Strava PRs now meaningless! :(

The Stravistix plug-in lets you see how each segment time compares to your PB and Year PB, and if it's the first time you've ridden a segment, it just shows "1X" in those stats.

So ignore the little summary at top and scroll down to the segment list and see how many green (i.e. PB) times you get in the deltaPR column.

I use strava more or less as a social-network-boasting-thing

When I want know if I'm improving I use the km-avgHR-avgSpeed-thing

If I get 20 to 30 PR's on a single recovery ride the system must be crooked anyhow

I started riding in my mid 60s and used Strava just to check my own rides and to enjoy the fact that during my first couple of years I was getting faster.    Nevertheless, I was always toward the bottom of the leaderboards so I paid for Premium membership so that I could compare myself with others in the 65+ age group.   It made me feel better to be in the top half of the table!

As I approached 70 I was unhappy with the fact that the age leaderboards stopped at 65, so I wrote to Strava suggesting 70+ leaderboards.   Nothing happened, so I cancelled my Premium membership.

Now I see that a 70+ option has been added, so they do listen.   (Not that I'm taking credit for the change).

The stupic sectors which take a very specific route and lead down dead ends to someones house irritate me. What's the point of having a KOM if only one person is ever likely to want to go that way?

I've had a search around my area to find silly sectors to try and steal these peoples KOMs just to annoy them.

And don't start me on sectors which rely on you either getting really really lucky or going through a load of red lights.

Can't see how this is that big a deal unless you're constantly doing new routes? Even then it's something you could get used to?

Lots of niggles with the Strava app and site (they are inconsistent with each other for one) but ultimately, the vast majority of people don't pay a penny towards it - you have a right to request they improve things, you have no right to moan unless you're paying them in my opinion.

Some people get worked up easily. It's not good for you. Go out for a ride.
Oh...

My main gripe with Strava is that, whilst I can flag my rides as handcycling, I have to go to the desktop version of the site to do it - and once I do, I lose every single segment, as they're not replicated from normal cycling!

I get why, we have to take slightly different routes in some places, but there simply aren't enough handcyclists out there to repopulate the segment data.

I'd leave them as normal cycle segments, but we've got very different performance profiles to two wheelers - on recumbents, we're more aero but with less watts, so whilst you're faster on the flat, we'll cane you absolutely silly on a descent - meaning that KOMs are essentially either impossible or laughably easy to get.
On uprights, we've got less power and we're about as aero as a brick, though. Heavy, too.

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for them to act on user feedback. They've ignored a massive thread about undoing accidental kudos for four years now.

This stupid PR feature is intended to get newbies to stick with the platform, nothing else. Two fingers up to long-time users.

I no longer pay for premium because of their shit attitude.

This is not the most annoying thing about Strava. Daily, I lose a KOM to someone in an ebike. I have to flag it constantly. Koms have become meaningless now with the event of ebikes.

Annoyed the shit out of me too!

I guess you could say that a new segment is a PR by definition, but I can see what you mean. Strava are just encouraging people to ride, just maybe they are targeting other people not you. As long as it records your ride the core function is still there. I did suggest a while ago a blue flag or rosette or something else for new segments, that would be easy enough to do, but as usual most suggestions fall on deaf ears. Just keep riding.

^It depends on what you use PRs for, I suppose. I see your point, but, playing devil's avocado (I'm not arsed either way) ^

'Devil's avocado' - made my evening

Well, as I once said to someone at the start of a race that neither of us had done before "Whatever you do today, it'll still be a personal best"!

There a raft of negative comments on the strava forum, I've just echoed them.  When you first see them it is nice but then you realise your kidding yourself its a stupid change for the many reason posted.  I'm wanting to see I am actually getting fitter (i.e I was faster this time) and not just exploring a new route.

It depends on what you use PRs for, I suppose. I see your point, but, playing devil's avocado (I'm not arsed either way), this now rewards new routes, rides and segments with loads of PRs, if you're into that sort of thing.

Bit of an incentive, as opposed to indifference, which is nice, no?

My wider feeling, though, is that Strava is disappearing up its own arse, and I'm not particularly keen on following it, so it pissing loyal users off is fine by me. I only really use it for the social stuff now, so I'm hoping a rival platform gets enough users to be a viable competitor.