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Need assistance troubleshooting or have questions about a Strava feature or function? Share your experience among our athletes to help you get back up and running.

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miriam_aHub Starter
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Accessing anonymous Strava data

Hi, I am a Marketing Professor researching on the field of mHealth apps and consumer behavior. I would be very interested in accessing to some anonymous Strava database of people´s activities recordings. Do you have any kind of partnership for that with universities? Thanks a lot,

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ccollinsHub Starter
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Indoor Cycling Tag not saving

Hello, for some reason, Strava will no longer save the indoor cycling tag on my activities. As such, it does not remove the map and post relevant data charts for an indoor ride (HR, power, cadence etc.). I have tried multiple times to select the tag and hit save like I have always done. Any suggestions would be appreciated!Thank you.

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rjkHub Starter
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Activity vs Route.

Currently, when I ride, I simply click the "record" button and then save that activity. It shows nicely in my Activity Feed, and tracks in my statistics.Now I have entered a Route into Strava and will use the app for navigation. Will that automatically create an Activity? or do I need to also click the "record" button?Thanks!

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Eaj836Hub Rookie
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Add the ability to submit bug reports

It would be great if Strava had an ability to submit bug reports where the submitter would be at least told that the bug has been acknowledged versus ‘works as intended’ or ‘no intent to fix’.  Submitting bugs as ‘feedback’ gives no acknowledgment so one ends up submitting the same feedback repeatedly.it’s telling that even here in this forum, there are no labels specific to bug reporting or support

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PitoteHub Starter
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Vitesse et allure / Speed and pace

Je débute sur strava et je vois, pour mes activités, l'allure (temps/km) mais je ne vois pas affiché la vitesse (km/heure). Où puis-je trouver la vitesse? Merci TRANSLATION: I'm new to Strava and I see, for my activities, the pace (time/km) but I don't see the speed (km/hour) displayed. Where can I find the speed? THANKS

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B-manHub Starter
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Activities Summary at end of year

How does the summary that is sent by email at the end of the year calculated?  Does it go from January 1st to December 31st or a different date?  Does it count in manual activities or does it only do recorded ones.

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B-manHub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Segments

How do you make new segments?  Can you see all of them when you are on the free mode and private?

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frankkHub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Rowing on Strava fails to use the data it collects

If I go on a mountain bike ride with nothing but my HRM and my Garmin, Strava gives me a ride that shows me where I went, a graph of all my HR data, and a realistic estimate of my calories burned.If I go on a hike with nothing but my iPhone to record on, Strava gives me my  route and my estimated calories burnedBut if I go sculling with nothing but my HRM and the iPhone I record on, Strava does give me a row that shows me where I went and a graph of my HR data. But it fails to estimate my calories expended. This is frustrating: if I export my row to Training Peaks, that big fat zero for calories expended throws off TP’s estimate of my TSS, fatigue, etc.Why does Strava not estimate my expended calories when rowing?

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Noah11Hub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Improvements

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stefansvHub Rookie
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Mobile app route building and more

The mobile route builder is very poor quality at the moment. Not being able to choose terrain is a no-go on many road bikes. If you're touring and have no easy access to the desktop version, it's basically useless. Last time it tried to guide me up a mountain through a steep dirt trail instead of following a slightly longer paved road. There is a lot of MTB around, don't get the heatmaps mixed up! Speaking of gradients: also on desktop, why not have a filter based on max grade and not only elevation? Sounds like a neat idea. Speaking of desktop version on mobile: constantly redirecting me to the LIMITED app is simply annoying. I am using my browser instead of the app on purpose! Just ask the user whether they want the desktop or mobile version when they enter the website, like most others do. Speaking of heatmaps: it is not clear to me whether each activity type has their own or they're shared. If they're all mixed up, hikers, MTB cyclists and road cyclists will all be confused, as wel

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michael12345Hub Rookie
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Find the source of, and simulate, activities with a "null" map

Hi,I support a website that, via the Strava API, allows our users to sync their activities from Strava into our system.We have an occasional error with activities not syncing properly, and I have a suspicion it is related to an activity being returned to us with a "null" value for the map node.Here is a snippet of the resulting JSON of a call to getActivityById():..."athlete_count": 1,"photo_count": 0,"map": null,"trainer": true,"commute": false,"manual": false,... Here is a snippet of a test activity I added for myself via the Strava website, with no map data associated:..."athlete_count": 1,"photo_count": 0,"map": {  "id": "a7974877761",  "summary_polyline": "",  "resource_state": 2},"trainer": false,"commute": false,... Note how mine has an empty value for summary_polyline, whereas the potential problem activity has a null value for the map node.I'm curious to know where the null value for map came from, and I'm primarily wanting to know how I can creat

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smclementsHub Starter
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Linking Equipment to an Activity is Too Difficult

I imagine that a large proportion of Strava users have multiple bikes for different types of rides(road, mountain, gravel, Peloton...).  Two key issues.  1) It is far too difficult to assign a particular bike to a ride.   It would of course be ideal to be able to pre-assign diff bikes by ride type(e.g. Trail ride = mountain bike / Peloton Ride = Peloton bike).  Short of that, making it easier to manually assign specific equipment to an activity would be a big improvement.  Presently takes multiple steps to get that done.  Why can't it just be done with a pull down within each activity. 2) eBikes need to be directly addressed.  It's becoming obvious in some of the leaderboard comparisons that ebike results are being ranked against non-ebike times.  I suggest that the difficulty in assigning equipment to an activity makes this problem much more likely.  Many people won't make the effort to manually fix each ride.  Additiona

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DewaHub Rookie
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Automatic labelling of Activities

In the spirit of making Strava even more "smart", it would be nice if we could automatically tagg certain activities based on historical ones. Eg. If I am commuting every morning / evening (Home > Work and Work > Home), the system should be able to automatically label the future ones as CommuteIf I am hiding some activities from my feed (eg. all Commute ones), the system should be able to hide them in the future as well 

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LaFlamaBlancaHub Rookie
asked in Strava Features Chat
Clubs Displayed on Profile Page

Hello, can you please athletes select which top 4 clubs they want to show up on their profile page before clicking on clubs and displaying all of them. Seems to be random but would be awesome if it could pick which ones we want displayed 24/7 on our profile page. Thanks for your time and consideration 🤙 

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spgreenwoodHub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Physical Achievement Tokens

Hello Strava fam; excited to explore this community hub more.I have an idea that I would love to see become a feature. We need more personalized physical tokens in our lives! If I earn a KOM, or become a Local Legend, or do a Century/Marathon…I would love the option to pay $2.99 for a small personalized sticker…or pay $19.99 for a T-Shirt to be shipped directly to me. **bleep**, if it’s a really big deal, do a trophy!Make it a 1-Click process right after I upload/complete the ride; have all of my credit card info and shipping info pre-filled. It should be a impulse purchase and then a delightful surprise when it shows up.What do you think?

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YawnickHub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Strava Labs Achievement Map Error

I'd really like to explore this project, but it doesn't seem to work.There's an error that can be seen in the browser console.I've also found this reddit comment where others seem to have the same problem.It'd be awesome if this project would work again:)

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BeezzztHub Starter
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Flag till you die

Hello all,I'm new here and unsure if this is the right place to post my issue.  Perhaps it's been discussed before, if so : my apologies.Me and my friends are rather competitive and are the proud owners of several KOM's.  There is this guy who steals our KOM's on a regular basis, using a speed-pedelec on the commute.  We must have flagged him like 100 times the last couple of years.  We can't reach out to him via his profile because his settings are private.  Do we have to keep flagging him untill we die or is there another way to solve this issue once and for all ?Thx for your input.

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Jenelder79Hub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Segments

It would be great if the app would tell me when  a segments is starting and ending on bike rides so I can push it or try to beat the fastest. 

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HuckNoHub Rookie
asked in Strava Features Chat
Correcting Starting Point

I forgot to start my Garmin until halfway into my ride. Is there a way to correct the starting point on an in-and-out ride where the start and finish points are the same? 

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posted in Strava Features Chat
Strava Live Segments on Rouvy

The introduction of Strava Live Segments to the virtual world on Rouvy is an exciting new opportunity to ride segments at any time of the day, in any weather, and from any location around the world. While only a limited number of routes on Rouvy currently contain Live Segments, we eagerly anticipate the addition of more segments in the future. Check out our post on Strava Live Segments on Rouvy for more details. Have you ridden Strava Live Segments on Rouvy yet? What has been your favorite segment or part of the experience? Are there any qualities of the new feature which you would like to see improved? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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OmaharunandbikeHub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
More features for Premium members

I was a free user for a couple years, and decided to upgrade when features were taken away from me, I am sure in an effort to convert users to pay, that makes good business sense.  After being Premium for two years, I would like to see my membership fees going to provide more and better services to members.  Instead it seems like the free users (like my GF) get more and more limits on the services provided.  I understand the push to get people to convert, but as a paying member, I would like to see that my money is going toward improve the service not just further limit free people. It is seriously getting me to consider another service. I am not a "power user" and I cannot tell you what would make it better, sorry.  One last thing: Local legend status for only three attempts seems pretty silly.  I am not sure of many legends that have only done something three times.  Maybe the limit should be something mor "legendary", like 10.   Please give th

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Bryant
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IddyHub Starter
asked in Strava Features Chat
Lucy Charles / Red Bull challenge

Hi folks, I have completed the Lucy Charles/ Red bull challenge and received the emails for each part of the challenge to confirm this.   But you are also meant to get an email with a code in to complete the online form to enter the competition aspect (winner gets a free race fee).   Any ideas how long this should take or how I can contact Strava to ask?   thanka   ian

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JudaVHub Rookie
posted in Strava Features Chat
Please, don't be Facebook

When I first discovered Strava around 2013 I was hugely impressed, the idea of competing GPS segments was new and exciting. Had a paid subscription since. My list of of followed and followers grew over 200.  But more and more it started to itch:I do not need a 100 kudos for a daily training. Nor do I need to see the commutes, warm-ups, hikes to the grocery store from every one I follow. It is not the Strava I once liked so much anymore.So I trimmed down my list of followers/followed from 200 to around 40. Now they all appear in 'suggestions to follow'. And all of sudden I appear in theirs! This is not privacy, this is Facebook. Please Strava, be Strava again and stop Facebooking.

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Deimus85Hub Rookie
asked in Strava Features Chat
KOM's Gone?

Hey there, Has anyone else noticed that in their profile page, all of your KOM's are gone? But when you go to an activity with a segment that you hold the KOM on, it still shows you as the KOM holder? Activities are not reported or flagged in My Activities list. Is this a bug right now on the Strava backend?

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NathanDHub Rookie
asked in Strava Features Chat
Equalled PB 1st 2nd or 3rd best and show delta

I would like an achievement flag for EQUALLED and existing achievement and a way of seeing the delta time to your overall personal PB.At the weekend I went for a fast 5km run.  I achieved 2nd best time for 5km but I can’t see what my all time 5km run time is??Was I just a second or two off or was I minutes away?please please 🙏 

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