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CreakyCrank
Kilimanjaro
Status: Delivered

I would love to be able to have different shoes set as my default for walking vs. running, as well as a different default bike for road vs. MTB.  I often forget to change which shoes/bike I did what on, then that messes up my milage tracking (for when to change shoes or tires/tyres).

Moderator's Edit: we are excited to announce that we launched default gear by sport on May 9, 2023. Now, you can set default shoes and bikes for different foot and cycle activities! We appreciate any and all feedback on this feature so feel free to continue to leave comments in this thread. However, if you have additional suggestions we invite you to submit a new idea. For more info on how to do this, please click here

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ruud
Mt. Kenya

As many riders I have several bikes which all of course have a main purpose.
Currently I have a 'Zwift' bike which I only use for riding indoor and I have an outdoor bike which I only use for outdoor.

Currently all my ride get automatically assigned to my outdoor bike since that is my standard bike. Which mean that every time I ride indoor I need to adjust my ride.

I would be awesome if based on type of ride a different standard bike can be selected.
I think same case could be useful for outdoor road ride vs outdoor drift track (mountainbike).

R77
Mt. Kenya

Garmin allow you to set Gear by activity, surely it can't be that hard. Come on Strava, don't get left behind.

Status changed to: Under Consideration
Soren
Denali

@CreakyCrank thanks for taking the time to submit this idea. The status has been changed to Under Consideration which means:

Aligns with our current initiatives and is being discussed by our product team.


More information on the idea process can be found in Community Guide to Ideas.

CreakyCrank
Kilimanjaro

@Soren 

Yay!. Thanks

JoelWaters
Mt. Kenya

Low effort, high benefits to users. I quite often forget to change the default gear. This is an issue for both running and cycling for me. This would be so much better than many pointless features that have been added and should be minimal effort required for the developers to implement.

Risboro
Mt. Kenya

I've also been requesting this. 

Totally no brainer

  • Current design of a single gear item for running is totally eroded if you walk
  • Thus all well-intended "you need new shoes .. @" reminders are useless if the mileage is inflated by walk activities. 
  • Competition like Garmin have this functionality 
Jan_Mantau
Denali

It seems this idea has been implemented. That's nice for the ones who use different bikes for gravel and road or different shoes for walk and run. But now it's way more complicated for those who switch gear for the same sport type regularly as the easy to click "standard bullet" on the web site is gone and you have to dive deep into the gear settings to set the sport type.

JoelWaters
Mt. Kenya

Awesome. Looks like it's working.

ruud
Mt. Kenya

Love it! Thanks for building

prajcani
Shkhara

Thanks for implementing this feature!

kiwidoc
Mt. Kenya

Excellent!

Status changed to: Delivered
Soren
Denali

📣 You asked, we listened -- and many of you were quick to notice the new feature update that makes gear tracking easier, with the ability to set default gear by sport

For bikes this applies to: Ride, E-bike Ride, Virtual Ride, Handcycle, Velomobile Ride, MTB Ride, Gravel Ride and E-MTB Ride activities. And for shoes it works for: Run, Hike, Walk, Virtual Run and Trail Run activities

To edit, remove and select your default gear on mobile, go to You > Profile > Gear. On the web, head to My Profile > Shoes. Set your go-to gear, and well, you’re set!

Thank you @CreakyCrank for the suggestion and to everyone who voted on this idea! 

We appreciate any and all feedback on this feature so feel free to continue to leave comments in this thread. However, if you have additional suggestions we invite you to submit a new idea. For more info on how to do this, please click here

Risboro
Mt. Kenya

Wow, that was quick I only requested this on Monday!🕺

I won't claim this one for me as I well know many others raised this before me. 

Thanks Strava Dev Team, that was a good one.

 

CreakyCrank
Kilimanjaro

This was a community effort - everybody who voted for this should stop and take a bow, without the upvotes (kudos), this likely wouldn't have gotten implemented!

Way to go Strava Community!

🎉

zecanard
Kilimanjaro

@Soren Massive thanks to the team for implementing this great feature!

Unfortunately, it seems to assign the default “Run” shoes for indoor/treadmill runs as well. I would love if indoor/treadmill shoes could be assigned to the “Virtual Run” shoes instead.

Thanks!