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On 5/11/2025 3:56 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
> Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2025 16:33:00 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon May 5 18:21:42 2025 Jeff Liebermann  wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 05 May 2025 17:21:14 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That is why you used your Strava Account. So that all you had
>>>>> to do is erase your phony milelage and you can claim you never
>>>>> posted that. But everyone saw it. Too bad for you.
>>>>
>>>> Wrong.  It's easy enough to edit a Strava ride using the "crop"
>>>> command.  I had to do that on my Friday trudge, where I forgot to stop
>>>> logging and ended up with some rather impressive walking statistics on
>>>> the way to a lavish Chinese lunch.
>>>> <https://www.strava.com/activities/14357311501>
>>>> "Crop Tool for Activities"
>>>> <https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216919437-Crop-Tool-for-Activities>
>>>>
>>>> However, it's rather difficult to fake a ride in Strava.  There are
>>>> instructions available for how it might be done, but the few I've read
>>>> don't look very easy or reliable.
>>>> <https://www.google.com/search?q=strava%20how%20to%20fake%20a%20bicycle%20ride>
>>>> Besides, why would Zen Cycle want to do that?  There's no prices,
>>>> acclaim or notoriety for doing it.  There are also people who would be
>>>> happy to report anything suspicious.  It's just not worth the risk.
>>>>
>>>> Tom, if you want to accuse someone of cheating, I suggest you provide
>>>> some evidence.
>>>>
>>>> "How to Report Cheating on Strava"
>>>> <https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/206522304-How-to-Report-Cheating-on-Strava>
>>>
>>> This must be another of youer really bright days. All you have to do isw
>>> turn your Garmin on and drive a course in your car which Flunky clearly did.
> 
> Strava is rather better at flagging such stuff up, MTBers are common for
> this, ie forget to turn it off, so have the drive home as well!

That's happened to me, and I've always cropped the rides.
I really don't understand the obsession tommy is having with these lies 
about these rides. As i keep saying, if I were to ever post a ride like 
that my friends would immediately  have called bullshit. What sense 
would it make for me to try to lie to people I ride with all the time 
who know I'd never able to accomplish something like that, but for some 
reason try to hide it from some on-line jackass like tommy?

>>
>> I live in the deep dark forest, where there aren't too many "really
>> bright days".  Right now, it's 5.2 watts/meters^2.  Fortunately,
>> things do look brighter at around noon.
>>
>> I don't own a Garmin cycling computer.  I use a phone (Moto G Power
>> 2020) and the free Strava app:
>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.strava>
>> I'm also wondering if you really had sensors for each of your 15(?)
>> bicycles or if you moved one or two sensors between bicycles as
>> needed.  Of course, you recalibrated each sensor when you moved it.
>>
>> I have driven away in my car and forgotten to turn off the app.  It
>> happens more often than I care to admit.  I solved that problem by
>> hanging a small sign over my steering wheel with a reminder.
>>
>> I always crop the ride data to eliminate the part where I forgot to
>> turn off the data logger.  I usually walk (not ride) in the morning
>> and do any necessary edits on my home computer a few hours later.  If
>> you want to see my data before I edit it, I usually walk on Fridays
>> from 9:30am to about 11:30am PDT and make the necessary edits
>> somewhere between 3pm and 10pm PDT.
>> <https://www.strava.com/athlete/training>
>>
>> Could you remind me why you closed your Strava account and deleted all
>> your saved data?
>>
>>
> I rather suspect it showed his bragging rights to be rather unfounded!
> 
> I find it useful as a diary and as a social tool, plus I do like the route
> builder as I like the path less traveled so can see if someone has used X
> trail and when? Ie is it likely to exist on the ground or does it exist
> only on the map and so on.
> 
> Roger Merriman
> 
> 
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