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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 moves overall leaderboards to subscriber-only feature

Top ten rankings still free in huge shakeup of features

Tue, May 19, 2020 06:50

Strava moves overall leaderboards to subscriber-only feature

Top ten rankings still free in huge shakeup of features

Mon, May 18, 2020 21:48

Bristol cyclist flagged on Strava and reported to British Cycling … for crossing into Wales for bike ride during lockdown

Rider apparently flagged by 'Strava Police' account says he didn't realise different regulations apply across the Severn

Sun, May 03, 2020 20:12

Belgian Strava race cancelled following pressure from authorities

Informal time trial intended as ‘a bit of fun’ given rebuke by cycling union

Fri, May 01, 2020 13:32

Sunday Times names and shames cyclists racking up miles on Strava

Newspaper flags up rides being undertaken as part of monthly mileage challenge

Sun, Apr 12, 2020 20:37

Strava launches NHS Active challenge and it raises £80k before it even starts

The challenge asks Strava users to give a fiver (or more) and get active for 12 days in a row

Mon, Apr 06, 2020 15:10

Strava launch new Routes premium feature

As part of a wave of updates in 2020 for their Summit subscribers, Strava now provide personalised route recommendations using OpenStreetMap technology

Tue, Mar 24, 2020 18:41

Strava has brought back chronological ordering, and allows you to ‘favourite’ athletes

As part of a wave of new updates, Strava have responded to what they say is "one of the most frequently requested ever" changes, and will let us see the newest activities first again...

Thu, Mar 05, 2020 16:43

Latest Strava phone app update means you can now update your ride on the fly

Remove the mistakenly recorded car drive home immediately

Tue, Mar 03, 2020 10:05

Latest Strava phone app update means you can now update your ride on the fly

Remove the mistakenly recorded car drive home immediately

Tue, Mar 03, 2020 09:01