Strava launches instant segment times feature

All the "serious" Strava users I know use Garmins, especially those likely to bag a KOM.

I love Strava too, but far too many folks are obsessing so much and having their otherwise great rides ruined by their fixation with Strava. I'm telling ya! Ask yourself how your legs feel at the end of a four-hour ride. That's the true way of gauging a ride. Surely.

They shouldn't even allow phone-based application users on the leader boards. Half the time they give erroneous results- Plenty of times I've been for a chain gang ride with the club, got back and someone has apparently climbed a hill 20 seconds faster than me even though I was on the front at the bottom and first to the top.

Simple answer, they had the phone app.....

Get a Garmin etc. or don't bother at all.

this doesn't help the Strava cause. All that bad PR about people getting killed whilst chasing a KOM - now they make it easier to check while you're riding?

they should concentrate on developing areas around training, fitness and getting better on a bike.

oh and reducing the amount of segments on Box Hill !

Utterly ridiculous. I don't see why you'd need to sprint for a segment, stop, get your phone out, check your scores, then continue the ride. Just go out there and train properly. This will just make riders focus on getting small segments and not training in an efficient manner.

The live updates for followers is a nice touch though.

Bit confused regarding the audio support - further encouraging riders to use earphones? Dangerous & idiotic.

They are flagging up recumbent riders KOM's now, because we don't ride "normal" bikes, It just shows their total lack of understanding, a KOM should be UPHILL, where a recumbent rider is never going to get it, because they allow users to make them downhill or on the flat, of course we are going to be challenging them

live audio support during your effort - brilliant! Let's stream this live through some carefully positioned speakers along the Box Hill route - I'd take the family for a picnic to see the spectacle.

So, now I have to look out for strava riders going hell for leather past me to get that KOM then slamming on the anchors after every segment to check their progress.

Wonderful news.

They should fix the Android speed bias first.

Awesome, though it's likely to drain your phone's battery quicker, as it will be polling the tinterweb rather than only syncing once a ride is finished