Strava Features Chat

So my question is basically summarized in the title. I have a route which starts and ends at the same location (a loop). Now I want to modify the route to keep it the same loop, but to start and end it at a different location (without having to recreate the entire route from the new start point). 

Virtual rowing app EXR recently included GPS data in the upload. However, Strava seems to assume you are physically there as it includes Weather data for that GPS location. This should not be available on activities marked as Virtual Rowing. 

Hi, can I change the default summary information that is displayed after I complete a cycle. For example right now 'Distance', Elevation Gain' and 'Time' or 'Achievements' are shown on the summary at the top. Can I say replace 'Time' / 'Achievements' with 'Average' Speed'?                      Thanks, Noel Shannon

Maybe I haven’t found the feature but I can’t see how to lock the screen on Apple Watch when starting a workout on watch. That doesn’t present a problem in summer, but it does in winter when layers of clothes around the wrists might accidentally stop or pause the activity.  

MTB activities often show up with multiple segment names on a trail. It would be great to see times on named trail segments (by name) and perhaps indent names of segments within the trail so users can see they are within another named segment.  Might be nice to toggle off these ‘sub-segments’ and have activities show a reduced number but more useful segments.

Hello. I use Strava to track all of my alpine ski days because I love all the data I get when I do that. The only thing that is missing is full season stats for alpine skiing. I track just about every ski day and would like to be able to see my stats such as vertical footage and number of runs for each season. I’m not sure why there are only yearly stats available for biking running and swimming… why not all sports?

Hi, I use the Apple Workout to record my swims. It syncs fine to Strava , except, for the first 500 yards or so the heart rate does not show up on Strava. Any ideas why?

When i add a photo to an old activity, if i have cropped or edited the photo in any way, it will show as my most recent picture instead of down the grid when that activity took place. If i dont crop or edit the pic then its arranged correctly to when the activity took place. It must have something to do with the timestamp of the photo or something?Is there anyway the photo ordering can be corrected for photos that have been edited?

I do not want this option on my feed.  It popped up a few months ago and went away.  It is now back.  I am hoping now that it is back- I can remove it. The widget itself seems to be primitive and only collects quantity rather than quality.  Then every week it challenges you to do more.  Rest is also very important and needed to prevent injuries.   Some might think it's great, and that's awesome for them.  I do not think it is good to see and why I have disabled things like the 'move' option on my garmin watch or removed the step counter option.

Hello all, I'd like to know if I can get the total mileage run between 2 certain days. The closest things I can get is the "weekly view" in You > Progress. Thanks 🙂

Hi. Why will Club Events now not save if I include a Strava route?  If I don't include the route, the event will save and the club members are notified by e-mail. I have been creating routes and including them in Club Events in Strava for the last 4 months without any problem. What's changed?

Your recent update to segments is a bold attempt to clean them up.  One of your changes is to have verified segments.  Your method in determining which segments to verify is through the use of staring?  My concern with staring is that stars are functionally used for LIVE STRAVA SEGMENT ATTEMPTS.  So if I am making an attempt for a segment KOM, i like to see live segments.  However, if i am not going to make a KOM attempt then i UNSTAR said segment because it clutters my screen when ridging/navigating.  Additionally, when i do get that KOM, i unstar.  In other words, staring is not a vote to LIKE or promote a segment.  If you do want to make VERIFIED segments, please create a LIKE button for it rather than counting stars. 

I used to live in Shanghai, where I created my account, about 10 years ago. Since then I moved to the US and I have updated my location to the city I live in (SF, CA) but the region still says “Asia, Shanghai”. I am able to edit the city but not the region. Would you have any suggestion on how to update my region?Thank you 

I have used the description section on activities to add links to race results and race videos on youtube, and these links have all been removed from my activities, some of them dating back a few years. This means that I can no longer find some of these results that I had linked for personal reference and followers can no longer see them either.Additionally, I had my professional triathlete profile website linked in my bio section, and this has also been removed. I understand that there have been a lot of issues related to spam bots on strava, but I would appreciate if my old activities and profile weren’t meddled with without my consent and if I could return these relevant links to my activities, which no longer seems to be a supported feature. 

Is there away to define other ride types for Virtual Rides such as those uploaded from Zwift?At the moment the iOS app only has the “commute” option that seems a little out place for a virtual ride.Online I can see similar tags for a Virtual Ride but no specific Ride Type Field.  Is it possible edit/add the tags available for virtual rides via the online portal and have the reflects in the app as ride types? 

Hello, I opened up a ticket regarding my half marathon race that is not showing up as a PR on my profile. (Request #3076831 was opened in October) My profile still shows an old race. I have tried refreshing stats and updating with no change.The link to the activity is: https://www.strava.com/activities/12637675990This is the athlinks verification of the run if that helps: https://www.athlinks.com/event/376246/results/Event/1093075/Course/2524335/Bib/975Please advise.

I really like “Best Efforts” as a feature, but every time I click into it, it defaults to showing best efforts for running, which would be fine if I had any runs on my account. I wish it would automatically just open the cycling section, given that’s where I have activities and best efforts. I get mildly annoyed every time this happens. This feels like a really easy fix.

Hiwhat does the cross hatching mean on the Teaining Log bubble diagram view please?I did search the help and community articles but apologies if I missed the answer.Thanks,Rob

I have connected Strava within the SUUNTO App, but it won’t sync my activities. It also does not show the SUUNTO as synced app somewhere in Strava, but I am not sure wether it is supposed to. 

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Strava seems to rely on its server location to determine the day/time, not where I am logging in from, so the relative time of activities is often wrong, e.g. an activity described as “today” was, indeed, yesterday. This should be an easy fix

Steps to repeat:Activities are private by default. Click “Mute Activity” on either phone or web. Select “Everyone” as audience type. Click “Save”Result: People who have selected you as a “Favorite” receive notification that you uploaded an activity.Workaround: Activities are private by default Click “Mute Activity” Click “Save” Go back and select “Everyone” as audience type. Click Save again.The reason one might want to be able to mute an activity, but have it be public is that private activities do not count for challenges…. but you don't want to annoy your friends by “cluttering up the feed” with shorter, less interesting activities.

Please, Strava, stop with the new “Kudos on logging an activity” and “your activity is ready” BS notifications. Or let me turn off in the settings Strava system notifications. I only want notifications for when a follower comments on a ride or when they (another human) gives me a kudos. This has gotten way out of hand. 

As a runner and mountain biker I often find new trails by reviewing friends activities. I will often look at their activity while I am out on my ride/run. I would like to be able to pull up their activity map, including their red line track, and tap a compass or similar icon to see where my current location is compared to their activity. Is this possible and I am missing it? If not consider this a feature request. 

HelloThere appear to have been some updates to the route planning function with this excellent app. However now it is becoming extremely slow, “updating route” is all I see now, and it is now no longer possible to see my the heatmap with all my activities displayed while route planning. The function is now barely usable it is so slow. Please is there anyway that the route planning can return to how it was a few months ago? I am using Chrome and I have tried the route planning on two separate computers. Best regards Howard