Strava kudos question. ..
03-21-17, 12:39 AM
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No free stuff.
Only offers for me to BUY a Strava membership.
But,
I want to be able to see my "friends" rides, not have them get buried into the noise.
03-21-17, 04:25 AM
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Thanks for responding. I had only asked to see what the deal was. I have a better understanding now.
I have this one guy from Guyana he goes by Jim Jones. He has asked me to follow him for some time now. He has promised me there is great facilities there with great people running them.
I recently joined the Strava club and think this may be the opening. I belong to a couple of local bike clubs too. I went on and accepted the random followers to see what there is to see.
I myself enjoy others pictures of their rides. It gives one a bigger picture of this cycling world.
I have this one guy from Guyana he goes by Jim Jones. He has asked me to follow him for some time now. He has promised me there is great facilities there with great people running them.
I recently joined the Strava club and think this may be the opening. I belong to a couple of local bike clubs too. I went on and accepted the random followers to see what there is to see.
I myself enjoy others pictures of their rides. It gives one a bigger picture of this cycling world.
03-21-17, 04:38 AM
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Thanks for responding. I had only asked to see what the deal was. I have a better understanding now.
I have this one guy from Guyana he goes by Jim Jones. He has asked me to follow him for some time now. He has promised me there is great facilities there with great people running them.
I have this one guy from Guyana he goes by Jim Jones. He has asked me to follow him for some time now. He has promised me there is great facilities there with great people running them.
03-22-17, 02:42 PM
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I have about 600 followers, I follow about 600 people, and I am in about 80 clubs. I really enjoy seeing the photos around the world of people's rides. I created a club for the people that I actually ride with so I can be sure not to miss their rides. Now we use the club to actually plan some rides together. It's a nice function to clean up the home screen when it gets noisy.
03-22-17, 02:55 PM
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To be honest, I don't even look at other people's rides in Strava, unless I go on a "social justice" hunting mission for rides done in a car based on suspicious segment times. I just use it to track rides for myself, and occasionally share cool photos from my rides. I also don't accept follow requests from people unless I've either ridden with them or "know" them from BF.
03-22-17, 03:42 PM
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What I did is had this Garmin connect account years/decades ago after I converted from Polar.
I used it for me. Was too lazy to setup one for my wife.
Then my daughter was born. I used it for her.
My son - I added him. And connected to Strava, VeloViewer, Training Peaks.
Now I have very many followers and some nice KOMs I didn't do.
But switching accounts and moving records is very hard to do. So I be a complete nobody with a mixed account.
I used it for me. Was too lazy to setup one for my wife.
Then my daughter was born. I used it for her.
My son - I added him. And connected to Strava, VeloViewer, Training Peaks.
Now I have very many followers and some nice KOMs I didn't do.
But switching accounts and moving records is very hard to do. So I be a complete nobody with a mixed account.
03-22-17, 03:45 PM
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To be honest, I don't even look at other people's rides in Strava, unless I go on a "social justice" hunting mission for rides done in a car based on suspicious segment times. I just use it to track rides for myself, and occasionally share cool photos from my rides. I also don't accept follow requests from people unless I've either ridden with them or "know" them from BF.
03-22-17, 03:55 PM
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I actually freaked out a local Strava "legend" a few weeks back. He started chatting with me at a red light and I was like "hey, you're so-and-so" and he gave me a strange look since we had never met before. I explained that I recognized him from his profile pic and cycling club affiliation from Strava. The guy is in his 50's and all over the KOM leaderboards.
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03-22-17, 04:04 PM
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BTW, I get kudos from random people too. I think they use the flyby feature to look me up after a ride. It would be pretty easy for them to spot me on Strava using my profile picture.
03-22-17, 04:29 PM
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My Strava profile picture is of my Airedale with her winter coat. Maybe that's why I get the followers.
I started accepting followers and now following riders all over the world and followed by them.
Some are easy on the eyes too.
I started accepting followers and now following riders all over the world and followed by them.
Some are easy on the eyes too.
03-22-17, 04:58 PM
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I actually freaked out a local Strava "legend" a few weeks back. He started chatting with me at a red light and I was like "hey, you're so-and-so" and he gave me a strange look since we had never met before. I explained that I recognized him from his profile pic and cycling club affiliation from Strava. The guy is in his 50's and all over the KOM leaderboards.
03-22-17, 05:33 PM
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I don't get emails from friends anymore from Strava and I contacted Strava about it. They said they can't fix the problem and they are doing away with the feature. I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I've been dealing with it for a few months now.
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03-22-17, 07:10 PM
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Unearned results are just that. Strava has no rules, but kinda ironic his result is different than what he earned.
He went about accusing Horner. Then Horner got his ride flagged the day Gaimon did an attempt - Gaimon gets the KOM even though he never really got the KOM. Tells me he's on the "its not cheating if you don't have an unfair advantage" page too. Its just Strava.
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03-22-17, 07:23 PM
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If you are in any Strava clubs, there is a separate feed for each club's members. People from these clubs are probably seeing your rides in their club ride feeds and giving you kudos.
03-22-17, 09:00 PM
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I actually freaked out a local Strava "legend" a few weeks back. He started chatting with me at a red light and I was like "hey, you're so-and-so" and he gave me a strange look since we had never met before. I explained that I recognized him from his profile pic and cycling club affiliation from Strava. The guy is in his 50's and all over the KOM leaderboards.
03-22-17, 10:31 PM
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He actually started the conversation so I felt less weird. Plus it was a long red light so we were talking for a while before brought it up. This guy is very active in the club ride scene so he's pretty well known by many of the local riders.
03-23-17, 03:46 PM
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The guys above him were legit? I know he's going after a lot of KOM's of that Thorfinn Sassquatch guy who is/was a doper and drug peddler. I mean Gaimon was a pretty decent pro rider, so if anyone is outclimbing him for that length of time, that would seem fishy to me.
03-23-17, 04:39 PM
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The day Gaimon's ride was uploaded Horner's KOM was flagged - first, so Gaimon got the KOM. I'm guessing this was all a "joke" but it is messing with the real record and that is digital doping. I think it is classless. As classless as a pro accusing another pro of getting away with something and not saying what it was.
Strava has stated doping is not an issue. Yet Gaimon, decided it was one. But had (the segment is down now) no issue taking a KOM he never earned.
No Gaimon was not a decent pro rider. US teens can beat him (last year's 18 year old 2nd to his 77 in Tour of Utah). To me his attitude was/is - then they must be on something. I believe he is a clean rider. But I believe lots that beat him are too.
For the record.
https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=129882
03-23-17, 05:02 PM
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I guess worthy of a question.. allowing followers or providing kudos back to folks, etc.. how much personal info could Strava divulge to those seeking to perform identity theft?
03-23-17, 05:21 PM
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Of course you'll have to give up the KOM on your own driveway, so there is that tradeoff ;-)
