Hi all,
I'm new here, and as a Subscrition holder I get great additional features and choices to use. As an older cyclist and one who has been riding for decades, Strava has been very helpful in keeping me motivated, and also helped me become a better rider. I hope it's helping you too. I have regular discussions with friends about features like KOMs and Local Legends. We share opinions about these two features (among others) and I hope that here, I can solicit more thoughts and ideas from you, and even someone from Strava monitoring these posts.
1) Do you feel there is merit to LL, and if so how? Does it allow more people to feel included and rewarded by a wreath? Or can it be just a matter of riding more in your neighborhood?
2) This may be a bit controversial, but with KOM/QOM we all know it's origin is King of the Mountain. Originally awarded on climbs ranking from 4,3,2,1, and HC. Yet so many KOMs are for tiny flat segments that dont take much effort. So (gulp) here it goes: Could KOMs be classified as a climb that Strava deems worthy by some length x elevation, and maybe those thousands of itty bitty ones become KOS - King/Queen of the Segment. And how about this: Wondering if Strava can categorize those that win a KOM/QOM whether they achieved it solo or in a group?
Come on all! Let's get in this conversation and make your thoughts heard!
May the wind be always at our back. Richard Forzani