Originally Posted by
Ritterview
So, Kathy's
only chance to participate in segment competition on Strava is as a stoker. With her tandem bicycle, Strava allows Kathy to participate in competition just as do the better sighted. This
could be an inspiring feel-good story for Strava, and if they had any sense they would make it nice feature on at least their blog (especially so as Team Marino in performance and appearance are
definitely athletes). so to counteract the
negative press Strava
otherwise attracts.
But, no, given the precedent of BradCycles/StubbedherToe, and their ham-handed ways, Strava will be visually impaired to this
PR*opportunity. With its anxious solicitude for their precious QOM's, Strava will manage to extract the sour lemon from the proffered lemonade. At the first peep of protest from a dethroned (and perfectly sighted) QOM, Strava will publicly expunge Kathy's QOM ride, snatch QOM laurels from Kathy's brow, impugn her sportmanship, and imprecate that she is a QOM
cheater.
Strava yanks QOM's from blind athlete.
That's the sort of story that Strava is working towards.
[*Strava: in this context,
PR refers to
public relations, not
personal record]
lol. well, this likely will never become an issue. because kathy doesn't ever identify herself as riding a tandem, when a QOM gets dethroned by kathy, the dethroned QOM will just assume she got beat by a stronger individual woman, and won't flag the ride. so, we have learned, on strava, it pays for female tandem riders to post their tandem rides as if they rode them alone. so, rest assured for all you female stokers posting those rides as your own individual rides - you will likely not be flagged! and the other women will never know you had a man helping to power you to all of your records! problem solved! don't worry! you earned it! you didn't have any advantage over the other individual women!