Hello, I would like to know what is the instance from Strava and from the community in general regarding KOMs being conquered using e-Bikes for pacing/drafting.
So here is the detailed situation. Someone got the KOM in a 5 minute MTB segment while being paced / drafting an e-Bike. Should he keep his KOM?
ps: the KOM ranking in question is the regular one, not the e-Bike specific ranking.
That is not permitted under Strava's rules. Here's the help article explaining:
https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919507-Segment-Leaderboard-Guidelines
That guy's activity should be flagged.
Some friends are against reporting, saying that the rules does not specify e-bikes.
"Guidelines for motor-paced rides:
Motor-pacing, or drafting behind a motorized vehicle, is considered motor assistance and conflicts with the fairness and integrity of segment leaderboards. When uploading data from a motor-paced ride, please use the "Only You" or "Followers" privacy control on the activity edit screen."
Look, I don't work for Strava, but let's not split hairs. We know what the rule intends, and in any case if we do split hairs... an e-bike IS a motorized vehicle as it has a motor. The rule doesn't specify gas motors only. Was it you who did this?
No. I'm not even in the top 10 spots.
We had a big discussion in our local group but could not agree on the ruling.
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