Originally Posted by
logical
So its okay to cheat as long as you arent hiding it? Im not getting where you are going here? Are you saying as long as they dont hide it and you can find it and flag it... its not cheating? But if you are deliberately hiding it in a manner thats hard to tell to flag its cheating? Using an e-bike to take the KOM either is or isnt cheating you cant go back and forth on it.
OK? No.
Not trying to turn this into an ethics thread, but there is a lot in Strava that is left to folks to work out. There is no contract like in USAC every race saying you will obey the rules with a signature at the bottom.
There are people that secretly break a contract on purpose to gain an advantage. Those are cheaters.
Strava has guidelines, many variations of grey area - like taking parts off the bike, drafting etc. and no "easy" was to tell if something was done on purpose to gain an advantage or not. When I'm not sure about those things, I'm not going to accuse someone who's identity is likely known, of cheating.