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  • October 30, 2018 at 2:38 pm #29091
    2xthirteen

    Hey all. I’m pretty new here so first a little intro… I’m from northeast USA. Years ago I used to commute via bike almost regardless of the weather (ok, I skipped riding when roads were too icy/snowy) and loved MTB’ing. Fast-forward 9 years, 1 house, marriage, 2 kids and barely any riding :/ In July I picked up a Specialized Allez Sprint Comp and haven’t looked back (picture in the pinned photos thread). I recently added a used trainer for those days when I can’t get outside. Early morning rides make getting up a lot easier.

    So what’s the point of all this?
    I love Strava, but I can’t stand that it doesn’t have weather conditions as part of an activity. So I built a service to automatically add them and thought others might find it useful. 

    What’s my angle?
    I’m hoping to get enough users that random donations offset the cost of running the service. That’s it. Apologies for the shameless plug.

    The service is here: https://klimat.app
    It can also be found in the Strava app marketplace, https://www.strava.com/apps/visualizer

    I’d love any feedback you all have.

    Best,
    Scott

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  • November 14, 2018 at 12:49 pm #930601
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    Moist von Lipwig

    Nifty little tool, until I

    Nifty little tool, until I looked at it and signed up I actually had no idea of the Strava apps page as I rarely use the desktop site.

    November 12, 2018 at 4:56 pm #930599
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    2xthirteen
    mbrads72 wrote:
    2xthirteen wrote:
    mbrads72 wrote:
    What’s the keyword for rain please?

    Apologies, I don’t understand the question. A little more info please?

    I can’t see an available field that covers precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc)?

    The summary field will show rain/snow/clouds/etc.

    There isn’t a field that shows the precipitation amount though, or a dedicated preciptation type field. I could add these if people want them. I avoided them initially because they’d be empty when there is no preciptation and I didn’t want the experience to be confusing.

    November 12, 2018 at 3:35 pm #930597
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    brakesmadly
    2xthirteen wrote:
    mbrads72 wrote:
    What’s the keyword for rain please?

    Apologies, I don’t understand the question. A little more info please?

    I can’t see an available field that covers precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc)?

    November 10, 2018 at 1:13 pm #930595
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    2xthirteen
    mbrads72 wrote:
    What’s the keyword for rain please?

    Apologies, I don’t understand the question. A little more info please?

    November 10, 2018 at 8:48 am #930593
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    brakesmadly

    What’s the keyword for rain

    What’s the keyword for rain please?

     

    November 8, 2018 at 1:16 pm #930591
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    WiznaeMe

    This looks good, i’ve signed

    This looks good, i’ve signed up.

    November 8, 2018 at 2:02 am #930589
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    2xthirteen
    Redvee wrote:
    For some reason I’m getting three fields of weather data on my Strava activities, I’m getting TWO start reports and one end report. I’ve played with the custom report and dropped some data from the report so that might change the double start report  when I next upload.

    That’s very odd. What’s your Strava email? I’d like to check your template and settings. Please email me at scott@klimat.app.

    November 8, 2018 at 1:56 am #930587
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    Redvee

    For some reason I’m getting

    For some reason I’m getting three fields of weather data on my Strava activities, I’m getting TWO start reports and one end report. I’ve played with the custom report and dropped some data from the report so that might change the double start report  when I next upload.

    November 7, 2018 at 10:56 pm #930585
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    bendertherobot
    2xthirteen wrote:
    Hey everyone.

    First, the bad news: due to a massive influx of new users*, only a tiny amount of donations* and no donations from anyone that was a part of that massive influx I’ve turned on subscriptions for Klimat. To be completely transparent, this was something that I had planned on doing, but I was hoping to wait a lot longer.

    Now the good news, I’m going to give anyone on this forum that signs up before November 9 a free perpetual license. All you need to do is reply to this thread (a simple ‘I signed up’ is enough), then send me an email with your username on this forum and I’ll update your account. My email is scott@klimat.app.

    Edit: please note that anyone who signed up before I posted this message has a perpetual license. 
    You will still see the ‘Upgrade’ button in settings. Please just ignore it. Removing it is on my ‘todo’ list, but I want to finish up a cool new feature first đŸ™‚ (and, hopefully, get over this horrid cold)
     

    Best,

    Scott

     

    *New users are a great problem to have.

    *I wondered how donations would go. There have been some very generous people, but sadly, nowhere near enough to make the service break even.

    Done! Will email shortly.

    November 7, 2018 at 7:35 pm #930583
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    The Rake

    I signed up too. Have been

    I signed up too. Have been thinking about looking for something like this for a while. Looking forward to using. Thanks

    November 7, 2018 at 5:56 pm #930581
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    brightonbiker

    great idea, I’ve signed up

    great idea, I’ve signed up and look forward to checking it out once this rain and wind has subsided!

    November 7, 2018 at 5:11 pm #930579
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    lewfowls

    Hi – i’ve just signed up

    Hi – i’ve just signed up

    November 6, 2018 at 1:41 pm #930577
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    2xthirteen
    PRSboy wrote:
    I’m an early adopter and am impressed so far… seamless and quick.

    Is there any scope to customise the data- for example, to have the windspeed and direction first in the description?

    I would also be happy to have a ‘weather by Klimat’ tag on the feed, if that helps spread the word.

    Thanks!

    Interesting notable, depending on how early an adopter you were there might not have been a settings page yet đŸ™‚ now it’s at https://my.klimat.app, just click the ‘connect to strava’ button on https://klimat.app to get there. You’ll have to be logged in to Strava to access your Klimat settings page.

    The branding is an interesting idea. I’ll give it a some thought. Done right it could work, but I would only have it for those on the ‘free’ plan. I think perpetual and premium folks should have no branding.

    Great feedback everyone (here and privately). Please keep it coming!

    November 6, 2018 at 1:35 pm #930575
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    hawkinspeter
    Scottish Scrutineer wrote:
    Hi Scott,

    thanks for developing this App. I started using it last week and have gone for the custom option on the display to simplify what appears in my Strava feeds. In my opinion (and my wife’s when she say the info), the standard display is just too cluttered and fussy. Get it clean and clear and you’ll have even more flocking to use it.

     

    Renny

    The standard display looks fine to me.

    November 6, 2018 at 1:14 pm #930573
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    Scottish Scrutineer

    Hi Scott,

    Hi Scott,

    thanks for developing this App. I started using it last week and have gone for the custom option on the display to simplify what appears in my Strava feeds. In my opinion (and my wife’s when she say the info), the standard display is just too cluttered and fussy. Get it clean and clear and you’ll have even more flocking to use it.

     

    Renny

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