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In this episode, we chat about all things Strava from recent “quirks” on the platform as well as all the new features launched this year. Cause frankly, it’s gotten almost unusable for certain things (like routing). And Strava doubled-down on that by closing their community forums to new posts. We dive into it all!
0:00 Strava’s Strong Start to 2024
1:54 Routing Issues
11:54 Read-Only Forums
15:50 Removing Links
22:21 Killing FatMap
25:14 Quick Edit and Home Page Ordering
33:36 Athlete Intelligence
38:10 Segment and Leaderboard Clean-Up
48:23 Ray’s Flashback to 2015
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I’d love to know what happened to route collections – promised at Camp Strava in May 2023.
I know this would be difficult and in the grand scheme, I personally do not care because I view my cycling as a “me” thing/ the ONLY thing that matters to me is if it is a PR or not. But most nonclimbing segments are probably owned by group rides. There is no way for individuals to overcome that group aero effect. There should be some way to identify groups to really make segments meaningful. Again, whatever, just an idle thought
No comments on Suunto’s ZoneSense announcement? Instead talking Strava? Tough times to be alive
I haven’t quite figured out your deal. Changing your user name to (try and) make it appear as different people asking for it?
Ultimately, only a single other (real) person asked about it. Just one.
It’s on my to-do list to look at, but honestly isn’t super high up a long list of high-priority things people are actually asking about (and yes, lots of people are asking about Strava’s issues). It’s solidly a rainy day project, especially because aside from just re-posting a press release, it requires a lot of work to figure out if it’s actually useful, or just another fad.
I’m with you, Ray. And, honestly, I don’t think Nick bester (aka Brad?) should be poking too hard for your review because he may not like the results.
Like a lot of Suunto users, I’ve been trying to figure out ZoneSense since its release and can’t quite grasp how and when to use it. There seem to be a lot of parameters that must be met for it to function as intended. And it doesn’t help that Suunto’s introduction to the feature was a dry, one hour(!) pseudo-scientific video.
I was rooting for ZoneSense when it was announced, but now I am of the opinion that Suunto was sold some algorithms by a health/tech startup and now feels forced to use them even if the average user can’t make heads or tails of it. Hopefully it’ll be useful somewhere down the line.
Anywho, I guess I am actually with Nick/Brad in that I would like to see your take on it.
The lack over club features and controls right now bothers me most. Simply not being able to have a club, with specific routes available or engagement functions.
I don’t mind the quick edit feature when opening the app after completing an activity, but I wish it would allow me to choose what fields I want in it. The main thing I edit when I finish a regular run is selecting which shoes I used so that I can accurately track mileage. As it is, I have to go into advanced edit every time to get this selection.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the quick edit feature, and I’ve been on the beta track for the app for a while. Maybe it’s because ActivityFix gets there first?
One cute thing I noticed this morning is with the new Relive-like playback feature. Today because of weather I did a ride in Zwift, on Watopia. Because the GPS track is set in the Solomon Islands, the replay showed my track on an actual island, which has nothing much to do with Watopia. Maybe Strava should use Zwift maps for this feature for a Zwift ride.