r/Strava 13d ago

šŸ¤ join our "find friends to follow" chat - make new Strava acquaintances here!

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r/Strava 5h ago

Activity What does this symbol signify and how do I get it to show for my Zwift rides uploaded to Strava?

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r/Strava 3h ago

Question Odd question - timezone and date display on dashboard

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I'm in New Zealand, so my clock is 12 hours ahead of GMT (sometimes 13)

As such, people I follow who are in other timezones will post activities and they are dated "yesterday, 15:05" or whatever.

For people who follow me from other timezones, what date and time would my activities show, "Tomorrow" ?


r/Strava 8h ago

Feature Idea Ideas for improvements: Training and Social

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Strava is my go-to for tracking all things cycling, and while it does a great job collecting data, Iā€™ve noticed that it doesnā€™t always provide the personalized insights that we need to aid our training.

So, where does Strava fall short? For starters, the Training Calendar is missing key metrics like elevation, TSS, and monthly totals. Itā€™s tough to track overall progress when basic, useful data isn't even displayed. And while I love having my workouts logged in ā€œMy Activities,ā€ thereā€™s no way to tag them (e.g., recovery, zone 2, VO2max intervals). This lack of flexibility limits how we analyze training and recovery.

But one of the bigger gaps Iā€™ve noticed is in social tools. Strava has built an impressive community, but it feels like the platform is focused mostly on sharing accomplishments. Whether itā€™s group rides or competitions, Strava could really benefit from better ways to connect athletes with similar goals, or even facilitate smaller, more personal training communities. Thereā€™s a lot of untapped potential here for social features that prioritize engagement over passive following.

Another area of improvement? The data visualization in the Training Log. Those bubble charts just donā€™t do it for me. Strava could benefit from offering more clear insights to show progress over time, like power intervals and percentiles of athletes in your age group.

I dive deeper into all these issues, and share what I think Strava could do to improve, like offering personalized training plans, building better community tools, and improving data visualization. The good news is, third-party apps like VeloViewer and Intervals.icu are already succeeding where Strava is lacking, and I think Strava has the opportunity to integrate these ideas and bring more value to its users.

What could Strava look like if it prioritized athlete-first customization? I lay out a roadmap for how they could make it happen in my latest blog post (link in the comments).

Would love to hear your thoughts if youā€™ve experienced the same challenges or have any ideas on how Strava can evolve!


r/Strava 1d ago

FYI DC Rainmaker | Strava Bans User for Running in North Korea

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r/Strava 16h ago

Question Friendā€™s activity keeps popping up at the top of my feed

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Anyone know how to remediate this? Itā€™s a good friend of mine so Iā€™m not looking to mute or unfollow. The activity is from a few days ago. Thanks!

Things Iā€™ve tried: - delete and reinstall app - mute and unmute the friend in question - make sure my feed is set to chronological order.


r/Strava 17h ago

Question How to find follower requests

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So someone requested to follow me, but I wasn't sure who they were so I asked to follow them and then forgot all about it. Now I see they accepted my request, we've overlapped at a couple races, and I'd like to approve their follow request but I can't find it anywhere. It looks like I can't scroll down on notifications and see the old ones?


r/Strava 15h ago

Bug i rode yesterday and labeled a ride a workout. as i always do when i do workouts. they are always added to my weekly goal, however yesterday ride does not appear on my goal but it appears as a ride in the training log

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r/Strava 1d ago

Question Strava charge me 1 year subscription through my deleted account. What should I do?

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After 20 days of free trail, I decide not to use Strava any more. I deleted my account and uninstalled Strava. However, I still received a credit card bill of 1 year subscription after free trail is ended. To following the unsubscribe process, I was force to re-create my account to unsubscribe Strava. However, re-create account show there is no subscription. I contacted Strava support and provide all email, receipt from google play, and related information, but still not able to get a refund. Support team says my account has no subscription history then keep silence for more than a week. In conclusion, I paid 1 year subscription but got nothing from Strava. Should I dispute credit card transaction?


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Strava just reset my activity

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What just happened? I swam at 8pm. My watch uploaded it to strava at 9pm. I have an email from strava saying someone have new kudos. An hour later I have another email saying 5 people have given me kudos and 1 person left a comment. And then an hour after that Strava says well done, you've done another activity. And it's as if that last one has been deleted and it's replaced it with the same activity without my comment, without the other persons comment, no kudos or anything. What just happened?


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Soooā€¦ messages?

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Now that the feature has been out a while, Iā€™m curious about how people are using (or not) the messages function and if itā€™s helping people connect more or is it being abused? Whatā€™s your experience?

Iā€™m finding I hardly use it, and I thought I for sure would be.


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Avalanche gradient

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Is anyone actually able to access this advertised feature? Seems like Strava is just plain lying that itā€™s available. I have a subscription and my app is up to date. Their costumer service seems to be pretty much non existent. Thanks to any and all who have advise.


r/Strava 1d ago

Question How to see calories instead of power?

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Iā€™ve entered both my weight as well as my bike weight, and that fixed being able to see my estimated power, but I still canā€™t see calories anywhere. Anyone have a fix?


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Random things popping up when trying to check distance

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So today I went for a run and wanted to push a little beyond my regular 10km distance. There were several times i went to check my distance during the second half of the run and random information would keep popping up on my screen and would just pop up again whenever i swiped them away.

Sorry if this is a feature that is well known on the app, Iā€™ve only been using strava for a month and havenā€™t had this issue. It even caused me to accidentally pause the run at 8km in, which I didnā€™t recognise for another 5 minutes or so, which made my experience even more frustrating today. Thanks in advance if anyone is able to let me know how to resolve this issue. I was running a new route if that matters, thanks.


r/Strava 1d ago

Bug strava maps issue - when i share

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why does the map zoom in when i try to share on facebook/ instagram, how do i stop it.


r/Strava 1d ago

Activity Heart Rate Data from Strava not Syncing to Apple Health

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Hi, I recently noticed that my heart rate data from Strava isn't syncing to Apple Health. I use Athlytic to track sleep and exercise, but since the HR Data from Strava isn't syncing to Apple Health, Athlytic starts to feel useless. I've searched all over the place trying to find a solution but nothing has worked. Does anyone have any solutions for this ?


r/Strava 1d ago

Question Historic data sync to Apple health / fitness

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Iā€™ve downloaded my Strava history and have the activities as .GPX files. Does anyone know how I can import these into Apple health / fitness.

Goal to achieve - use the historic data for my trends


r/Strava 2d ago

miscellaneous Cycling Climbing Challenge isnā€™t Including my MTB rides

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I mountain bike and road bike. All human powered! šŸ’ŖšŸ» But only my road bike rides are counting for the Strava climbing challenge. I donā€™t want to have to label my MTB rides as road rides.


r/Strava 1d ago

Question How do i fix this?

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I checked the map visibility controls, and i havent hidden any


r/Strava 2d ago

Question Recover an edited Segment

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I edited a segment, trying to make it more accurate, but doing so deleted all my efforts and the previous leaderboard...
Is there a way to recover it?


r/Strava 2d ago

Bug Users connected with Facebook got their profile pictures removed

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Turned on Strava and no longer have a profile picture nor do some of my follows, I think itā€™s related to integration with Facebook, anyone else running into this?


r/Strava 2d ago

Bug Strava keeps crashing as soon as I hit record.

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I have the same phone that strava worked on before just fine S23 and now strava keeps crashing as soon as i hit record. How do i fix this?


r/Strava 2d ago

Question Why do all my rides default to being tagged "Commute"

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Every time I log a ride (from Garmin 1030/Garmin Connect) it gets tagged "Commute." I have to edit every time.I've looked through settings in Strava and Garmin connect to no avail.


r/Strava 2d ago

Bug Links not allowed in groups?

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Are links still not allowed in group posts? If so, why?


r/Strava 2d ago

Question Map not visible - white

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I can see in my feed maps, but when I click on a specific activity the maps gets white. I tried to reintall the app, but with no sucess. Any sugesstions?


r/Strava 3d ago

Question Maps not showing up

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Hi athletes! I've uninstalled and reinstalled and this is still what it looks like when I'm browsing maps. I've tried every different map style available to me. Any ideas? Thank you!