Hi, my name is Steve and I have a Strava addiction..

I quite like seeing friends rides. I do get strava envy when I manage a short ride after work and they’ve take the day off for some epic ride in the sunshine.

Good for races as you can compare yourself to others afterwards. Lap times etc.

I like the challenge of going full out on climbs or descents.

But like most things just show some self control. It isn’t always about average speeds and segments. It is nice to just ride with mates.

I find it really good for finding new places to ride. Looking for segments I haven’t done or seeing mates ride things I’ve not. I star them and then occasionally put together a ride. Habit takes me back to the same places and paths but there is often alternatives. Even riding stuff in reverse if natural.

I tried to use that flyby thing to find out who the bastard wheelsucker was who hitched a ride for the best part of 10 miles last week. And they weren’t on strava. What kind of self respecting freeloader doesn’t use strava?

This is what happens when you put a strava seg in a dumb place.

It took me a month to admit to my other half that I was using it. And I have a fake name.
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Some clown has set up a segment around the cemetry where my family are buried.

I only discovered it when I cycled round to visit a grave of a friends.

I think it’s disrespectful to race round a cemetry.

This is what happens when you put a strava seg in a dumb place

I’ve always questioned the intelligence of people who shave their legs, dress like girls and ride silly skinny wheeled bikes and that video just confirms it 😉

Reminds me of the computer game Lemmings 😆

While a segment around a grave yard isn’t great there is an excellent segment on the road past the local crematoria called ‘ bring out yer dead’ which always makes me smile…