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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.

Romain Bardet wins stage one of the 2024 Tour de France

300 watts for six hours? How to pull off a memorable Tour de France win — Romain Bardet and Frank van den Broek upload stage one heroics to Strava

Now that's a ride worthy of some kudos...

Sun, Jun 30, 2024 09:54

Richmond Park 04 copyright Simon MacMichael

“Mums, dads, sons and daughters being labelled as killers. It’s just got to stop”: Chris Boardman comments on Telegraph ’52mph in a 20mph zone’ article as it emerges co-author is former BBC fact-checker

Boardman was one of numerous prominent figures to comment on the inaccuracies in the Telegraph article, while the husband of Kim Briggs has commented on the backlash sparked by the Government's proposal to introduce new dangerous cycling laws

Sat, May 18, 2024 12:49

Telegraph front page/ cyclists in Richmond Park

Telegraph journalists told “check your research” after front page claims cyclists hit 52mph chasing London Strava segments… despite that being faster than Olympic track cyclists

"Clearly they've found a bad GPS glitched segment and taken that as hard fact": Newspaper ridiculed after reporting that London commuters are cycling to work faster than Tour de France sprinters

Fri, May 17, 2024 12:00

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Regent’s Park and Outer Circle Strava segment

Strava urges cyclists to “prioritise everyone’s safety” following pedestrian fatality on popular segment, states “hazardous” segments can be flagged

The ride-sharing app said "behaviours related to" the death of a pensioner — hit by a cyclist at speeds of 25-29mph as a group ride completed laps of Regent's Park — "violate" its community standards

Tue, May 14, 2024 11:17

Outer Circle near Hanover Terrace (via Google Street View)

Strava asked to remove popular segment after pedestrian death in cyclist collision

The Royal Parks said it would also be working with police and cycling groups as it considers further safety measures

Mon, May 13, 2024 16:53

Why is it so hard to get a bike on a ferry? Plus Strava’s ‘Weekly Snapshot’ row on the road.cc Podcast

We catch up with some cyclists who recently got that sinking feeling when trying to book their bikes on the ferry, and discuss Strava's latest updates

Thu, Mar 21, 2024 17:32

“Strava’s ‘Weekly Snapshot’ makes me feel bad”: should you be able to turn it off?

New feature tots up how much exercise you've done this week or, if your glass is half empty, the amount you haven't done… As you'd expect, Strava users have something to say about that

Fri, Mar 15, 2024 14:33

CyclingMikey, City of London Magistrates (credit – CyclingMikey Youtube)

CyclingMikey loses out to Hitler for the title of the “worst person in history” in bonkers Twitter poll; The great helmet saga continues as Giro and Visma hit back at UCI; Evenepoel calls head sock ban “laughable”; Strava for dogs + more on the live blog

Join Adwitiya for all the news, reaction and more on the road.cc live blog this Thursday, your one-stop shop for everything that’s happening in the world of cycling today

Thu, Mar 07, 2024 09:54

Strava introduces messaging – you can now communicate with your friends on the app

The fitness app users can now send messages to their friends and create group chats – and you don't need a Strava subscription (and you can turn it off)

Mon, Dec 04, 2023 14:00

A mini guide to cycling words and phrases Nov 2023

A mini guide to cycling words and phrases that have been lost, found or reborn (and some that are just downright irritating)

Are you a tester who rides with souplesse, or are you out chasing segments on your latest bike build with a brand new cockpit?

Fri, Nov 17, 2023 17:30