Strava year so far

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by bobswire

https://www.strava.com/clubs/paceline-forum

Now I just need a decoder ring to know who's who IRL..

[dem]

If you use Chrome, there's a few plugins that make Strava less annoying and give some more insights, no premium required:

Stravini - kills all the latest "social" nonsense they added, lets you restore the feed to chronological, let's you block blog posts, virtual rides, promoted stuff, etc. Until this came out, I was close to bailing on Strava as the new version was super annoying and full of random junk.

StravistiX - expands a bunch of the statistics including % in a segment, YoY progressions, etc.

[Bostic]

Originally Posted by dem

If you use Chrome, there's a few plugins that make Strava less annoying and give some more insights, no premium required:

Stravini - kills all the latest "social" nonsense they added, lets you restore the feed to chronological, let's you block blog posts, virtual rides, promoted stuff, etc. Until this came out, I was close to bailing on Strava as the new version was super annoying and full of random junk.

StravistiX - expands a bunch of the statistics including % in a segment, YoY progressions, etc.

I just added Stravini. Thank you. I don't even follow that many people and my feed has been getting out of control the past few months.

[kevinvc]

I'm not a rider focused on hitting benchmarks or necessarily even trying to improve my performance. I'm not the audience for a lot of what Strava does, which is not a criticism of the program at all.

I like to use Strava when I'm riding some of my usual routes just to see how I do compared only to my own previous rides. It's interesting to me to try to figure out why I sometimes have faster times on days when I thought I was slow and lazy and vice versa. I also like to compare just how much my times change when I'm riding with a group rather than solo. I'll probably use it more next season out of curiosity as to how much my new slow heavy bike affects my times compared to my go fast bike.

I've never cared about tracking commuting miles, in town errands, or the like. I used to be pretty good about using my Garmin on every ride and uploading once I got home. Over the last couple of years I've become more likely to leave the computer at home and just hop on the bike.

If it weren't for my plans to do a lot more bikepacking on unfamiliar dirt roads, I'd probably ditch the Garmin altogether. But I need to be able to upload routes in advance and see where I am in places without cell coverage. Given all that, I'll probably use Strava a lot more next year.

[velofinds]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Now I just need a decoder ring to know who's who IRL..

Exactly. Pretty pointless if you can't put a name to a user ID.

[cloudguy]

Biggest year for me. Let's just say every time I read the news, it makes me want to
get away from the world.

[poff]

Missing several rides still on the computer waiting to be uploaded.

Distance 3,991.7 mi
Time 384h 29m
Elev Gain 599,787 ft
Rides 253
All-Time
Distance 45,733.8 mi

[dbnm]

My goal for the year was 5000 miles.

As soon as this flu passes I should be able to reach it.

[cloudguy]

Originally Posted by poff

Missing several rides still on the computer waiting to be uploaded.

Distance 3,991.7 mi
Time 384h 29m
Elev Gain 599,787 ft
Rides 253
All-Time
Distance 45,733.8 mi

Where do you live? Thats's some serious elevation gain over distance. Nice work!

[fa63]

I don't think I will make it 2,000 miles; it has been a rough year.

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by fa63

I don't think I will make it 2,000 miles; it has been a rough year.

same, after commutes I will probably be at close to 4000 this year but commutes don't count

[poff]

Originally Posted by cloudguy

Where do you live? Thats's some serious elevation gain over distance. Nice work!

Berkeley, CA

[velofinds]

Originally Posted by R3awak3n

same, after commutes I will probably be at close to 4000 this year but commutes don't count

Meh, a mile is a mile, junk or not. We don't all get to do epic weekend rides upstate

[commonguy001]

6861 miles and 427 hours. Looks like I should hit 7k pretty easily.
I've had a few months at the end where my hours and miles dropped way off due to life but it was still a solid year.

[bobswire]

Originally Posted by R3awak3n

same, after commutes I will probably be at close to 4000 this year but commutes don't count

Same here since I don't record errands or other low mile rides though I should since they sure add up.