Random things about Strava

[cantunamunch]

Might be the pessimist coming out in me but, you're probably right about the petty jerk piece. Especially if there were no obvious signs that you were on an e-bike (and didn't steal anyone's QOM/KOM). I'm not even sure how someone random would know unless they saw you on the trail, then found you on Strava (pretty easy with the segment Leaderboard option for "today"), and then flagged you.

I will remind you both again that Strava have auto-flagging algorithms. (Though they only admitted to it last year).

Strava introduces new auto-flagging update and the return of chronological ordering

New algorithm will automatically detect any efforts that don't look quite right

www.cyclist.co.uk

As I pointed out above, e-bikes look more aero in the data than even triathlon bikes - and Strava also insist that any unconventionally aero bicycles (faired in ones, velomobiles, ) are flaggable.

Segment Leaderboard Guidelines

Each Strava Segment has a leaderboard that ranks all Strava athletes who match the GPS trace between the defined start and finish. Leaderboards are specific to a single activity type, meaning that ...

support.strava.com

using a non-traditional bicycle with full-farings or aerodynamic modifications including velomobiles,

I don't know if they can spot an all-leg bike drafting an e-bike, but they will flag motorpacing for sure.

 

[Doug Briggs]

I will remind you both again that Strava have auto-flagging algorithms. (Though they only admitted to it last year).

Strava introduces new auto-flagging update and the return of chronological ordering

New algorithm will automatically detect any efforts that don't look quite right

www.cyclist.co.uk

That page has a feature I have never seen before. It continuously scrolls the page back to the top of the page. WTF?

 

[Tricia]

I will remind you both again that Strava have auto-flagging algorithms. (Though they only admitted to it last year).

Strava introduces new auto-flagging update and the return of chronological ordering

New algorithm will automatically detect any efforts that don't look quite right

www.cyclist.co.uk

At the speeds I ride, I can't imagine how the algorithms could pick it up.

 

[cantunamunch]

At the speeds I ride, I can't imagine how the algorithms could pick it up.

Answer: You accelerate too much for a non-pro on fast segments like downhills and hold your peak speed for longer when the ride transitions to uphill.

This was the gist of my post above (post #3 in the thread)

 

[Lauren]

I will remind you both again that Strava have auto-flagging algorithms. (Though they only admitted to it last year).

What about the double flag? We'll move into the optimist in me...there was no petty jerk, just a computer error on Strava's end.

 

[Primoz]

just a computer error on Strava's end.

Not sure flagging ebike ride set as normal bike ride can be described a computer error. In my mind it's more like properly functioning feature

 

[Wilhelmson]

Hmm.

Jerks on the internet? Sounds about right.

Apps that use, track and sometimes flag your data? Yup.

 

[Lauren]

Not sure flagging ebike ride set as normal bike ride can be described a computer error. In my mind it's more like properly functioning feature

I meant the part about flagging the same ride twice. Maybe the program just got impatient when it wasn't changed immediately after the first flag.

 

[cantunamunch]

I meant the part about flagging the same ride twice. Maybe the program just got impatient when it wasn't changed immediately after the first flag.

Flagging the same ride twice does have a definite effect (it cannot be dismissed) so it might totally be a programming feature - but I didn't see where in @Tricia's post she said that the same ride got flagged?

The first time I was flagged, I thought, "Oh gee I didn't know that was there, glad someone flagged me so I can change it."
The second time I was...WTF!!! Maybe I'm wrong but that time I figured it was a petty jerk.

 

[cantunamunch]

That page has a feature I have never seen before. It continuously scrolls the page back to the top of the page. WTF?

Scroll lock? I just went there again and don't get that, on Chrome, Brave or Firefox.

 

[AmyPJ]

I have never been flagged for a false high speed section, which is really only when I'm on my bike going down hill to my house.
I've only been flagged for not changing my ride type from Ride to E-Bike Ride. At the pace that I ride, I am confident that someone flagged it and not in the algorithms because I am not a fast rider, even with e-assist.


Example of my speed on a typical ride in comparison to @AmyPJ who is not on e-assist
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That was a fun ride for me this morning! I set a PR on a mile-ish climbing segment, which was a nice pat on the back after my ass-kicking in the race. The race final results show me as DNF. I am raising a stink over that as I'm not happy about it!

Anyway, Strava is weird at times, and I know some of its due to relying on GPS. If I ride with a group, we all get different distances and elevations. With that, it's hard to know how accurate the segment recordings really are (probably not great.)

That being said, I would not have pushed myself quite so hard this morning without Strava. I was feeling quite good, so decided to push hard on a few segments and it was nice to see some results. The worst is when I push hard and my times are slow

 

[Doug Briggs]

Scroll lock? I just went there again and don't get that, on Chrome, Brave or Firefox.

Nope, not that. Using the same instance in Chrome as I use for the site it just scrolls up after scrolling down. Weird.

 

[Tricia]

Flagging the same ride twice does have a definite effect (it cannot be dismissed) so it might totally be a programming feature - but I didn't see where in @Tricia's post she said that the same ride got flagged?

It was two different rides that were flagged.
And you may be right about how it happened.
I got this notice this morning after my ride and before I edited it.

 

[scott43]

Haha!! I read that line and I translate that as "We caught your lyin' ass!! We'll give you the opportunity to change your bullshit story before we come to your house and burn it down!"

 

[Tricia]

Haha!! I read that line and I translate that as "We caught your lyin' ass!! We'll give you the opportunity to change your bullshit story before we come to your house and burn it down!"

Thank goodness they put it in bold print so I could kinda read it without my glasses.