Strava Features Chat

It is very confusing, if you record something as a "ride", the stats count in your totals on your profile. If you record as a Run, they show as a Run in totals, if you record as kayaking, it shows as Kayaking... But if you choose related cycling ones, they still count to the Ride category...Is this true for any that are related to cycling? Do any activity types record stats like HR, Cadence, Power, Speed, but not lump themselves into the Ride total stats? Velomobile? Ebike? Hand Cycle? It is confusing and makes no sense. Some activity types are different activities, others aren't. Gravel Ride, Indoor Ride, etc still all count as a ride.Why are these different activity types and not just tags, if they have no functional difference? 

I was viewing my Local Legends and clicked on the three-dots in hopes of editing something, and it offered “Leave Local Legends” which sounds like a common situation in a browser when one wishes to depart from some display.  It appeared that I needed to do that in order to proceed to editing so I chose that.Then, it notified me that it deleted all my Local Legends records and I could rejoin Local Legends and start over.I hope this can be reversed but I cannot find any way to contact Strava for support about this, and if it cannot be fixed I will not renew my subscription and will have to devote time every day to discussing this topic all over the Internet.  

The cycling data I recorded with the Apple Watch Workout app shows a significant difference in Strava compared to the data in the Fitness app on my iPhone after importing.

On a recent activity, I noticed that max BPM in the Android app does not match max BPM in the web view in Chrome.In web view, the highest BPM I can see is 160.  Note that webview does not show an actual max number.  You have to find the max by moving the cursor across the heart line on the graph, which is annoying.  In the Android app, it says max BPM was 163.Why the discrepancy?

On February 8, 2025, two cyclists rode the same 7.1 mile segment I did on January 9, 2016. Except they didn’t, because my segment shows as their entire ride. They maxed out at 95 mph. The photos are of other locations. They snagged one of my KOMs. Their ride shows they started from my house - they didn’t - which Strava has supposedly hidden on my account. They are number one or number two on every segment. So how did my segment end up as the route of two other cyclists? (I’m assuming it’s a bizarre Strava computer glitch.)

My followers cannot see All time stats and year to date stats. It appears 0 in both fields. I have tried to play around with settings + updated IOS latest version + latest stava update and it doesnt work.

Hi, A couple of my followers have shown me that my statistics for runs, rides, and swims are not the same on their phone app as on their desktop. I usually save my runs to be seen by followers only and have logged over 4000km. The correct statistics can be seen by my followers on their desktop version. However, on the phone app my statistics shows less than 1000km.On my own account the phone app statistics matches the desktop version. I’m not sure when this started happening. I have tried to change who can view a run activity from ‘followers’ to ‘everyone’ and this made the activity visible on the phone app for my followers. Please help.Thank you

As a rider who is of a certain age, I know there are PR’s I will never see again. What if there were “lifetime” PR’s and another category of PR for, say, the past year?

I had signed up for a family plan on which I had planned to add my daughter and son. Neither of my children could accept the invite link. I then gifted a subscription to my daughter which could not be redeemed either on the app or on a desktop. As it sits now, Strave has taken over $200 from me without any of the services working. To further frustration, Strava has no human person to talk to help rectify this issue. I am a track coach and my team uses Strava. We have enjoyed Strava's interface and help but the exchange of my money for no services is not cool. Anyone else have these problem and/or have a fix for these problems?

I see on a friends smartphone my PR’s displayed on the map and the location were they were achieved. I cannot see it on my own smartphone. How do I turn this setting on?   

I have been manually uploading strava runs this month and they add correctly to my weekly total and total distance this year. However, when I got to check my activities they are not present. Sometimes they have been displayed on my followers feed but not my own! How can I fix this as I don’t want to loose these activities? Thanks !

Strava are ignoring for over 2 weeks my ticket. I purchased a family plan, but no-one can join. It says they are in an incorrect country, but our locations are identical. Does anyone know how to get Strava to help before I have to do a credit card chargeback?

I have already downloaded my achieve from settings of my account. But most of the activities are gpx files. I know I can export original activities into fit files, but it is tedious to do this.Is there a simpler and quicker way?

Hi everyone,After a cycle ride, I used to see a map and the segments by tapping on the map (Android Strava).This feature access appears to have been removed?Where can I see both the map (which segment) and the segment summaries now?Even on a PC, the map dispappears as you scroll down - not useful.Thx

This has happened to me several times when I've tried to import a GPX file to create a route on Strava. I have been making GPX files using FatMap because its the easiest editing software I've found so far. I get the track looking perfect on FatMap. I then import the GPX file to Strava, but I've found that parts of the GPX track snap to a nearby trail or road when they aren't supposed to and I can't figure out how to correct that part of the route. I've tried adding extra data points in FatMap to no avail. I've tried turning on manual mode before importing the file, which didn't change anything. I've tried adding manual waypoints in Strava, but all that seems to do is hopelessly mess up the track. What am I doing wrong?Update: I created a route from scratch using nothing but manual points in FatMap and Strava still altered it and snapped parts to the trail when I imported it into Strava. So frustrating! Why can't Strava route mapping just work like FatMap? They bought the platform!!

The activity filter shows options for 1 year at a time. Selecting one of them only shows the recent month. You can see in the screenshot, it is showing data for a 5 days when the filter is selected for an entire year i.e, Jan 2024 > Jan 2025. 

I noticed a change in the Strava IOS app this week.   When I finish an activity and open Strava the activity automatically opens for editing.   Previously Strava would open to my feed and I could choose to edit the activity if I desired.   Now I need to close the activity to see my feed. Is this a new “feature” of the app.    If so, how do I disable it so my feed opens normally? 

I’ve been using Strava to record weight training, workout, yoga, etc., using a Polar HRM. My weight is set in my profile. I do see the HR during the activity. The activity record shows a average and max HR, as well as a HR profile vs time, but no calories. I’ve used the Polar HRM through the summer on bike rides with no issues (calories shown - but getting data from Wahoo Element).I did search community for other posts regarding this. Saw similar question from 5 or 6 months ago that said bug was fixed. I do have the latest version of the app on my iPhone as far as I can tell. Thanks!

Estou tendo problemas para abrir o mapa do Strava. Todas vezes que abro o mapa para ver algum segmento o app fica travando Translation: I'm having trouble opening the Strava map. Every time I open the map to view a segment the app crashes.

I had an issue with my watch syncing with my phone/the app for the past couple of months, and now am trying to port all of my activities over. I’ve uploaded the majority of them, but now with only 6 left to go, it’s giving me an error message saying “You've exceeded the maximum number of uploads. Please try again later.” According to the chat bot, the only limit is that you can’t upload more than 15 at a given time, but there’s no limit to how many you can upload in a given day… Based on this recurring error message though, I’m not so sure.Does anyone know how long I have to wait to upload the rest? Or if there’s anything else I need to do?

Just some general feedback- I'm sure many love the increased monthly walk challenge- I see it bumped up from 30k to 50k starting in 2025. Unfortunately, as a busy pregnant mom of a toddler I'm finding this change to have really hurt my momentum. The 30k was perfect for me to get in each month, it was challenging to hit, and kept me motivated to try and get steps in each month because some health issues have prevented me from running pregnant. The 50k goal is just not going to be attainable for someone who was not always able to make the 30k goal. I wish Strava had not removed the 30k option- it was a good distance. Why not have both? I really miss having this- it kept me engaged all thru my first pregnancy. :(

Is the flag feature functional for e-bike activities. Am I wasting my time trying to clean up e-bike leaderboards?

Bonjour,Je me demande pourquoi il n’y a pas la Zumba et le step dans les sports Strava ?Merci pour la réponse ☺️

Since the past couple of weeks when I click on the map of an activity, I see the GPS track but the background map is just about empty. I used to get a proper map with paths, roads etc. that I could zoom in and out. What's supposed to pass as a map now is pretty useless. Anyone have an idea what changed?

I’m unable to see certain friends’ 2025 YTD data in both the iOS app and the web browser. If I choose previous years from the pulldown on the web app, the data is available, but not 2025. Here’s a screenshot from the web app with my friend’s missing data on the left. I can see his daily activities, just not his YTD stats