Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
I am NOT on Strava so no skin in this game, but really, it's not like someone's life or lively hood depended on results----is it********** I ride with a guy who has 12,000+ miles so far this year and he is a little upset that a new bent rider has taken some KOM titles from him and nothing shows on Strava that it has been done on a bent.
According to what I've read on Strava, bents are legal. It's fairings that are not. OTOH, Strava times are supposed to be individual efforts, but most of them around here are accomplished with a group -- I see the same 4 or 5 guys with nearly the same time on the same day, all at the top of every segment.
I think faired bents should be a separate category on Strava, because those guys want to keep track of their performance too and it's not, er, "fair" for anybody to force them into the regular bicycle category.
As far as this particular ride, I'm not upset about it or anything. He knows I can beat him anytime, and so does everyone in the group. Maybe it was an innocent equipment malfunction. It was just a "WTF?" moment when I saw the flyby play out on Strava. (How did he do that???)