Nick Craig to beat it. 😉

+1 mooman.

I'm still immensely proud of my 3 KOM's. 😉 (Over reasonably popular routes I might add) but true glory as you say is doing well on an extrmely popular area ridden by a wide range of cyclists all the time.

(I was 9th once on a cat 4 climb that was clearly being used by some very fast people - 11th now) - That was awesome.

I had the climbs of Holmbury and Leith Hills, but have lost both of those in the last couple of weeks to some roadie who was bloody quick!

[i]The other one I held for all of 3 days - it was on a long climb near me which I'd specifically gone out to get and I beat the previous KOM by a significant margin. Unfortunately, a certain well know MTBer follows me on Strava and 3 days later, he'd gone out and annihilated my time. Still, good to know that it took a pro like Nick Craig to beat it.[/i]

let me know where it is.

/straps on shoes.

MTB KOM `s are worth nothing

My most popular local descents (blue pig and pecket well) have <30 riders but the standard is very high I would say.

Plus, I think DH or off road loops and routes generally are a better indication of all-round rider skill than who's got the biggest legs?

none...

although i am rather proud of my second place for the maidens cleugh descent in the pentlands...

I've a good few climb and descent KOMs around the Surrey Hills obtained during that Strava honeymoon period that exists after initially joining. I'm over that now though and accept my KOM's are slowly going to go...never suffered knee pain until I joined Strava 🙁

I noticed after losing a KOM yesterday that this:

"[i]Better get out there and show them who’s boss![/i]"

has now become...

"[i]Now get out there, have fun and be safe.[/i] "

😀

Like others have said, KOM's don't mean a great deal on a lot of segments...I ride with a few folk who can annihilate me, but they haven't or have only just got GPS'.
Even though I've got 79 KOM's (I had over a 100), half of those were got on foreign trails or places where not many folk ride. I'd only class myself as an average rider too.

this thread smells of fish.

Loads, but not that much competition in the Basque Country, locals are slow to take up strava. Got a couple of pro scalps though, and my descent kom on Col du Tourmalet stood for almost a year (didn't know I even had it until it was beaten)

I have 13 but most aren't contested.

They are very easy to generate - just find a route people rarely ride.

I want to try it but can't find the app on the site [url= http://www.strada.co.uk/ ]strada[/url]

LOL - can anybody match my shitness ?

there's a segment in California, 6.3 mile, almost all climbing that I get to ride in the middle of summer

I am 370th out of 391 !! 8)

I do hold 2 KoMs but I'm pretty much the only person to have ridden them on the same route (19 mile loop, so others do extra bits)

My most popular local descents (blue pig and pecket well) have <30 riders but the standard is very high I would say.

Plus, I think DH or off road loops and routes generally are a better indication of all-round rider skill than who's got the biggest legs?

30 riders, is not alot, a few of the local drags i ride regularly have over 70 riders and over 300rides. and i know the power is only a guide but when you see high 400s/500s Watts you know you haven't a chance.

As for the comment about DH, unless you are very careful it is going to end in tears, that are alot of stupid people as clearly evidenced by the current legal case in the US.

got 4 at the moment and another 2 that are tied - I just cant do them any faster.

There's a bloke that rides almost the same commute as me that averages ~23mph on a 10 mile TT so i'm chuffed to have any at all!

Funny how satisfying being the King of a crappy little mound can be 😀

30 riders, is not alot,

I'm sure it's the same for many places with big MTB scenes making the local routes a high standard.

Crazy for anyone to take all this KOM stuff seriously....... !

and no... I don't have any 🙁

mafiafish -
I'm sure it's the same for many places with big MTB scenes making the local routes a high standard.

I live quite close to Keswick in Cumbria. When I was stuck for somewhere to ride or only had a couple of hours spare, the Borrowdale Bash and Whinlatter were my go to routes. I can't take it easy on either of those routes now as I'm trying to hold on to the positions I've got or claw an extra few places up the leaderboards...yes, it's sad I know. Although it does wonders for your fitness, it's the same for those you're trying to beat too!

Indeed, that's what I was saying. What I meant is that just because fewer riders have ridden a segment doesn't necessarily mean that the times will be poorer. I'm generally top 0.5-2% on trails I'm riding blind at trail centres that have had >250 riders (supposedly more competition = higher standard) but I'm only 2nd-4th on a lot of local trails I know like the back of my hand and have <30 riders.

true, you really need to look at the thru traffic and rider numbers, lots of riders and lots of rides i think the standard will rise.

I have 1.

The segment is so remote that it has only been ridden by one other person. And since I walked up half of it, and still beat that rider by a fair bit, I can only assume that they sat down by the river and had a sandwich.

wooow you people are SOOOOOO awesome.

None. I'm delighted with mid-table mediocrity.

[s]Taff, you from Bristol?
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Scrap that, just noticed you're hampshire.

I've no KOMs, but having said that, attaining KOMs around Ashton Court and Leigh Woods is bloody difficult, and a 3rd once was my highlight (on the Swoops - now tied 7th).

I've managed a 20something on the climb to the gate singletrack which I'm quite proud of.

I'm of the opinion that after Bikefest and the sheer amount of riders constantly riding there, any high result is a good one.

Keeps me aiming to try harder.

None, but then if you look at the ranking by age I have a few 🙂

so in summary - not bad for an old bloke 🙂

2 out in the Alps but I can't see them lasting long and it'd be difficult to get out there to defend them if they get beaten.

I never normally enter my mtb rides onto strava. But did so for 1st time after yesterdays ride.
My point is somewhat proven. I gained 4th position on a section ridden by 32 riders .. and less than a minute off the KOM .. which aint bad considering I stopped to wait while the guy I was riding with had a piss .. I stand by my comment of MTB KOM `s.

[url= http://app.strava.com/segments/964038 ]MTB KOMS are worthless[/url]

18 but most are solo or people loads slower (and I'm not quick so that's probably not a good KOM). There's a couple I'm quite pleased about as it means I'm actually getting fitter/stronger.

Most of em are irrelevent but the is one im proud of

Kom of the full lazy k on the witches trails as ridden in this years 10utb on 32:18 :d

I have a few that are more TT based. Main aim for me is to try and get in the top ten of most as some times are just too fast. Reckon I'm top 10 in around 90% of mine.

It's all harmless fun and a good bit of light competition. Just don't take it too seriously.

It's no good saying MTB KOMs are worthless. The database needs to start somewhere!
There are, however, loads of things that can affect MTB KOMs. Walkers, other MTBers, livestock, a nice photo opp, fall, etc, etc.

There are a couple of good local routes though that don't really get effected by any of that though. A good 60+ riders have done the routes. The KOM is a proper fit chap, etc. If I beat the time, I certainly wouldn't think it was worthless.

Anyway - get out my way...
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Think I'm like top 20 on Alpe d'Huez. Going to the Alps in September for a bit so might smash myself to pieces trying to get a few there.

But dude I got banned from Strava.

Think I'm like top 20 on Alpe d'Huez

Wow you so my new hero being k n o b of the hill in a country where almost no one uses strava.

But dude I got banned from Strava.

Yeah well hardly a surprise. Did you try to flog yoru brakes again

16, all on MTB.
A lot in Afan which I only goto about 3 times a year 🙂

where almost no one uses strava.

I think there's like 15 different segments on Alpe d'Huez alone, and about 1500 entries for them..

Wow you so my new hero

😀 Who do I replace?

Kom of the full lazy k on the witches trails as ridden in this years 10utb on 32:18 :d

Alright TR, let this go will you :).

I've got 82 KOM but expect that to drop nearly every week. Some are very hottly contested and i hold a few which i shouldn't being the xc jey-boy that i am. Also know of a few which i should get pretty easily knowing the times i have at present.
Strava does make some rides pretty fun and good for training. A good tool

Hahaha im hanging on to that one g - afterall you stole the rest from me 😉

MTB KOM `s are worth nothing. Too many sections only ever ridden by 3 or 4 bloaters.

Descents are pretty meaningless too.

The popular roady climbs is where you get the true glory.

Anything else is hollow

Still no Strava for trolls then

sainsbury's have a good offer on tissues at the mo

1 less than I used to have.

I'm sure there's 1 Pro XC racer that just goes out, does a warm-up, then nails 1 hill, to get KoM on every possible variation of ascent.

Next time I'll put the start/end in slightly odd positions to prove that he's a medal collector, and has to go out of the way to hit the start/end points.

I gained 4th position on a section ridden by 32 riders .. and less than a minute off the KOM .. which aint bad considering I stopped to wait while the guy I was riding with had a piss .. I stand by my comment of MTB KOM `s.

TBH same happens on the roads in some areas

..re-read my original post stalker.

Strava is a fantastic training tool. Once you know the sections on your local ride you push harder on each one. But the KOM have gotta be earned.
Some bloater on a mtb doing a trail only ever visited by his fatter friends or some roady risking his & others lives on a descent is really worth nothing.

MTB KOM `s are worth nothing. Too many sections only ever ridden by 3 or 4 bloaters.

Descents are pretty meaningless too.

The popular roady climbs is where you get the true glory.

True this. I live in the far too popular Surrey Hills area and just try to get in the top 20% on the well used road climbs. So I think all claimed KOMs should give number of riders to give them some sort of value.

I do have one KOM though with 166 riders on it - it's not a climb though and was obtained by riding on someone's wheel then sprinting past - a few others on that ride are a few secs behind me.

still in the top 10% of strava times up box hill zig zig... just