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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.

Going to watch the Tour de France? Here are some cycle route suggestions from Strava

Take your bike, ride it

Fri, Jul 06, 2018 13:37

The Red Bull Million Mile Commute on Strava is coming on 1st July

Red Bull's Million Mile Commute is back, and this time the challenge is to collectively smash the million mile mark in just one month!

Fri, Jun 22, 2018 14:04

Michael Broadwith on Shap Summit (via endtoend2018 on Twitter)

Michael Broadwith’s record-breaking LEJOG ride is now on Strava

40-year-old from Hertfordshire did the end-to-end in 43 hours 25 minutes and 13 seconds

Fri, Jun 22, 2018 12:48

Caught by Strava – US cyclist charged with malicious wounding after being identified from one of his recent uploads

Incident occurred on local trail

Fri, May 18, 2018 14:28

Greg Van Avermaet puts Tour de Yorkshire-winning ride on Strava

Olympic champion finished second on Sunday's final stage - and clinched the overall

Tue, May 08, 2018 12:15

Are you getting Strava kudos or follow requests from bots?

What is the company doing about the issue?

Tue, Apr 03, 2018 16:02

Niki Terpstra’s Tour of Flanders winning ride on Strava

Dutchman’s quicker on a bike than he is to upload

Tue, Apr 03, 2018 10:05

Strava tweaks Global Heatmap feature in response to military security concerns

Move follows revelation in January that app showed locations of sensitive sites

Wed, Mar 14, 2018 15:22

Strava accused of giving away military secrets through its Global Heatmaps

Data uploaded by users working in intelligence and military highlight layout of bases, including in war zones

Mon, Jan 29, 2018 14:41

Strava artist pedals through London’s streets to sketch huge snowman

Anthony Hoyte has previously won an award for one of his creations on the social network

Sun, Dec 24, 2017 11:26