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08-30-13 | 07:06 AM

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From: Western Maryland - Appalachian Mountains

Bikes: Motobecane Fantom Cross; Cannondale Supersix replaced the Giant TCR which came to an untimely death by truck

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Originally Posted by Chaco

I couldn't believe my eyes today -- I actually got a real KOM on Strava today.
Unfortunately, it must be one of the silliest segments in Strava. It's 200 feet long, with an elevation drop of 40 feet. My time for the segment was 4 seconds, and I hit 42.7 mph
I'm tied for first with -- get this -- 28 other people.
There are about 75 riders tied for 2nd, at 5 seconds each.
That means to be a clear winner, I'd have to do the segment in 3 seconds, or around 50 miles an hour. Something tells me that ain't gonna happen soon.

Motivation...
Find some segments that you think might be achievable or you could get into the top 10 or 5 on and go after them.
There was a point in time that I thought I'd never get a KOM.

That said, IMHO you have to look at KOM's with a grain of salt. I have some and I know for a fact, being the slowest guy in a group that I regularly ride with, that a KOM isn't all it's cracked up to be... I can get dropped with amazing regularity yet have KOMs. Something ain't right.

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