A Strava-obsessed member of a cycling club in Oxford may have created a new category on the ride sharing app – after seeing if he could set a KOM at work while pushing a lawnmower.
Dan Bradley set the record on a sports field next to the River Cherwell, a tributary of the Thames, and according to Cowley Road Condors clubmate Tom Woodforde, who shared his exploits with us after they gave him a good chuckle on Strava, is “frantically setting KOMs as I write.”
He says: “The pace doesn't look too bad considering. I wonder could this be a world first and the start of a whole new Strava category?
Tom adds: “I should note that whilst we at the Condors pride ourselves on being a friendly and welcoming club, we may have to draw the line at people arriving for a club ride on a Hayter ride-on … ”
Here’s the page on Strava – follow this link for better view.
17 thoughts on “Oxford lawnmower man went to mow a meadow … and set a new KOM on Strava”
Never mind
Never mind
Needs to straighten up his
Needs to straighten up his rows
This makes me so happy!
This makes me so happy!
I don’t ‘get it’
I don’t ‘get it’
Top work Bradders, looks like
Top work Bradders, looks like you missed a bit in the middle though
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KOM = King Of Mowing?
KOM = King Of Mowing?
Class! Next stop back garden
Class! Next stop back garden for a Strava trim.
I was thinking of doing this
I was thinking of doing this while cutting the grass at work last week, more to see how much ground I cover than to gain any KOMs.
That’s a crazy in the making.
:)) :O :O :)) That’s a crazy in the making.
My mate Strava’d Caen Hill
My mate Strava’d Caen Hill locks, Devizes in a narrowboat. Took him 5hrs.
A friend Strava’d a pedallo
A friend Strava’d a pedallo once whilst out cruising off of Weymouth beach. Surely that should catch on? B-)
I’ve strava’d a pedello out
I’ve strava’d a pedello out on corfu one, also strava’d the pedal-copter at flambards, but disappointed the GPS wasn’t close enough to show my time on this segment : https://www.strava.com/segments/5028037
Can see
Can see cricket/rugby/football teams doing this to incentivise the boring mowing job!
Haha, chapeau! Although I
Haha, chapeau! Although I was expecting a really uniform set of lines. What was he doing, mowing under the influence? Tramadol/Aspirin/EPO cocktail?!
notfastenough wrote:Haha,
Comparing the arrow straight lines in the mower pic to the lines on the Strava plot
makes me suspect that may be due to the inaccuracy of GPS… or it could be the proximity of the pub and the fact it was a lovely sunny day… 😀
I was going to try it when
I was going to try it when following my wife around Tesco.