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Cookie_Monster · 12-11-2012 12:50am

godtabh wrote: »

Lads rather than start a new thread I thought I'd ask here.

Thinking of upgrading to Strava Premium. Is it worth it? How does it help you train?

IMO no it's not worth it. had it for free trial for 3 months, nothing really useful just some gadgety type readings. Nice to have but wouldn't pay for it.

Ole Rodrigo · 18-11-2012 12:44pm

I got a corrupt file error while trying to upload a ride from yesterday. After a bit of faffing about using an xml editor to locate the problem, it turns out that if you manually upload the file from your unit to ridewithgps.com, the developers have an auto-fix built into the site, so all you have to do is upload it and then export it back to your computer and add the exported file manually to strava. If it doesn't work as an exported tcx try to export it again as a gpx.

homer simpson · 18-11-2012 2:23pm

Joined myself during the week, the only thing it's done so far is depress me and make me realise how far behind most people I am :pac:

ROK ON · 18-11-2012 4:13pm

Does anyone know whether Strava are responsive to people flagging rides.

On one of the routes that I plan to use for very short intervals, someone has marked a climb as hazardous.
The 'climb' in question is a very very short section of steep road (about 0.5km). While the road is narrow, it is not in my opinion hazardous. I have driven and cycled it. It is not a very busy road by any stretch of the imagination.

I have sent a message to Strava asking them to 'deflag' it as hazardous so to speak.

Has anyone asked Strava to 'deflag' something in the past . . . and if so did you get a response?

Plastik · 18-11-2012 4:35pm

You could create a new segment and mark it private?

buffalo · 19-11-2012 10:51am

ROK ON wrote: »

Has anyone asked Strava to 'deflag' something in the past . . . and if so did you get a response?

Have tried (the much-discussed Knockmaroon Road), and heard nothing, and seen no action taken.

route66 · 18-12-2012 10:50am

... or digitalepo.com :eek:

Heard about this on another cycling forum and said I'd give it a go. It requires a bit of fiddling around with TCX files and the use of other websites to extract these from Strava. But does it work?

Eh, no.

The file it produced would not load into Strava. I did eventually get it to work, but only after editing out the bugs in the xml file.

'Suppose it could be good if you wanted to appear faster play a trick on someone. I deleted the ride afterwards, but somebody out there would have received an email from Strava saying their KOM was beaten - only to find no evidence of this when they went to check to see who it was. Sorry !

Anyway, I only did it once. I'm not hooked on the stuff or anything, never again.

Although it was a bit of a laugh

Jawgap · 18-12-2012 11:23am

route66 wrote: »

... or digitalepo.com :eek:

Heard about this on another cycling forum and said I'd give it a go. It requires a bit of fiddling around with TCX files the the use of other websites to extract these from Strava. But does it work?

Eh, no.

The file it produced would not load into Strava. I did eventually get it to work, but only after editing out the bugs in the xml file.

'Suppose it could be good if you wanted to appear faster play a trick on someone. I deleted the ride afterwards, but somebody out there would have received an email from Strava saying their KOM was beaten - only to find no evidence of this when they went to check to see who it was. Sorry !

Anyway, I only did it once. I'm not hooked on the stuff or anything, never again.

Although it was a bit of a laugh

You've been tainted now - every time you get a KoM or improve your time on a segment there will be knowing nods and hushed whispers of, "you know he used to 'you-know'.......":D

Ole Rodrigo · 18-12-2012 11:35am

xml editors: when EPO is too expensive

Cookie_Monster · 20-12-2012 9:25am

the festive 500, does that start on US time or local time anyone know, I'm fairly sure the last challenge went on US time

Hmmzis · 20-12-2012 10:37am

I think the rules stated that it starts local time.

Harrybelafonte · 20-12-2012 10:38am

Anyone using Strava on an iPhone 3G? Hasn't worked too well for me so far (I cycled across the waters of Dublin Bay to get to Howth).

Hmmzis · 20-12-2012 10:40am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Anyone using Strava on an iPhone 3G? Hasn't worked too well for me so far (I cycled across the waters of Dublin Bay to get to Howth).

Well done! what tyres did you use to prevent sinking and how's the ferry traffic these days?

Jawgap · 20-12-2012 10:45am

Hmmzis wrote: »

Well done! what tyres did you use to prevent sinking and how's the ferry traffic these days?

Jesus tyres

Harrybelafonte · 20-12-2012 10:54am

Jawgap wrote: »

Jesus tyres

Jesus tires

Ole Rodrigo · 20-12-2012 11:00am

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Anyone using Strava on an iPhone 3G? Hasn't worked too well for me so far (I cycled across the waters of Dublin Bay to get to Howth).

Not recently, but I did see an update available over the past week. Might just need to install that.

Harrybelafonte · 20-12-2012 12:08pm

ror_74 wrote: »

Not recently, but I did see an update available over the past week. Might just need to install that.

Thanks, I had to reset my iphone a few weeks ago and lost all the apps. Can't download the new Strava to pre iOS 4.3.

Lusk Doyle · 20-12-2012 12:41pm

ror_74 wrote: »

xml editors: when EPO is too expensive

Or, you would rather not wake up dead in the middle of the night cos your heart couldn't pump the sludge that is your blood through your veins!

colm_gti · 20-12-2012 1:02pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Thanks, I had to reset my iphone a few weeks ago and lost all the apps. Can't download the new Strava to pre iOS 4.3.

Then upgrade to the new iOS?

Ole Rodrigo · 20-12-2012 1:14pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Thanks, I had to reset my iphone a few weeks ago and lost all the apps. Can't download the new Strava to pre iOS 4.3.

Might need a newer IOS. If you can get an app version to work on your current IOS, heres a workaround for 'GPS Drift':

Double tap the home button. This will bring up a grey bar along the bottom of the screen showing all apps that are currently running. Hold your finger on one of the app icons until they start to wobble! When they start wobbling they'll have a red circle in corner. Tap the red circle on all of them to shut them down properly.
Then go into settings and turn on airplane mode. When you've done that go to settings, general, reset and choose reset network settings (you will need to re-enter your wifi passwords!)
Once your phone has reset go to settings, location services, turn it off then on again.
Then go settings, location services, system service, set time off! This should correct the issue

Or just get a garmin.

Ole Rodrigo · 20-12-2012 1:16pm

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Or, you would rather not wake up dead in the middle of the night cos your heart couldn't pump the sludge that is your blood through your veins!

:eek:

route66 · 20-12-2012 1:54pm

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Or, you would rather not wake up dead in the middle of the night cos your heart couldn't pump the sludge that is your blood through your veins!

Jeez, didn't know the digital stuff gets into the veins :eek:

Anyone know how to get rid of it? Maybe if I delete the cache on my local drive followed by a low level erase of unused space?

In fact, oh no! - isn't this all in the cloud these days so I'll probably have to delete all the clouds just to be sure?

But have my digital arteries already been damaged? :eek:

Seweryn · 28-12-2012 3:08pm

Hi Guys,

Can you make your activity on Strava visible to your friends (followers), but private to the rest of the world?

Brad768 · 28-12-2012 3:27pm

New Strava challenge. Ordering my Garmin today, hope delivery is quick

"Strava Cycling Base Mile Blast"
"To kick off the New Year with some serious sweat, we're challenging you to ride as many miles as you can during the month of January.

There are milestone badges to be earned starting at 200 mi and going all the way up to 1,000 mi"

http://app.strava.com/challenges/cycling-base-mile-blast-2013

CptMackey · 28-12-2012 3:40pm

Signed up for it there. Should motivate me to lose the Christmas fat :pac:

colm_gti · 28-12-2012 7:17pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Can you make your activity on Strava visible to your friends (followers), but private to the rest of the world?

Yes, change your profile so that you have to approve follower requests, then only the people you approve can see your activities.

Seweryn · 28-12-2012 7:35pm

colm_gti wrote: »

Yes, change your profile so that you have to approve follower requests, then only the people you approve can see your activities.

Thanks Colm. What if I already have a follower and all my rides are marked as private (can he see my activity)? All I am after is that nobody can see my rides except people I approve.
Sorry, I am completely new into this stuff.

colm_gti · 28-12-2012 8:09pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Thanks Colm. What if I already have a follower and all my rides are marked as private (can he see my activity)? All I am after is that nobody can see my rides except people I approve.
Sorry, I am completely new into this stuff.

If you approve a follower he can see all your activities, unless you make each one private, in which case he won't be able to see the private ones

Seweryn · 28-12-2012 8:29pm

colm_gti wrote: »

If you approve a follower he can see all your activities, unless you make each one private, in which case he won't be able to see the private ones

I think I finally found that option - it is called "Enhanced Privacy Mode". Then I am going to unprivate my rides and see it works

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nilhg · 29-12-2012 12:07am

colm_gti wrote: »

Yes, change your profile so that you have to approve follower requests, then only the people you approve can see your activities.

Seweryn wrote: »

I think I finally found that option - it is called "Enhanced Privacy Mode". Then I am going to unprivate my rides and see it works .

It works mostly as Colm says but if you are on the leaderboard for a segment (even way down the bottom) people will be able to click on your segment record and from there see the whole ride that you made that day.

To see what I mean take a popular segment, like this, and click on the riders till you find one who has request to follow, then click on the date beside his name, from that you'll be able to see his/her spin that day.

Probably not a dealbreaker but not quite as tight maybe as you think?

Seweryn · 29-12-2012 9:41am

nilhg wrote: »

It works mostly as Colm says but if you are on the leaderboard for a segment (even way down the bottom) people will be able to click on your segment record and from there see the whole ride that you made that day.

To see what I mean take a popular segment, like this, and click on the riders till you find one who has request to follow, then click on the date beside his name, from that you'll be able to see his/her spin that day.

Probably not a dealbreaker but not quite as tight maybe as you think?

Thank you. That is not great, I just wanted to avoid it. Is there any other way to make all your rides private (including rides through segments) to people you don't know?

nilhg · 29-12-2012 10:20am

Seweryn wrote: »

Thank you. That is not great, I just wanted to avoid it. Is there any other way to make all your rides private (including rides through segments) to people you don't know?

I'm not sure if there is, and TBH having it that way would kind of defeat the purpose of being on Strava in the first place, the general idea of the site is that it's (semi) competitive an that relies on at least your segment times being visible.

Seweryn · 29-12-2012 10:23am

nilhg wrote: »

I'm not sure if there is, and TBH having it that way would kind of defeat the purpose of being on Strava in the first place, the general idea of the site is that it's (semi) competitive an that relies on at least your segment times being visible.

Thank you.

I agree with you there. However, showing to the general world my every day commuting trips, place I live, etc. is not the best idea, IMO.

Gallant_JJ · 29-12-2012 10:25am

There is a privacy feature where it hides details of your ride within a 200m radius of your starting point, maybe that is a help! You cannot compete in segments that fall within that radius though.

colm_gti · 29-12-2012 10:49am

Seweryn wrote: »

Thank you.

I agree with you there. However, showing to the general world my every day commuting trips, place I live, etc. is not the best idea, IMO.

Don't put your commutes on strava then?

AIR-AUSSIE · 29-12-2012 3:41pm

Make your commutes private? Or use the privacy circles for your home and work?

Idleater · 29-12-2012 3:56pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Thank you.

I agree with you there. However, showing to the general world my every day commuting trips, place I live, etc. is not the best idea, IMO.

You can set up a black out zone around your house and office. I think that the thief using strava to case out your house will be beaten to it by those casing the commuter routes in person.

Seweryn · 29-12-2012 7:53pm

colm_gti wrote: »

Don't put your commutes on strava then?

Yeah... But I rarely do any other rides apart from commuting

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Arthurdaly · 30-12-2012 8:41am

Eh, press the big START and STOP button when you are not near your house. Have you a pot of gold at home?

Lumen · 30-12-2012 9:09am

Idleater wrote: »

I think that the thief using strava to case out your house will be beaten to it by those casing the commuter routes in person.

Indeed, why bother using Strava when you can just knock on the front door to see if anyone is in?

at1withmyself · 30-12-2012 1:42pm

Seweryn wrote: »

Yeah... But I rarely do any other rides apart from commuting .

Again though the question been why use strava if you don't want anyone to see your rides? I thought about it from a thieves perspective but I don't have all the details on my bikes with pictures for them to see, I just have the brand name and as others have said it's the people who see you on the bike you have to worry more about then the strava thieves (if anyone). If you have full details on your bikes maybe it might be a good idea to remove this information if your concerned?

Is the privacy function on Garmin Connect any better? In the settings section you can set it so either 1) Only me, 2) My connections or 3) everybody. Maybe this would suit your needs.

Seweryn · 30-12-2012 2:20pm

Arthurdaly wrote: »

Have you a pot of gold at home?

No, nothing made of gold, but I have four chairs to sit in

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Chips Lovell · 08-01-2013 8:09pm

I think it's time Strava did something about the number of junk segments being created. Local moderators or super-users might be the answer.

For example, I was just looking at my rides for the weekend there. On Saturday I did a spin that only involved two climbs of any note, the Embankment and Poulaphouca. Yet Strava listed 31 different segments. 31!

We're getting to the stage where people are creating segments on every every stretch of road in the country.

I don't have a problem with people wanting to time their commute or whatever interval they're doing, but for god's sake, make it a private segment.

daragh_ · 08-01-2013 8:49pm

There are 10 Segments on my epic 14k commute. Most of them are through busy roads and junctions, are entirely flat and shorter that 1k.

I refuse to compete

Ole Rodrigo · 08-01-2013 8:53pm

The only KOM I ever had was for a section of the Howth road that has a minus 2% gradient :rolleyes:

ROK ON · 08-01-2013 9:32pm

On the proliferation of segments, it maybe worth Strava setting up a few ground rules:

A limit on public segments on any one stretch of road,
No segments whatsoever in city/town centre.
There are segments on the quays and canals in Dublin that go thru lights for example.

Now it maybe easy to suggest turning off segments, but as Vlad points out sometimes there are simply so many of them that it's a pita.

IIRC I think I saw someone I follow reported doing some beta testing for them. I will contact him to ask for some contact details - maybe worthwhile.

Dermot Illogical · 08-01-2013 9:35pm

ROK ON wrote: »

There are segments on the quays and canals in Dublin that go thru lights for example.

I don't see the harm. You're not under an obligation to hammer on through red lights just because you happen to be on a strava segment.
I had to go around 3 times to get a green light on one recently.

colm_gti · 08-01-2013 10:58pm

ROK ON wrote: »

There are segments on the quays and canals in Dublin that go thru lights for example.

Try them a few times and if you can't get the KOM report them as dangerous :P

Beasty · 09-01-2013 12:29am

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

I think it's time Strava did something about the number of junk segments being created. Local moderators or super-users might be the answer.

I don't think they would allow any "moderator" rights to third parties, as it leaves them potentially exposed to claims if anything goes wrong

In effect the users are in complete control of creation of segments. Currently Strava automatically remove all reported segments and can argue they have acted based on the report. Anyone given any editorial control could be considered an agent and anything they may bless (or not act on) could cause problems, particularly as Strava needs to consider the potential impact of every legal system in the World. The current system probably gives them maximum protection and I can't see them allowing anyone other than employees to be seen as agents of the company.

DirkVoodoo · 09-01-2013 2:15am

Beasty wrote: »

I don't think they would allow any "moderator" rights to third parties, as it leaves them potentially exposed to claims if anything goes wrong

In effect the users are in complete control of creation of segments. Currently Strava automatically remove all reported segments and can argue they have acted based on the report. Anyone given any editorial control could be considered an agent and anything they may bless (or not act on) could cause problems, particularly as Strava needs to consider the potential impact of every legal system in the World. The current system probably gives them maximum protection and I can't see them allowing anyone other than employees to be seen as agents of the company.

But users are already in complete control of segment creation. And they have the ability to flag dangerous segments. So Strava has already passed a lot of responsibility to the average user. They could easily point to the fact that a segment wasn't flagged next time there is some ridiculous lawsuit against them as a means of vindication. Sure, if the community didn't see it as dangerous, why are we at fault?

Simply empowering a few users, and let's be clear, when we say a few you are talking a LOT to cover all of the area Strava covers, (good luck to anyone trying to sue thousands of people across multiple countries and legal jurisdictions) is not going to change the current level of responsibility leveraged at the community, it will just speed up the cleaning-up process because there is no need to flag/report and wait for Strava to check it out.

Fearing some legal backlash is just paranoid nonsense.

Just to reinforce my point, by your analysis would Strava not already have opened themselves up to such recourse with the following:

https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/21503557-helping-strava-users-stay-safe-segment-flagging-dangerous-segments-revisited

To me, adding power users would not create any more problems than the above. The way I see it, they are already encouraging this "agency" that you described by setting forth guidelines on segment creation, having subscribers in place to make sure this is being enforced is not a big deal.

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