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I think Strava would have a great partnership opportunity with Dunkin' Donuts.  What is the challenge? The challenge takes place in June. National Donut Day is on the first friday in June. This year it will be on June 2nd, 2023. Anyone who completes the dunkin donuts challenge can get a free coffee or donut from Dunkin Donuts by showing they completed the challenge. How does it work?  The challenge will allow anyone to claim a coffee box or a dozen donuts to share with friends that week by completing 12 miles. One mile for every donut or cup of coffee. The person who completes this challenge will be a hero in their office. They have to complete it in the first week. Why is it important? Dunkin's tagline is "America Runs on Dunkin".  They can run a new campaign to the World Runs with Dunkin' and Strava in June. This gets people moving and a fun treat for the office after the challenge.   ... View more

I think it would be great if Strava adds the Virtual World Tour on Strava. What is it? The Virtual World Tour basically allows an athlete that is running on a treadmill or cycling on their stationary bike to run or cycle around the world by connecting to Google Street View or MapBox Street View.  Why is it important? I want to be able to run in a city even if I am not able to travel to that city.  I can run this street virtually if I am running on a treadmill by controlling my avatar on a virtual map like Google Street view. The benefit of having this is that it allows people to explore the real world without paying for transportation to that city. It's not the same as traveling in the real world, but it still allows people to discover new cities that have been recorded by Google Street View.  How does it work? Basically, I can teleport to a street view location and start my run. Then I can control the map and make turns on streets from my phone or connected TV. The map automatically keeps moving forward as I continue running on the treadmill by staying connected the app.  If I want to teleport to a new location in the world, then I need to end my activity and start a new one. The real world segments that exist can also turn into virtual segments for athletes that are traveling those streets virtually.  Thank you!   ... View more

I think it would be great if Strava started offering a news column for the latest Sports News in running, cycling, and swimming within the app. The news could brach out to other sports as the interest in sports news grows. What is it? The sports news column is basically the go-to place for anything you want to learn about what is happening today in the world of sports. It starts off with the 3 core activities to Strava --- cycling, running and swimming, then expands into new sports Why is it important? This is important because people are interested in getting their news from one place and a trusted source. Strava is the hub for sports activities and can also be the hub for news. Currently, businesses are posting their own news stories about their athletes, but it is difficult to go to multiple pages to get all the news stories. Strava can be neutral aggregator of news. The stories would be more factual and can include discussion and interviews with athletes. How does it work?  The Strava Sports News Column is a curated list of major news stories around the world written by Strava's team and independent sports columnists. The stories can be written by Strava team or it can be curated by the Strava team. For example, I am interested to know what is going on in marathon running, track and field, and the Paris Olympics generally. The news column would allow me to select which sports/topics I am most interested in and then curate a list of stories based on the interests that I could read or watch in the morning.   ... View more

It happens to all of us. You manually pause your watch, tie your shoe or say hello to a neighbor, then take off again without re-starting your watch. Then you discover your watch is still paused miles later. [trigger forehead slap]   The app KNOWS this. It can see it all. Why not enable a feature to retroactively Resume the run when it should have been started manually?   And pls don’t say to the use auto-stop feature. The threshold on that is so aggro that steep climbs don’t register as running because the pace is too slow. So I choose to use manual pause / re-start. I'm sure others operate the same way.   So, what can the devs whip up real quick to make this app even awesomer?   Equipment: iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Ultra Software: all current revision iOS and app ... View more

Hello everybody I have seen many fake leaderboard first places made by car . Some of them are hard to be noticed but if 150 km/h top speed is seen on flat surfaces cycling ,I mean...impossible . Can you have in mind at least creating a parallel if not unique leaderboard for users that have powermeter or cadence sensors and somehow combine that creating an algorithm ? I know that not everybody has pwm and cad but subscribers do not like loosing places on a platform dedicated to leaderboard to somebody cheating . A wind-speed algorithm can also help . I can call a kom with high speed wind from behind also a cheat . ... View more

Years ago, Strava unilaterally disabled the flyby feature on all profiles.  They did this without any kind of notice so most people figured the feature was removed completely.  Only those who dug around could find that it was a toggle setting in the privacy settings that had to be manually enabled for each person.  Only a small number of people figured this out and re-enabled it on their profiles.  This action by Strava essentially destroyed the very fun and useful tool.   Flyby is used by many after rides and events to relive how the ride/event unfolded.  See where I got away from the group.  See where others were faster or slower.  See how close I was to catching that guy ahead of me or how close the guy behind me was at some point in the race.   This feature should be re-enabled on all "public" profiles.  People with profiles set to private could have it remain disabled unless they have specifically enabled it.  This will help maintain the privacy and address the concerns some had that people would use the feature to "stalk" them after crossing paths out on a ride/run.  Strava should publish a notification of this change a week or so prior (possibly multiple notifications to ensure people saw it) so users would have sufficient time to choose for themselves whether to go along with re-enabling the flyby feature or opting to keep it disabled.  This leaves the choice in the hands of the user.   This was once a great feature, but was broken when Strava made their change.  Please consider reversing that decision.  By implementing sufficient notice and only applying it to profiles that are already "public", it will maintain the privacy of those who have concerns and allow people the opportunity to disable it if they so choose.   ... View more

Hi Strava Community, I for one play heaps of Australian Football, but there is no activity on Strava for the great Aussie Activity, why not? Heaps of people play this sport. Thank you for listening and considering. By JakeSzkwarek ... View more

The sport of fixed-seat rowing is not represented in Strava. Sliding-seat rowing is the Formula 1 of the sport with every innovation for speed adopted. Fixed-seat rowing is a traditional sport with connections to historical eras where rules as to the specifications of the boat are strictly adhered to, effectively 2 different sports so the Strava stats for rowing aren't relevant between the 2 sports. ... View more

I am suggesting adding "Solo Ride" as a heatmap dropdown option on strava.com/routes/new. The current heatmap for Rides is massively skewed by group rides. These group rides often involve dozens of people riding together. As such, they are able to safely take routes that would be extremely dangerous for a single rider. The rides heatmap is essentially worthless for a single rider trying to plot a nice and safe route. For countless examples of this problem, look at the rides heatmap in Plano, TX. ... View more

On water rowing can be done in different boats that has different speed potential. Same athlete can be training one week in a quad(4x) another week in a single scull. At the moment there is no feature to report the boat type  in an activity and achievements(PRs) are calculated without taking this information into account. Over time it becomes rarely possible to achieve a personal best in a single-scull against a 4x and achievement feature does not give much insight/motivation in such a case  It would be nice to have a feature that can distinguish personal bests per boat type. ... View more

It appears Strava has changed the algorithm for segment times. Looking into the data, it may be that average speed calculated over a segment is now more critical in final calculation of segment time rather than position data of rider moving over the segment with (time_at_end - time_at_start). This appears to have changed about the same time that new segments of less than 500m were no longer able to be created. So, my guess is that position GPS position data is, for whatever reason, no longer a viable option for segment times. Because of this, it is clear in segment analysis that older times have an advantage over newer times. If segments are analyzed comparing 2013 - 2018 to 2019-2023, it is clear, it was somehow easier to set a fast time in the past. Options are: - Re-calculate old segment times using the new algorithm so leaderboards are fair again. Some may loose their KOMs, but based on the current algorithm, they never should have had them in the first place.  - Change the algorithm back - Give newly set times an automatic handicap to be X% faster so they are comparable to older data  - Split leaderboards in "Pre-2018" and "Post-2018" (or whenever analysis indicates the change in algorithm made getting a top 10 much harder)  - Delete old times   Thanks in advance. I think the KOM is sacred and having a KOM from 2016 stand just because the algorithm has changed does not respect that. I like Strava looking to make segment times more accurate, but I don't like that old times have an advantage in the leaderboards now. ... View more

I'd like to see snowmobiling added as a sport. I use Strava for running and swimming, would like to use it for tracking my snowmobile rides as well. Right now, I'm picking backcountry skiing, just to get something wintery and distinguish it from my other activities. Thanks!  ... View more

A friend and I compete in a cycling race. I would like to see a comparison of our times on every segment in the race side-by-side. That would tell us where we need improvement. Sure, we can go into each segment and look at it that way, but when there are dozens of segments, it would be beneficial to compare. Kind of like a spreadsheet with a couple of columns and each segment a row.  ... View more

Hi Strava Community, I don't own an iPhone, yet I own an Apple watch. Yet I can't get Strava on my watch without owning an iPhone for some reason, so I have to put in my activities manually. This means I miss out on heaps of features, and my idea is that it should be available to connect Strava straight from an Apple watch to a computer/iPad. If this happens, heaps more people will get to record their runs and more accurately sync them to Strava, and right now there are not enough ways to sync to Strava. You can sync straight from a Garmin, so why not a smart Apple watch?  Thank you for listening and considering. By JakeSzkwarek ... View more

If my activity privacy is set to private or followers, I still want to see my segments on the leaderboard - of course knowing they won't be published publicly. I see this idea is not new and has been suggested a number of times. A year later still not implemented so I'm posting in an attempt to keep the idea front and center 😉 https://communityhub.strava.com/t5/ideas/private-leaderboard-classification/idi-p/1598 https://communityhub.strava.com/t5/ideas/allow-quot-followers-quot-only-visible-activities-to-be-visible/idi-p/2466 ... View more

Outdoor elliptical cycling stats are bundled with regular cycling stats because cycling is seen as one coherent stat group. It messes up stats because elliptical cycling is so different. It also affects groups who are focused on elliptical cycling only. ... View more

I think it will be cool if Strava adds a Relay Race Challenge series to get more sprinters on the platform.  What is it? For running, the relay race challenge is either 4 x 100m or 4 x 400m for running at a track.  For swimming, the three standard relays are the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay. Why is it important?  Strava is primarily focused on the solo athlete and longer distances - 1 mile and up in running. Having a 100m/400m x 4 relay race challenge will inspire people to work together as a team and test out their sprinting ability. The relay race is multi-player game that creates a better team dynamic among running club members. The best team wins.  How does it work? individuals have to sign up for the challenge and partner up with a team of 4 friends. Then each friend needs to complete a section of the relay in order and select relay race on their type of activity in order for it to count towards the relay race challenge. They should try to do it together on the same track for the most fun, but they can also do a virtual relay race around the world with everyone running 100m or 400m anywhere they can find. They just need to tag virtual relay race and tag their friends.  ... View more

I think it would be great if Strava partners with the LT. Michael P. Murphy Scholarship Foundation to implement the Murph Challenge on Memorial Day, May 29, 2023. What is it? The Murph Challenge is a physical and mental challenge (combining running, push-ups, squats, pull-ups) to honor Lt. Michael P. Murphy of the US Navy Seals. It is the official annual fundraiser of the LT. Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Foundation.  Why is it important? 2023 is the 10-year anniversary of the Murph Challenge. The event is held annually on Memorial Day, and people from all over the world come together to honor Lieutenant Murphy and all those who have given their lives in service to the United States. It honors  How does it work?  Athletes need to do a time trial and complete 3 separate activities wearing a 20lb weight vest: 1. Running: One-mile run 2. Strength: 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats 3. Running: One-mile run It is a test of endurance and strength. It is difficult physically and mentally. The strength training exercises can be alternated to make it go smoother and let muscles recover.    ... View more

Hello, I'd like to have a new ranking information. A ranking based on frequency.  I'd like to know who is the most often first in a segment. I think it's not too complicated. Thanks to answer me. ... View more