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Strava Segment of the month

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1Strava Segment of the month Empty Strava Segment of the month Fri 05 Dec 2014, 00:07

timhiggs

timhiggs

I was chatting to someone who does this with some of their friends and I thought it could be a good idea for an informal bit of competition!

How it works: Thread on the forum showing the month's segment. That way its possible to cherry pick one which doesn't involve stupid risks e.g. not stopping at junctions with poor visibility.

People then ride the segment and post a link to their best time that month on it. A leaderboard of these times then dictates the points earned (in a similar way to the F1 race points system). No limits on number of attempts, no organisation required other than totting up points totals and linking the segments.

Winner gets gloating rights.

Thoughts?

Example of how it could have worked for the 30 days:

Segment: East -> West Meon
http://www.strava.com/activities/221876453/segments/5245984086

My (puny) submission: 6:40
http://www.strava.com/activities/221876453/analysis/694/855

I see Ben Barron has done a ride there this month, so he would submit 6:19:
http://www.strava.com/activities/225137291/analysis/1194/1311

Giving him P1 and me P2

I'd be happy to do the organisation bit. We could also use the thread to discuss the next month's segment.

A refinement to try and level the playing field a little could be doing the times as time difference to the KOM/QOM (depending on your gender) if you think that's fairer.

Tim

2Strava Segment of the month Empty Re: Strava Segment of the month Fri 05 Dec 2014, 22:30

mozzy

mozzy

Sounds fun... could ruin my steady zone 2 rides though!

3Strava Segment of the month Empty Up for anything Sun 07 Dec 2014, 04:46

Peter Mac

Peter Mac

Cool Tim, let's give it a go!

4Strava Segment of the month Empty Re: Strava Segment of the month Mon 08 Dec 2014, 23:57

timhiggs

timhiggs

Alright, lets do a trial run for the rest of December then and see how it goes Smile

Any segment suggestions? I quite like this one...
http://www.strava.com/segments/3938928

And reckon I wouldn't feel too bad with a P3 on it (depending on whether others get involved)

5Strava Segment of the month Empty Re: Strava Segment of the month Tue 09 Dec 2014, 03:17

Peter Mac

Peter Mac

Good stuff

6Strava Segment of the month Empty Re: Strava Segment of the month Wed 10 Dec 2014, 08:18

Matt L



Looks good - I might be able to tick this one off on the way home from work Smile

7Strava Segment of the month Empty Re: Strava Segment of the month Fri 16 Jan 2015, 01:01

timhiggs

timhiggs

Anyone got any rides on this segment to report?

8Strava Segment of the month Empty Re: Strava Segment of the month Sun 18 Jan 2015, 05:11

mozzy

mozzy

In December? I had one in November and January... Oops.

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