I have some starred so often if I’m out riding they just kinda pop up and I go for them. Today I had two picked but a lot of times I go for one or two and just see what pops up in a similar direction
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If I go KOM hunting, it’s typically a segment that I’ll just randomly ride, see it later, and decide it’s gettable, or at least would be fun to measure myself against, suits my strengths, or whatever. I’m sure folks who take it more seriously have better ways, but that’s what I do.
If I can ask a random question of my own, does anyone know if it’s possible to see a list of your “top tens” or something similar? It’s not like I’m chasing a Mt. Lemmon or something but I would really like if I could see a list of ones where I’m close.
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Makes sense.
I’m not the perfect person to ask, my subscription just expired and I’m going to wait until the trails dry out before re-upping, but I think there’s a bit more of that functionality if you go for the full website version (not the app, or mobile optimized).
Same. And no segments on my bike computer, so I give it a push and learn of the results after the ride is over.
Don’t think there’s a way to do that. You can now go here through the Maps portion of the app but it doesn’t really do what you want, however still useful to know where to go for stuff
I’ve always gone for them organically. I’ll see segments popping up on my regular rides and then decide to go for one or two on a subsequent ride. The closer they are to my house and the more they appear on my regular rides the more territorial I am about segments.
I saw a friend get a KOM just behind my house. I didn’t even know the segment was there because it was in my privacy zone so I changed that and then went for it.
I was 3 seconds under my friend. I know I could get it if I want it. I’m just trying to decide whether to let him keep it for now. 
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Oh I had never really played with that before, interesting, thanks.
I had never heard of that before. Looks cool! Does it require Strava Premium?
I’ve never heard of this before, but there goes my evening.
Thank you
Yes, Strava changed policies and now you need Premium for Veloviewer to fully work.
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I only noticed joint KoMs showing on my account in June 
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So a buddy just nabbed a hotly contested KOM….but he was drafting off an eBike. He was also busting his nut and said it was the hardest segment he had ever done.
I told him I considered flagging it, but since he was actually pedaling and killing himself, I’d let it go. 
(And for more context, he is one of the strongest guys in the area and the KOM is littered with group ride efforts. No one is getting it solo….ever).
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It’s kind of wrong to go for KOMs that way though not much different if he had been drafting a pack of riders.
At least in a group he would have to out sprint the other riders to get the top spot.
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The other riders may not have sprinted, or even known the segment was there, or even cared. Sounds legit to me
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he wasn’t “going after” the KOM…he was going up ahead with the other person to block a dangerous intersection so the group doesn’t have to stop of slow down on a very fast stretch of road…we do that every week.
And you absolutely don’t need to sprint other riders to get the top spot…at least not if you plan correctly.
Your description sounded like he was out riding around with e-bike friend nabbing KOMs.
Not that I care either way but what if he had drafted a car and got a KOM - legit?
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If it’s on a bike that doesn’t have a motor it’s legit. Everything else is fair game as long as it’s safe, and “safe” is a pretty grey area. KOMs are mostly a bit of fun, can’t take them too seriously.
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I think drafting off a car or truck is a different issue…but no doubt it quickly becomes a grey area. Even murkier would be drafting off a scooter, which can achieve similar speeds to an eBike, but is completely mechanical.
At least the person on the eBike was also working, not just twisting a throttle.
As noted in my first post, this guy is one of the strongest guys in the whole area…and I think that matters, as well. If it was some guy who regularly gets dropped on group rides, etc then it is a different situation, IMO.
Totally agree.
But maybe there’s a bit of a spectrum of KOMs? Personally I would feel different about a solo kom than one where I set out with a buddy on an ebike to try to win one. Or happened upon a vehicle going just the right speed for me to kill myself hanging on to their draft and win is in the middle of those a bit?
Kom is kom but I’m going after them for my ego for sure… and deep down I know the difference between me beating others and me gaming a system.