and how do you compare 😈
The people I ride with.
It's give and take for the most part.
Apart from the annoying gits who seem to be an order of magnitude faster than everyone, everywhere.
5-6 of the local lads round here.
I'm generally the slowest on the road out of the group, but one of the faster on the trails. Once the competitive edge of a 'race' comes in I usually have the ability to up my game a bit too.
Just the people I ride with - and a couple of old friends who live further away/abroad
I compare pretty well on technical climbs, pretty well on technical descents and not so well on overall mileage 🙂
I had a Peak District descent KOM until last week 🙁
Around where I ride, you do notice the same names come up a few times and you kind of notice - especially 'The Rat'.
Just you TLR, and few other folk I know in real life.
I'm ahead of most on the downs, but my times are way off on the ups!
I just use it to chart my own progress really, although there's a KoM at Blacktop I'm gunning for but only because I know the person who currently has it. I'm one place behind but I did it in the wet gloop compared to him doing it in the dry. It's mine as soon as the trail dries up 🙂
Friends I ride with, club mates, and the odd person I race against.
My main mtb buddy who I'm definitely quicker than but he freely admits he's a big girls blouse.
And couple of roadie friends that I don't ride with but I'm generally quicker than them but that really isn't saying much as I'm by no means quick.
People I know and/or ride with, don't want to follow any pro's as a barely keep up with those I follow.
30-ish people - some regular riding friends, some I've ridden with once or twice, a few former workmates who've popped up via FB.
It's good for seeing who's riding a lot and where, for planning rides and routes.
How do I compare? Very good on a few flat-ish road segments, top 10% on most climbs. Got a few KOMs off road but I don't kid myself that I'm anywhere near the best!
EDIT: Oh you meant compare with my friends? There's usually someone better at any given segment with a comparison available, but sometimes there's not. More interested in my personal progress and more excited when I get a rare top 10.
Famous people:
Lance Armstrong and Marianne Vos
Otherwise: just mates, a few people I did LEJOG with, a few folk off here and various work colleagues. It's like a bloody symphony in here in the morning as everyone plugs their Garmins in - little bleeps from all over the office. 🙄
But I never Strava my commute so maybe I just feel left out...
Basically friends.
[s]Competitively[/s] I mostly compare my own results usually to see how I'm declining 🙂 I've a few top tens on climbs but I'm nowhere on descents (big girl's blouse syndrome!)
Few mates & and the LoCo Racing team members who obviously make me look stupid, have a weekly league table as well for the team 😳
Friends I ride with, club mates, and the odd person I race against.
This. I don't bother posting static training sessions and don't really bother with comparisons.
Mostly workmates, I don't compare too badly (considering I'm giving most of them the best part of 20 years).
Friends I ride with, club mates, and the odd person I race against.
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Mostly to see where and when they are riding.
Some are faster, some are slower.
Mostly people I ride with, the odd few I have ridden with in the past & raced against, a few pro's etc.
We're all around the same sort of speed (apart from the pro's), and have a fair collection of KOM's and top 10's. Clearly we are teh awsum.
People I actually know/ride with...
I Had a follower request from some fella in Brazil the other day, No Idea Who/What/Why so I blocked him...
About 6 local people that I ride with, not the quickest but also not the slowest in the group.
Mates, local, nationally and internationally to see what they're getting up to, and a few people who I coincide my commute with.
Some of my mates are uber fast whippets, most aren't.
I tend to log the longest rides though.
Just people I know (and only about 10)
I started following pros, but I mostly use a phone and it cluttered up the feed too much.
Not sure how I compare, most people I follow are in a different country to me. I have the most KOMs, but only because I live somewhere where not many people are on Strava!
people i ride with, local people i don't, people who only ride in tailwinds, people who get fully kitted up and do 8km just because i like to laugh when he gets loads of kudos and comments saying good average, some audax people, i soon delete people if 99% of their riding is a 10km commute twice a day,
some local off road kom's got quite competative earlier in the year, which led to the names being changed to
things like "first to the road is a gayer" etc when someone spat their dummy
Get lots of requests from customers and riders in local clubs, and kinda feel I have to follow them back. Strava is quickly becoming a predominant form of social media for many cyclists though, and if you've got a shop, you'd be a fool to ignore it IMO.
As to who I actively follow rather than who is just background noise? A couple of pro's, a few good mates, and a couple of guys I know that are very good at planning interesting routes.
I'm less worried how I stack up in the overall scheme of things (usually just about in the top 50% on a climb, often top 10-20% on a descent) than I am about how my own progress is coming along. Strava is useful for telling me I've been a lazy git, or if I perhaps have overdone it recently.
interesting. indeed Strava is my cycling pals social media infostream - i like it.
Friends I ride with, club mates, and the odd person I race against.
+1, plus a few people I don't specifically know but have local rivalries with - trading segments etc
I follow the pro road rider Laurens Ten Dam, as he lives not too far away from me (in the Netherlands) and does a lot of his training rides on roads I ride. Needless to say, his times absolutely destroy mine! Although, somewhat curiously, he's not actually 'king of the mountain' on too many of the segments.
Club mates, friends, people I've met on the trails and one guy I met by chance at an Enduro who was at the top of our Strava club leaderboard, who we are now good friends (pretty bad to recognise someone from Strava I know).
We are pretty bad in the club as we compare Strava times in the pub after our Wednesday night ride. Also there is some strategy to getting a KOM on the DH's if there are lots of gates involved and riding in a group 😉
I must be a bit weird in that I don't follow anybody. I use Strava to log my own runs and rides. Got a few followers, a out 70 I think. Not a clue why they'd be interested in what I'm doing though. :0/
Follow and followed by quite a few (around the 100 mark) mainly road riders from my local club/people in the area I ride (Bowland fells Lancashire) Like studying their rides and if I like the look of a seg they've done bookmark it and integrate into one of my rides at a later date.
Friends and a scattering of locals that I've battled over segments with. All a good bunch and it motivates me to get out when I see how much riding is going on, explore new routes etc.
352 people. A few off here, some pros, alot of mates/club mates/racers, but yeah, quite a few...
So by the laws of average i'm slower than quite a few and faster than a few others.
rooster42 - Member
Club mates, friends, people I've met on the trails and one guy I met by chance at an Enduro who was at the top of our Strava club leaderboard, who we are now good friends (pretty bad to recognise someone from Strava I know).
The guy you met wasn't at the first round of the pmba series at Gisburn was it ?
Although, somewhat curiously, he's not actually 'king of the mountain' on too many of the segments.
He did hold more KOMs than any other rider on Strava a few months ago, dunno if that's still true!
I follow most of the lads from the club and few other local, one or two off here and several male and female pro's. I find the pro's riding habits and stats fascinating.
Lance Armstrong
😯
Just a dozen of my mates. Not really interested what other people get up to tbh.
Nobody.
Had a few people follow me back when there was no security whatsoever, and no way to stop people following. I have absolutely no idea who they were.
bjj.andy.w - MemberThe guy you met wasn't at the first round of the pmba series at Gisburn was it ?
Yes Andy it was you 🙂
Tom
people I know and this fella
http://www.strava.com/pros/186522
Laurens ten Dam
Was interesting seeing his TdF rides and quite how much the pro's put in all year round
rooster42 - Member
bjj.andy.w - Member
The guy you met wasn't at the first round of the pmba series at Gisburn was it ?
Yes Andy it was you
Tom
Ahhh , it did strike a cord when I read it 🙂 My nephew and I will have to get out up in the lakes with you guys one weekend.
Veloviewer is great, login with your strava account for more stats than youll ever need.
bjj.andy.w - MemberAhhh , it did strike a cord when I read it My nephew and I will have to get out up in the lakes with you guys one weekend.
You know your always welcome, the more the merrier!
Tom
Veloviewer is great, login with your strava account for more stats than youll ever need.
Agreed, very interesting!