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Strava is a route-planning and activity recording app used by millions of cyclists across the world. It launched in 2009. in 2020 it passed 3 billion activity uploads.

Strava’s smartphone app is commonly used to record rides and other activities, although it’s also possible to sync to Strava from Garmin, Wahoo, and many other GPS devices. The Strava app uses ride data to build leaderboards of user-generated segments (pre-defined sections of route) with the fastest time given the title of KOM (King of the Mountain) or QOM (Queen of the Mountain)

Strava’s premium offering, Strava Summit, includes a range of extra features including a tracking beacon, fitness analysis, training plans and more.

Strava makes serious steps towards becoming a public company

The popular fitness-tracking app is making serious progress towards being floated on a stock exchange. Here's what it could mean

Oakley Meta Vanguard AI glasses Sept 2025

Oakley and Meta launch new Oakley Meta Vanguard AI-powered glasses that record your rides and integrate with Strava and Garmin

The Oakley Meta Vanguard AI glasses let you capture rides in 3K (you can ask them to in real-time), track stats from your bike computer, overlay ride data and more - all from your eyewear

Is Strava still worth paying for? As the price of cycling continues to rise and rise, we weigh up the pros and cons of Strava’s Premium tier

Liam looks at the value of Strava Premium as he tries to reduce his expenditure on subscriptions

Broken a spoke? Bizarre internet video claims a cable tie is all you need; “It really could have been a tragedy”: Pro cyclist sheds light on “truly horrible” Tour de Pologne crash; Victor Bosoni wins Transcontinental; Strava beef + more on the live blog

The weekend's ticking closer and there are rumours of some much warmer weather on the horizon here in the UK — looking forward to all that is Dan Alexander who is back in the live blog hot seat for your Thursday round up

How fast?! Race team sets new Box Hill Strava KOM, with monster 34km/h leadout

Raptor Factory Racing deliver Dylan Hicks for 4:02 ascent, which saw him average 469w to take one of the most competitive Strava KOMs in the world

Tadej Pogačar, Paris, 2025 Tour de France

The real prize? Tadej Pogačar took 362 Strava KOMs during the Tour de France

Strava says Tour peloton set 1,809 new segment bests during the Grand Tour, dropping dreaded 'Uh oh!' emails into amateur riders' inboxes across France

“We won’t sugar-coat it – we received lots of pushback”: Strava restores old URL links after backlash – as social fitness giant says controversial policy stopped spam problem “getting out of control”

“We recognise not everyone (who are we kidding – no one) was happy with our decision to temporarily disable links, but we believe it was best for the product and community in the long term”

Swedish PM’s address leaked via Strava (inset: Ulf Kristersson)

Security fears as Swedish PM’s home address leaked by bodyguards sharing cycling and running routes on Strava

Bodyguards shared information linked to Ulf Kristersson’s location, movement, and routes at least 35 times on the popular activity tracking and sharing app

Tadej Pogačar uploads Flanders victory to Strava

Tadej Pogačar shares Tour of Flanders destruction on Strava… and doesn’t get flagged this year

World champion's mind-blowing solo victory shared on Strava and he's unsurprisingly swept up almost all the main climbs' KOMs

Absolute belter or explosion at a paint factory? Lotto’s striking new kit divides opinion; “Rubber on rubber for that friction feel”: How NOT to fit brake pads; Tadej Pogačar blitzes iconic Paris-Roubaix Strava KOMs + more on the live blog

Another sunny live blog on the way, with Dan Alexander in the hot seat for all your cycling news, reaction, silliness, and more as we edge towards the weekend