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Very often when using Strava and linking outside in anyway it has way too much friction. 1. sample 1 -BWR announces a new segment and posts the link. Upon click of link asks me to download app. It’s already downloaded. I click get app. It redirects me to the app, but to my feed,  it the view of the original links. Fix this. 2.i post a Strava ride on instagram. People click it. They get the same login/ redirect issue. if you platform wants to grow and stay relevant make it easy to post and share. Outsiders need to see some of the inside before experiencing high friction points. Look at instagram. Let’s you land on content then after time/ actions asks you to login. asking for login and being high friction before social value is exchanged deters both posters  from sharing and lookers from seeing. 

I'm a free user and agreed to the data exchange between Garmin and Strava. However, I noticed that each time my cycling activity updates on Strava, it doesn't sync automatically to Garmin Connect. Is it because this feature isn't supported for free users?

Hello colleagues I have created a private club defined as "cycling".Several members have been added to the group. Unfortunately, I've recently noticed that some member activities are not showing up in weekly. I checked and the cycling activities that are missing are set as public, so it's not a question of permissions.Have you encountered such a situation?    Thanks.

So with my old Vivoactive 3 I would record my squash games as a normal run. Obviously the run map was irrelevant but it would give me the distance I ran/moved which I really liked. (Normally ended up being 3-5k depending on how hard the game was)However on my new Venu 2 if I record my squash as a run in the same way the map is always weird (one straight line) and only records me as having moved very little. Normally under 1k. I have switched to recording my matches as "cardio"However I really like tracking how far I've run in my matches. Any ideas on how to record the activity so it measures the distance covered? I assume its to do with the GPS not liking the fact you move in a very confined space in squash but seems weird the older watch recorded it fine whilst the newer one can't. Any thoughts or solutions much appreciated  

My Strava app on my Apple Watch disappeared. It works on my iPhone. The watch app on the iPhone doesn’t show the Strava app available to install on the watch. What’s up?

Hi all, I'm doing a fair amount of workouts that pre-load into my Garmin Forerunner with titles like "Tempo run 3x10" or "Endurance cycle" or whatever. When the activity syncs with Strava all I get is "Morning run". Is there a way to get the title of these activities (really just runs, rides, and swims) loaded over to Strava?

When my son's on my phone he somehow seems to keep entering me into challenges that I've no desire to participate in. There's no way to remove myself from them afterwards. Can you set up some functionality to exit a challenge that you accidentally enter please?

Hello everyone, I am a huge Strava fan and in order to get more detailed overviews of workouts data I have developed an extension app for Strava which offers additional analytics, visualizations and summarizations of your workouts. It was built to satisfy my own needs, but while working on it, I decided to make it public, where also other people could enjoy it.Feel free to try it, it is available here https://myworkoutcompanion.net/ as standalone app. For Chrome and Edge users there is browser plugin which integrates additional functionality directly to Strava webpage. I hop

Strava recently announced 9, yes, NINE, new sport types https://www.strava.com/clubs/231407/posts/23088067 Virtual Row was one of the new sport types announced - where is it? It's been almost a week now since the announcement and virtual row is nowhere to be seen. Any update on when we can expect to have virtual row available given it was launched a week ago?

I log my strength training manually in the Strava App. Normally it's the same content except a higher weight sometimes. Is it possible to duplicate an existing manual entry and just edit the text description instead of create a new exercise every time? 

Hi All, Hoping you can help me.  I am starting training for a marathon and want to do a lot of zone 2 training, in an effort to improve the speed I can run at whilst remaining within zone 2. At the moment I am using the Strava app on my Apple Watch and using the inbuilt apple watch heart rate monitor.  However, I have read a lot of articles online that says the HR monitor on the apple watch is not very accurate.  As such, I am looking at purchasing a seperate, dedicated heart rate monitor. My question is:  If I do buy an external monitor, can I sync that to the Strava app on my apple watch, so that I can actively monitor my HR during a run?  Or will the Strava app on the Apple Watch always use the built in HR monitor? Any help with the above and advice on which external HR monitor to use, would be much appreciated!  Thank you in advance.

I joined a group which got me more Kudos – which certainly helps with motivation – so I Followed people in the group. But now Strava is not allowing me to follow more athletes it seems. I’m pretty sure I’m under 2000 I’m following… most likely just a couple hundred. Did I reach some sort of a limit? Does the system think I’m a bot? Do I have to unfollow someone just to follow someone else? Thank you EdieBrooklyn

Hi,Please kindly advice if it is possible to add heart rate to existing activity? From unknown reason my heart rate was not synchronized in my last activity (I assume some problems with my equipment, probably solved now). And now I have two separate activities. One where are all data (GPS, pace, cadence, etc) and second one only with heart rate.Question, how can I add heart rate to existing activity with other data? I have heart rate in seperate .fit file.Thanks,Krzysztof 

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Good evening, I made a mistake in making the annual Strava subscription, by mistake it was uploaded to an account that I didn't even know I had and that I don't use anyway. I asked for help in the Strava chat but no one answered me. Can I do something? ?can I move the subscription??? in the meantime I have suspended it on that account.....or should I resign myself to having lost the money???

I have been unsuccessful getting these two apps connected. I made sure there were no existing Peloton accounts linked to Strava and the Peloton support team says the problem is on Strava’s end. Any ideas of what to try next?

It's officially here: Recover Athletics, Strava's recovery and injury prevention app, has added cycling content to its library. This has been a huge ask from the community.Now after a ride, Strava subscribers can access an expanded library of routines created to target and strengthen the shoulders, neck and back. And free Strava athletes don't have to miss a beat with one free routine and access to select content throughout the app.Try it out and let us know what you think!

Please skip sending us water bottles.  I and most athletes have plenty.  Use the money instead to keep the membership costs down.  That actually has value.   ThanksRef: email 1/7/24  "Free Gift Inside" 

Hi,  I am devastated, pushed myself to get a PB. Strava hasn’t given me anything for it? I didn’t pause I ran through 5k to make sure I went over? My Apple watch is showing a pb In achievements at 5k 22:30 but strava is showing nothing?   

Hello I turned on my bike retire, it is possible to restore it ?

Hey everybody, I am going to make a long route soon (±1000km), I have mapped it out in Strava. I plan to cycle ±100-150km every day. I would like to see the overview in one report of my entire route (±1000km) afterwards, but I would like to see how many altitude meters and kilometers I have to cover per day. I would also like to decide every day to which point I will continue. Is there a possibility to combine both?

Is it possible to add sound to third party workout imports?For example, Nike Training Club's videos do not include audio when the workouts are imported to Strava. 

Would like to see Strava offer custom stats feature so athletes can add for 800m, 400m, etc...

hi i want to merge 2 accounts which i have . One of them is already active and i upload there all my activities . I pay to activate my account from my mistake to an other with i make with my another mail. How i can merge these 2 accounts because i dont want to lose my money 

Hi there,  There is a path near me which is designated as a public footpath, but Strava is happy to route cycling routes down it - in the UK there is a distinction in law between bridleway/byway (cycles allowed) and footpath (cycles not allowed). I had a run-in with the landowner yesterday, and they are well within their rights to insist that no cycles are allowed.  I understand that Strava uses OSM data but this appears to be correctly tagged as a footpath only (see screenshot below) - implying the data is not being correctly grabbed, or the Strava base map needs some kind of refresh. I wonder if there is a way to ensure that Strava does not route cyclists down here in the future.  FWIW - whether or not this path is appropriate to ride on is irrelevant, the distinction is made in law. I feel there is a delicate truce that must be maintained between landowners and the public regarding access rights and path designations in the UK. Proof of ab