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Strava default gear

  • May 9, 2025
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Perhaps this is user error, but if not….very confusing Ux:

 

If I click “Run” on a different shoe, and then go back to this shoe, its unchecked. I had no idea that this checkbox was how I decide which shoe Strava chooses when I finish a run.

 

Each gear category should have an order of preference for that piece of gear, not a “Default Sports” checkbox that puts a piece of gear at the top of the list for a given category. Anybody who uses this app enough to pay for it almost certainly has different shoes for each of these categories. 

 

Or am missing something? 

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Jana_S
Superuser
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  • May 12, 2025

Hi ​@patrickgilsf,

yes it's the way you're describing - only one pair is assigned to a specific sport type, and if you assign a different pair, it will override the previous one. 

If you suggest that this should be designed differently, consider submitting an idea. There have been some related ones submitted already - perhaps check those too:

https://communityhub.strava.com/search?q=default%20gear&content_type%5B0%5D=ideation