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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.

Cyclist who “refuses to give kudos on Strava for indoor rides” sparks lively online discussion about winter training; More BBC Panorama “attacking” e-bikes reaction; Wout van Aert cheered on by butchers wins cycling pic of the year + more on the live blog

It's another freezing cold one out there, join Dan Alexander by the live blog fire and keep warm with a round-up of all the cycling news, reaction, silliness and more this Thursday

Thu, Jan 09, 2025 09:33

Tadej Pogačar sets Strava Coll de Rates KOM, December 2024

“His training’s started well”: Tadej Pogačar obliterates famous Strava KOM – with help of lightning-fast UAE Team Emirates train – during 205km, five-and-a-half-hour winter ride

Be afraid, be very afraid… The world champion’s rivals will be quaking in their boots after Pogačar put in a monstrous ride on the Coll de Rates, one of cycling’s benchmark KOMs, to beat the previous record by 17 seconds

Fri, Dec 20, 2024 17:48

Keep riding to stave off aging (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Chris Juden:Flickr)

O-KOM Boomer! Older cyclists nab more Strava records and cover greater distances than Millennials and Gen Z; Tom Pidcock set to leave Ineos; Evenepoel’s “long journey” to recovery after ‘dooring’ crash; Pogačar planking (kind of) + more on the live blog

Welcome to the Wednesday live blog! Ryan Mallon’s once again on duty to keep you all updated with all the midweek news and views from around the cycling world

Wed, Dec 04, 2024 10:00

Strava rejects call to remove Richmond Park and Regent’s Park cycling segments, insists critical Royal Parks “have directly acknowledged Strava is not root cause of issues”

As charity that runs London's Royal Parks calls for new laws and stricter rules for cyclists, Strava argued removing segments "would not accomplish" Royal Parks' "intent to reduce cycling competition"

Mon, Dec 02, 2024 11:45

Strava users can no longer publicly share activity data on third-party apps, as company aims to crack down on fitness syncing ecosystem

Cyclists won’t be able to share their ride data with others on popular platforms like VeloViewer, with the company also noting that “posts requesting or attempting to have Strava revert business decisions will not be permitted”

Wed, Nov 20, 2024 11:09

Want to earn discounted cycling kit just by riding your bike? App partners with Garmin Connect to convert miles to virtual coins; The future of urban bike parking? You wouldn’t even need a lock… + more

All the hottest new tech from the past seven days, including new stuff from Strava, Koo, Isobar, Bikedok, Kickstarter, Imatra and Garmin

Sat, Nov 16, 2024 12:00

Bodyguards using Strava are putting Trump, Macron, Biden and other world leaders in danger, French newspaper investigation claims

US Secret Service says "affected personnel notified" following report by Le Monde which suggested confidential movements of presidential candidates, Emmanuel Macron, Jill Biden, Melania Trump and Vladimir Putin could be traced via agents' use of Strava

Tue, Oct 29, 2024 09:53

Strava no longer allows you to add links to uploads and deletes all old ones: frustrated users hit out at social fitness giant that claims “ongoing situation” of URL removal “necessary to protect the community”

Strava blames "sustained campaign of inauthentic content posted to the platform" — but users have questioned the knock-on effect, particularly for those raising money for charity who now can't share fundraising links

Tue, Oct 08, 2024 14:49

Tadej Pogačar wins 2024 Giro dell’Emilia (Zac Williams/SWpix.com) and Matteo Jorgenson Strava post

“Just Zone 2”: Matteo Jorgenson issues snarky Strava swipe at Tadej Pogačar after world champion delivers another long-range masterclass at Giro dell’Emilia; Strava’s very harsh and personal AI advice; Weird cycle lane encounters + more on the live blog

It’s the start of the last big week of road racing on the TV for 2024, and Ryan Mallon’s here to bring you all the latest cycling news and views from Italy and beyond on the Monday live blog

Mon, Oct 07, 2024 09:10

Can these Kickstarter cycling shorts really reduce lactic acid by 35%? Sidi and Eroica’s “iconic” reimagined shoe pays homage to the 70s, Rapha’s latest Palace collab + loads more new tech

All the biggest and best tech news we've spotted this week, starring hot stuff from Rapha, Palace, Sidi, Eroica, Strava, Ritchey and more

Sat, Oct 05, 2024 11:00