[Closed] Before Strava...

Although I reckon there's been an increase in people posting bike threads in the chat forum since Strava came along.

Strava is a tool but like most things it's open to abuse (both electronically) and by people doing stupid stuff when riding to beat an arbitrary time.

I'm all in favour of it but it can attract some idiots.

The sky is blue.

OK, thanks for that.

there are now more straight line cuts through the dirt and loam in my local woods where strava segments are.

[i]there are now more straight line cuts through the dirt and loam in my local woods where strava segments are.[/i]

I saw a video of the local woods from 2009 recently.

The cheat lines everyone blames on Strava were all there.

People always cut corners, by accident or on purpose.

OK, thanks for that.

No problem - I'm always here to point out the obvious!

I don't get Strava at all. If you want to see how good you are, you enter a race....

[i]If you want to see how good you are, you enter a race.... [/i]

but if you want to see if you're better than you were last week, month or year on the same course a race isn't necessarily the best tool for the job?

I don't get threads like this at all. Get it, don't get it...who cares? If you don't like it then don't use it 😕

I don't get threads like this at all.

Me neither, it's like an overly long winded answer

To a question that nobody asked.

Odd.

People always cut corners, by accident or on purpose.

Aye.
Personally I blame the plethora of full suss bikes designed for stuff much gnarlier than your average singletrack. Routes twisted and turned because it was quicker than ploughing straight on when all you had was 50mm of elastomer based front suspension and a 1.8" tyre. More capable bikes just mean the natural line changes.

Personally I blame the plethora of full suss bikes designed for stuff much gnarlier than your average singletrack. Routes twisted and turned because it was quicker than ploughing straight on when all you had was 50mm of elastomer based front suspension and a 1.8" tyre. More capable bikes just mean the natural line changes.

Well personally I'm still going round the corners on my fancy full sus bike, just a bit faster, and with the same massive grin on my face as before 🙂

I don't get Strava at all. If you want to see how good you are, you enter a race....

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I ****ing hate the whole idea of Strava.

before strava people didn't post threads about strava

I love it. I've only been using it for a few months but it motivates me to get out more, running and biking. It's a great tool to measure your own performance.

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I **** hate the whole idea of Strava.

Good job it's optional then or you could be really upset.

before strava people didn't post threads about strava

Ahhhh, the good old days 😉

(Jumpers for goalposts etc.)

Well personally I'm still going round the corners on my fancy full sus bike, just a bit faster, and with the same massive grin on my face as before

Likewise! And timing myself down particular trails is a damn sight easier, as is working out where I'm losing time on my mates. And many of my quickest Strava moments have recorded whilst in an actual race! 😛

I'm still enjoying it. I use my Garmin\Strava on rides but it doesn't dictate the ride, I may have a go at a few climbs that pre Strava I would have just pottered up. I still go on leisurely rides and enjoy just being on a bike. It's made me ride more, got me fitter and through it I met a great bunch of people 2 years ago that I still ride with on a weekly basis now. I don't use Strava as an alternative to racing.

Most of the Strava negatives involve people riding like dicks, people ride like dicks with or without it.