>>1456519>>1456582In time trials everyone rides in same conditions on the same day on a bike that meets regulations. Strava KOMs, especially the ones on flat ground, are all about who can score the best tail wind/leadout on the segment. I should know since I have quite a few KOMs. Most of them came on a day with. massive tail wind as I went hunting for that specific segment. And if I happen to get one of those Uh Oh emails it's always on a day with massive winds. That's not racing. If I want racing I'll go and put on a race number. Chasing KOMs was fun when I wasn't racing and when I was slower. I've got around a dozen would be KOMs on rides that are set to private that I've never bothered to set public. Many more "podium" places. Practically all of them are ones where I happened to hit a segment on a training ride with a good tailwind. Happen to hit a nice and long segment on a day with tailwind as you're doing threshold intervals on a TT bike? Yeah that's a KOM.
As for the user base, yes they have a lot of users, they even have a lot of users who upload rides. But how many active users that actually visit the service do they have? All of my rides go to Strava, and stay as private, but I haven't logged in or used the app in months. It's just a way to move the rides elsewhere to services I actually use. And I know I'm not the only one.
As for the FTP changes effecting old rides it means that you can't look at your history data and compare how much you've trained in the past since the TSS values are all fucked up. It should be basics for any service that offers any sort of ride analysis. And that certainly isn't the only problem that greatly effects the use of Strava for any actual analysis. And here we come to the problem. Strava is cool when you're riding casually. As soon as you start setting any goals and training you keep noticing how shit it is. And you go and look for other services that provide what you need. And suddenly you're not using Strava anymore.
