Strava allows runners and cyclists to share, compare, and compete using their GPS data. This kind of gamification can be a powerful motivator — too powerful for some people:
“Downhills are the easiest way to get high up on Strava. You don’t need a lot of fitness, so you can leapfrog the process. Basically, it’s a game of chicken.”
Naturally, it’s Strava’s fault when riders kills themselves — or random pedestrians — while racing down busy “segments” defined by other users.
Why blame Strava, when we can blame the hills themselves?
Rotten hills! Creating differences, highlighting skill and discipline levels…no, we can’t have that! Shouldn’t it be “all equal”?
Flatten those hills!