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Falcon Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/23/2023 5:06am

I like it for recording my miles and elevation. I like to compare my activities from past years and be able to reflect on my fitness level, plus it acts as an "odometer" for my bicycle. I could not care any less about the social aspect of the app - don't need followers. I'm going to go turn off my aggregate data right now.

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brash Liked a reply to forum topic budget mtb flat pedals

9/21/2023 5:56pm

I'm a bit of a flat pedal connoisseur in a way, always swapping and changing. To me the Vault is the go to standard still combined with 5-10's. However, I was very happy with Funn "Funndamental" which you can see have taken a lot of inspiration from the Vault. https://funnmtb.com/products/funndamental/ I have never gelled with composite pedals, have always preferred alloy. But a lot of people love them

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coney Added a reply to What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:54pm

the social element is cool - good convo starter for closed group training etc, or just yarns. Seeing posts from my mates that have an engaging summary, a photo or funny tagline, or a short story of the ride is cool - I like hearing how they're doing etc. It's like the close friends functionality on insta. been mentioned already...

jasbushey Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:50pm

Dislike: Unsanctioned trails being tracked. Yeah, you can remove aggregated, etc, but just turn it off and get in that habit, and call out others that track it. Once someone posts it, it will blow it up and people continue to track it. I went to a Forest Service meeting this year and they had the heatmap printed out explaining what unsanctioned trails they were planning to remove. This also goes for Trailforks which has a heatmap that may be linked to other GPS systems besides strava. Most bikers don't realize how much time goes into building a trail (~200hrs...

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hwizzle32 Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:50pm

I personally use the free version of strava, I like to see how I improve on certain segments. Some people take it way to seriously, acting like the KOM on a segment will get them a jersey with rainbow stripes and in turn they are unpleasant to be around on the trails.

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veefour Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:49pm

I don't use it myself, but I dislike the increased incidence of straight lines appearing on what used to be fun, twisty trails since people started using it. However I like all the roadies losing their shit when a mate forgets to turn his off before loading his bike into the van and driving home.

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Velocipedestrian Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:49pm

I liked the logging, time ridden, routes etc, but ended up uninstalling it. The way strava turns every ride into a race (either against others or yourself) was a big downer for me. I realised that I would enjoy a ride, sit down full of stoke, then open up strava... As soon as I saw I'd gone slower than usual the stoke would evaporate, and I'd start questioning where I'd gone 'wrong'. Deleted the app, and returned to my preferred metric of Smiles Per Hour.

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ak_trnsplnt Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:48pm

I hate that Strava does not include elevation loss in the data analysis. I consider this an interesting/important metric and would prefer to not leave my device going when riding lifts or using a shuttle. Garmin records and produces the data in Connect so it seems like its a pretty specific choice. Its a small thing but has bothered me since day 1. Everything else is perfectly adequate for my needs. Remember people stay off the Robots Kill List, make the lurkers and fun police earn it and TURN OFF YOUR AGGREGATED DATA USAGE.

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TEAMROBOT Liked a reply to forum topic What do you like and don’t like about Strava.

9/21/2023 5:48pm

This is a great opportunity to mention the Strava global heatmap and its effect on illegal trails. If you're using Strava, even if you set your ride to "Private" so only you can see your map, your ride will contribute to Strava's global heatmap unless you go to your privacy settings and turn off "Aggregated Data Usage." Here's a link that shows how to do this. And if you think this isn't an issue, click this link and use the global heatmap to navigate to an illegal trail you enjoy. I bet you 10 to 1 that the trail is...

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thejake Liked a reply to forum topic What Would Make You Buy a New Bike?

9/18/2023 2:17am

I think this is key. If you buy an $5-8k toy and you want to upgrade in 2 years but it’s hard to justify because you take a huge hit. If the warranty was transferred it would help used bike sales and then in turn help new bike sales. I think the reason you don’t see this with cars, dirt bikes and other toys is they don’t deprecate as much. It really sucks that a 2 year old bike has to be sold for about 30% of original value.

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Primoz Liked a reply to forum topic What Would Make You Buy a New Bike?

9/18/2023 2:14am

Why does the warranty have to be transferrable? Why not just... be? What makes the original buyer so much more holy than any other person owning the bike at a later date to deserve a full warranty when others don't deserve it? I've never heard of something like this in the electronics industry (phones, PCs, etc.), we know it's not an issue with cars, Jeff mentioned it's not a thing with snowmobiles and motorbikes and so on, what makes bikes so special?

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Mint Liked a comment about video Vital RAW - RED BULL HARDLINE

9/10/2022 3:31am

The most numerous aggressive bottom-outs in any six minute video? For public safety those bikes need to either hung on a wall or buried deep in the earth. Oh my

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boaz Liked a comment about video Vital RAW - RED BULL HARDLINE

9/10/2022 3:30am

Wow this is a gnarly track. It’s incredible to see what the top guys can actually race. It’d be cool to see more hardline inspired features at world cups

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