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Jane
Community Manager
JaneCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
The Strava Community Hub is 1! Come celebrate and enter for a chance to win some Strava swag!

Today the Strava Community Hub marks a big milestone as we turn 1! From all of us here at Strava, we want to give a huge thank you to each and every one of you, for being here and for your contributions. A Community without members is nothing, so today we’re celebrating you! Like most new Communities, we started  with only a handful of members and watched excitedly as more and more of you joined us.  One of the great things about Community is that it matches up people who need help, with people who can help.  You did not disappoint.  This past year we’ve seen so many instances of members helping members.   We can’t list them all but check out a couple below: Relative Effort question  Fitness Score Question  Thank you to all of you who have asked questions, answered questions, commented or engaged in any way.  We see you and we appreciate you.     We found out pretty quickly that this Community has ideas - lots of them!  Idea

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Jane
Community Manager
1 year ago
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Auredu31Hub Rookie
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Adresse mail / Mail address

Bonjour Je rencontre un soucis sur mon compte j'ai oublié mon adresse mail. Donc impossible de me connecter à mon ancien profil Strava. J'ai ouvert un ticket mais pas de réponse....  Merci d avance  TRANSLATION: Good morning; I'm having a problem with my account, I forgot my email address. So I can't connect to my old Strava profile. I opened a ticket but no response.... Thanks in advance

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1 year ago
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BenomondiHub Starter
asked in General Chat
Kind request for inclusion of inline skating as a major sport

Hae im Ben an inline speed skater from Kenya, Kindly could you include inline skate as one of the major sport in strava like run and Bike?I noticed that  when you open strava on your Phone then tap on maps then routes there is no inline skate as one of the sports, this hinders you from exploring inline skating around new places.Kindly include inline skate as one of the major sports on strava.

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1 year ago
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funriderHub Rookie
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Route Building using Heatmap

Hi allI have a issue when I'm creating a trail running route. I have built various routes in the past, so not an entire newbie. I have been struggling lately with trail running routes. I use the global heat maps, I know the area, I know its been used often, but as soon as I start building, the "builder" simply refuses to use the heat map route, and uses other routes instead, taking me on an entire different route. Besides going manual, is there another way of "forcing" the builder to use the heat map?

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KrolBCHub Starter
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Listen to new itinerary while running

Good morning,I am new to Strava (and to my neighborhood) and I am trying new itineraries. My issue is that I didn't find how to have "someone" dictate the itinerary (turn left, straight ahead...) while running, meaning that I have to constantly look at my phone which is not very practical! I'd prefer to launch the itinerary and have the instructions to follow in my headset 🙂Is it possible? With another app? Thanks for your help and support,Carole

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1 year ago
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creaseHub Rookie
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Trouble with a segment across two identical activities

Hello! Yesterday I did a bike ride that I also did mile-for-mile the same way 3 years ago.Here is activity 1 from 2020, and here is activity 2 from yesterday. Both were uploads from my Garmin Edge 530, if that is relevant.I have this segment associated with the 2020 activity, but not the 2023 activity. I can't tell whether or not this segment has been deleted, but I doubt it because here is someone else with a segment result from 7 days ago.Does anyone know why my second activity wouldn't trigger a result on that segment? Thanks.

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1 year ago
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6CatsLoveHub Starter
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Flagging

I started riding bikes back in 2017, I'm autistic and find it to be very soothing, as a hobby. After my husband started riding, in turned into a bit of a competition,  not much between us, but it was fun. It was like I had my own personal trainer. Last year I really kicked it into gear after purchasing my 2019 trek domane sl6. I love it. This year started out great. Riding in May. I never paid much attention to any of the strata leaderboards, but the other day, I realized I was number 2 on a segment. Normally I dont pay attention because I ride for myself, but I decided the next day when I go out, I would concentrate on that section and give it my all. My husband was right in front of me. I could not believe it. When I finished my ride  and checked my results, I had beat the leader by 2 seconds and I was the new Queen of the Mountain. Wow. I couldn't believe it. All my hard work over the years paid off. Fast forward a day and I see my ride was flagged by someone. I don't unde

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DigHub Starter
posted in General Chat
Ride for longevity

Still pushing on at 80 years! Wow I keep telling my legs…. your doing me proud and still hanging on to some of my KOM’s

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1 year ago
Bryant
Community Manager
BryantCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Welcome Members & Summer Time! (July)

Hey! Thank you for joining the Community Hub! Please take a look around and join in on the discussions, ideas, and good vibes! If you need help on where to go you can head to our Starting Line or you can reach out and we'll be more than happy to help! As an Icebreaker, please introduce yourself and let us know what you're most excited about this summer! I'll go first! My name is Bryant and what I'm most excited about this Summer is this season's Food! I'm from the south, so nothing gets me going more than smelling good food coming from a BBQ Grill. What about you?

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Bryant
Community Manager
1 year ago
Soren
SorenStrava Alumni
posted in General Chat
If you see something, say something - How to Report a Post

Hello from the Community Hub Management team. We wanted to send out a friendly reminder regarding our Community Guidelines. If you come across a post you think is inappropriate you can click on the cog icon next to it or click ‘Reply’ and then ‘Report Inappropriate Content’ to immediately notify our Community Moderators. We greatly appreciate those of you who have been notifying us about spam and other posts that do not belong in our community and encourage you to continue doing so. Thank you 🙏

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1 year ago
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AndyMonstersHub Starter
asked in General Chat
From the PNW, enjoys long walks on short beaches

Hi all, I joined Strava in the past year and enjoying it so far. It's great to see inline skating on the list, though the way it calculates calories burned seems a bit of a under estimate.  That aside. I've been trying to best my PR on a local climb and I noticed the top times seem to either be counted by those going down hill or if they're going up it certainly isn't without using a EV bike.  Is there a way to tag the direction of person and separate them into their own category if they're defending vs ascending.  Also allowing users to potentially flag if they suspect the leader on the board is using a EV bike? Excited to join the community -Andy

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1 year ago
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Yountenphunt566Hub Starter
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vve1505Hub Starter
posted in General Chat
From the high desert, AZ

New to Strava - trying to figure it out. Central AZ high desert region, mountain biking using Samsung Galaxy watch 4

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1 year ago
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TravelPediaHub Starter
posted in General Chat
Hi everybody nice to meet you here

Hi

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1 year ago
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magmoncrieffHub Starter
asked in General Chat
Strava Challenges

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this, I find the Strava challenges as a good motivation to get out and about. I have noticed that I am seeing less challenges and only ones recommended for me. Is there anyway if accessing more random challenges like there used to be? It may be that I am not a premium account holder.Hopefully someone can advise.Thanks 

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JonFreemanHub Starter
posted in General Chat
Re: New to Community: Ready, Get Set, Go!

Howdy, Here from Gulport, MS

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1 year ago
Scout
Community Manager
ScoutCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
It's June! Come say Hi & join us in celebrating Pride 🏳️‍🌈

Hey all! It's Jane & Scout! On behalf of all of Strava we want to welcome you to the Strava Community Hub. We have a tradition here, where each month we ask our members to introduce themselves and share a little bit of info so we can get to know you better. This month, let’s talk about food! Specifically, what’s your favorite snack to pack along during an activity, or to have after you’re done? When heading out on a long(ish) bike ride, Jane always brings along an orange and a few almonds. After a long run, she often craves and eats a banana 🍌. Weirdly, Jane doesn't really like bananas and this is the only time she will ever eat one. As for Scout, she'll usually have some trail mix that includes some M&M's on hand.  June is also a special month because it’s pride month! To recognize Pride Month, Strava invites you to join the Sweat With Pride Challenge. We’re challenging people on Strava to get out and walk at least a mile in support of the LGBTQ+ community. You ha

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Scout
Community Manager
1 year ago
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dema86Hub Starter
asked in General Chat
what happens to subscription when you change country

Hi, I'm evaluating the purchase of an annual subscription, I'm Italian, but I'm looking to move to Germany next year... I know that in Germany the cost of subscription is higher, and I'd like to know if my annual subscription purchased in Italy will be usable when (and if, I'm not 100% sure at the moment) I move to Germany... I've searched info regarding this matter (other country also) but I haven't found anything...Thank You

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Doubleglazing84Hub Rookie
asked in General Chat
First post to say hello and a quick question...

I've been using Strava for some time, but this is my first post to the Campfire Chat. I usually use my Coros watch and upload after training, however, in the near future I hope to do a multi month hiking trip. Depending on battery life I'll likely stick with using Strava to measure my hikes via the app on my phone. If my phones battery starts to die I'll likely use my Coros watch. My issue is that I won't be able to access the internet for days at a time. So I wonder, can the Strava app keep track of my hikes and upload them when i have wifi. If so how many can the app store?I could foresee myself needing to store 7 days of hikes, potentially with each day comprising about 12 hours of hiking. Many thanks in advance. 

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Ian11Hub Adventurer
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What to do about unsafe behaviour ?

A new user has appeared in my area in the last few weeks.  They have recorded quite a few activities, mostly as Mountain Bike Rides, and almost all have been flagged due to infeasible high speeds.  The speeds have been high enough to be dangerous to other road users - such as 60 mph on a street with a limit of 30 mph and today it was over 100 mph (for about a mile on a flat road) where the speed limit is 70 mph.  I worry that Strava might be used by people boasting about the high speeds they can achieve with motor bikes or cars.  Simply flagging such activities doesn't seem to be enough - can Strava do something to stop this reckless and dangerous behaviour ? I think I saw somewhere that Strava would remove accounts showing inappropriate behaviour, but I don't know how this works in practice.

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fredhHub Starter
asked in General Chat
New Route Builder

Not sure if its me, user error, but I dont like the new Route Builder. I loved the old version dragging the line to re-route was so easy, now I am finding when using Gravel paths etc it doesnt easily allow me to change the route to where I want it to go ? it keeps taking me a way I dont want to go, I'm finding im having to be in constant manual mode in large sections of off road paths, they are well ridden as I can see from heat map......Maybe its just Me but I'd love the old version back. I dont want to have to use RWGPS or Koomoot but their routing is  so much straight forward.....is anyone else having annoying issues with the new version ??

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1 year ago
optimisticprom
optimisticpromHub Explorer
posted in General Chat
Long time listener, first time caller!

My name is Nick, a long time Strava-er here to finally say hello!I remember a time before Strava, and I remember the period of time when I resisted using Strava, preferring to stick to manually writing down my daily ride statistics in a notebook and manually (well, with my TI-89 calculator, at least) calculating monthly and annual totals at the end of each respective time period. I remember when I finally gave in and made an Instagram account because, at the time, posting a picture to Instagram while actually in the middle of an activity was the only way to get a picture posted to your activity on Strava. After all this time and all of the iterations of Strava, I can truly say that I enjoy it. It has definitely had some hiccups, and I have had to personally take some mental health breaks from it, but for the most part, I believe Strava to be a great tool.After all these years, I have decided to stop thinking of all of the ideas I have that could improve my experience on the site and ap

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optimisticprom
1 year ago
Jane
Community Manager
JaneCommunity Manager
posted in General Chat
Tuesday Chat with Team Strava: Zwift and the quest to maintain sanity while riding inside

Hello and Welcome back to Tuesday Chat with Team Strava.   Today we have a special guest joining us; Welcome Jimi!  Strava employee, and cycling enthusiast, he's here today to talk about his experience using the Zwift training platform. Jimi:   I remember back when I first experienced winter as a cyclist. I put my bike on the trainer, put on some music, and stared at a wall or watched old bike racing videos. A lot has changed since those early days of training solo in my basement waiting for the weather to get better. The world of indoor cycling and virtual training has witnessed a game-changer for indoor riding and racing, enter Zwift. Combining the power of technology, social connectivity, and immersive gaming elements, Zwift has revolutionized the way cyclists and fitness enthusiasts engage in indoor riding. Let's dive into what Zwift is, how it has helped me to become a better cyclist, save time, and why it has become such a popular platform. What is

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Jane
Community Manager
1 year ago
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Anonymous
asked in General Chat
Strava support or should I say no support!!

Locked out my Strava can’t remeber password and email address is no longer in use oh and trying to get someone at Strava to assist is impossible!!

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MimacmtbHub Starter
posted in General Chat
Introduction

Hello - I'm Melissa. I'm from Michigan and I generally ride bikes of all sorts. I recently started volunteering for a Michigan bike oriented group. Looking forward to reading posts on this forum.

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