Originally Posted by
kbarch
Did you guys see this?
https://www.bicycling.com/rides/stra...ents-in-the-us
Pretty cool seeing the name of my little town on the map for #5 on the most popular Strava segments. I've contributed 84 attempts, and my
PR (achieved solo on a still day, as it happens) puts me at a modestly respectable 4162 /18737 (not fourth place, four-
thousandth place!
).
Also, not so surprising to see a segment in Central Park at #1, what with all the racing and training that goes on there. I've contributed 283 attempts to that one, and my
PR is a much more respectable 1533 /36409, achieved during a race where, unfortunately, I got a big fat DNF (broken pedal
).
By the way, contrary to the article, Three Sisters is hardly a "straightaway;" it's named for three winding rollers.
A bit misleading in the article as sometimes they don't differentiate between attempts and people, the three sisters segment has 921,299 attempts by 36,445 people.
This segment in Sydney's popular Centennial Park (sort of equivalent to NY Central Park) has 2,755,801 attempts by 25,312 people. Two thirds the number of different people but 3 times the number of attempts:
https://www.strava.com/segments/774964
The world's most ridden segment is this obscure one in Brazil with 5,407,493 attempts by 8,424 people:
https://www.strava.com/segments/1032028
I'd bet the UK has the most popular segment world wide (excluding Zwift which has some segments with 150,000+ people). This one in Richmond Park for example has 1,277,168 attempts by 95,122 people:
https://www.strava.com/segments/3970089