Strava premium

secman

Just looking for some advice, is it worth taking it out ? Benefits ? All yay and nay welcome.

Planet X

secman wrote: »

Just looking for some advice, is it worth taking it out ? Benefits ? All yay and nay welcome.

Did I not see 30 day free Premium trial today on BookFace?
Think I did.....

secman

Book face ? If that's part of Facebook, no use , not on it .
Thanks
Do you use the premium version ?

Whatwicklow

I took the 30 day free trial some time ago and let it lapse- if your into a deeper analysis of the ride its possibly worth it, problem is the free version is just too good so you get most of the premium without the cost.

iwillhtfu

I took that free trial you have to give card details so be sure you don't let it lapse without cancelling or you will be a premium member

I find it handy for robbing gpx files off of rides I like the look of but other than that and the 3 months free zwift there's not a whole heap I use to justify the yearly spend.

C3PO

I've had Premium for years .. partly for the additional features and partly because I think Strava is worth supporting.

iwillhtfu

C3PO wrote: »

I've had Premium for years .. partly for the additional features and partly because I think Strava is worth supporting.

That is actually a very valid reason. I've been a member for years also.

marvin80

C3PO wrote: »

I've had Premium for years .. partly for the additional features and partly because I think Strava is worth supporting.

Same as that - I could survive on the free version no problem but I like supporting the service.

dahat

I have always had it but mainly because I can use PAYG credit from Three, it's a really good benefit from Three.

Like others though I would support it anyway, great service and info supplied is really useful.

Inquitus

Same as the lads above, could get by on free but deem it worthy of the fiver a month just to support a great service.

Hauki

I bought a Premium about year ago and looking to keep using it. If you don't have a GPS unit that also records HR data then I'd say not worth the money but otherwise it's a quite small money to get loads more features and data insights.

enas

I pay it just to have live segments on my Garmin Edge 520. But there are additional benefits that I wouldn't pay for, but I'm happy to have. The first one I can think of is the suffer score, totally useless but a nice and rewarding metric to have!

sy_flembeck

C3PO wrote: »

I've had Premium for years .. partly for the additional features and partly because I think Strava is worth supporting.

An absolutely valid reason and tbh not one I'd thought of before. I activated the freebie on Facebook earlier and intended to cancel before the month was up (as usual) but now I'm in two minds

Jakey Rolling

The live tracking feature lets your other half know where you are on your route, thus having dinner ready for when you arrive home - priceless!

G1032

Inquitus wrote: »

Same as the lads above, could get by on free but deem it worthy of the fiver a month just to support a great service.

Looks like it's increased to €7.99 a month if you pay monthly. But only €59.99 if you pay for a full years subscription.
I seem to recall it being €4.99 pm when paying monthly?

dahat

G1032 wrote: »

Looks like it's increased to €7.99 a month if you pay monthly. But only €59.99 if you pay for a full years subscription.
I seem to recall it being €4.99 pm when paying monthly?

My bill is €5.49 pm through 3 PAYG.

nialljf

Many of the premium features available through plugin called Stravistix. Check it out.

Macy0161

I have it mainly to support it. Not sure it's worth it now, as I've found Connect a lot better than it used to be. If it is going up, I'd have to think about, but then the increase is less than brew on the spins... Haven't had notification of an increase from Google Play yet anyway (Jan only went through on the first and was €5.49).

harringtonp

I was premium for a while, found some of the training programs interesting. You pay more for similar stuff elsewhere

G1032

dahat wrote: »

My bill is €5.49 pm through 3 PAYG.

Ya. Now I remember. That's what mine was. Then I cancelled in November after being off the bike since start of September and had no sign of a return date.
Went to subscribe again yesterday and app on the phone quotes €7.99 pm

Chuchote

iwillhtfu wrote: »

I find it handy for robbing gpx files off of rides I like the look of

Have you tried Brouter, an open street map site designed to make cycling routes? In beta, but not bad, though not really designed for the fallible human user:

http://brouter.de/brouter-web/

To set a route, search for the start, then click on the result and a teardrop icon will appear; then search for the end and click on that. A straight line will appear, and after a few minutes of going hmmmm, this will change into a cycle route between them.

It's not perfect - for instance from Harold's Cross to Glenasmole it tries to send you along the busy main Tallaght road - but you can drag a route and it'll rethink it.

You can then export the GPX by clicking on the Download button (there are a couple of other formats besides GPX but I don't know what they're for), and email it to yourself, and open it on your phone by click-and-holding the attachment and choosing where you want it to open - for instance GPX Tracker2 for iOS.

iwillhtfu

Chuchote wrote: »

Have you tried Brouter, an open street map site designed to make cycling routes? In beta, but not bad, though not really designed for the fallible human user:

http://brouter.de/brouter-web/

To set a route, search for the start, then click on the result and a teardrop icon will appear; then search for the end and click on that. A straight line will appear, and after a few minutes of going hmmmm, this will change into a cycle route between them.

It's not perfect - for instance from Harold's Cross to Glenasmole it tries to send you along the busy main Tallaght road - but you can drag a route and it'll rethink it.

You can then export the GPX by clicking on the Download button (there are a couple of other formats besides GPX but I don't know what they're for), and email it to yourself, and open it on your phone by click-and-holding the attachment and choosing where you want it to open - for instance GPX Tracker2 for iOS.

I haven't tried that particular site but it sounds a similar idea to this one http://bikeroutetoaster.com/

Unless I was planning on a trip well away from home I'm usually to lazy to plot my own route

Chuchote

iwillhtfu wrote: »

I haven't tried that particular site but it sounds a similar idea to this one http://bikeroutetoaster.com/

Unless I was planning on a trip well away from home I'm usually to lazy to plot my own route

I'm lazier. I want the way that keeps me out of the way of cars and hills

Edit - bikeroutetoaster is even more user-unfriendly than brouter.

coach22

dahat wrote: »

I have always had it but mainly because I can use PAYG credit from Three, it's a really good benefit from Three. .

How do you use Three PAYG credit for this? Can't figure out how to do it

dahat

coach22 wrote: »

How do you use Three PAYG credit for this? Can't figure out how to do it

Go to the Play Store and change payment method for buying apps n go from there.

secman

secman wrote: »

Just looking for some advice, is it worth taking it out ? Benefits ? All yay and nay welcome.

For less than the price of 2 beers a month it's worth trying out at least.

jon1981

Strava Premium is the only social network I have no problem paying for. They don't use adverts to generate revenue and my feed is full of things I'm interested in. I'm happy to pay for the service provided, when you consider a fiver a month is 2 coffees, a pint...

Actually i don't know why Garmin haven't just bought them yet?! The Strava user experience is much better than Garmin connect, though the garmin connect has better reporting capability. Perhaps Garmin are waiting for them to run out of money and then snap them up for a song.

secman

Looking like I'll subscribe for all the good reasons given. Have the 520 so probably makes sense for €60 a year. I'll do it later when.back up in Dublin, no broadband down here and air signal is very weak.
Thanks for your input.

Borderfox

Forgot to charge the Garmin but able to connect heart rate and power meter to phone on premium

magicbastarder

jon1981 wrote: »

Perhaps Garmin are waiting for them to run out of money and then snap them up for a song.

are they burning through cash?

jon1981

magicbastarder wrote: »

are they burning through cash?

They went through a 4th round of VC funding in 2014/2015 and raised 18m usd. They are claiming it's to fund growth outside of the US. I guess a 4th round of funding would raise questions on what happens next.

Its also hard to get their actual subscription numbers. I'd be alittle bit sceptical of their growth from here giving all the fit bit/ smart watch like things coming on the market. But then that might play into their platform strategy.

Macy0161

jon1981 wrote: »

They went through a 4th round of VC funding in 2014/2015 and raised 18m usd. They are claiming it's to fund growth outside of the US. I guess a 4th round of funding would raise questions on what happens next.

Its also hard to get their actual subscription numbers. I'd be alittle bit sceptical of their growth from here giving all the fit bit/ smart watch like things coming on the market. But then that might play into their platform strategy.

There's plenty of people I know/ train with who are more than happy with Connect and don't bother with Strava. I like it as a form of social media, but others don't like sharing what or how they have or haven't done.

Big miss for me, as I do triathlons, is the way Strava handles multisport.