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[Kitty]

@Steve O 166824 wrote:

And, of course, you don’t know the rides you’ve missed, because you have no way of knowing they exist.

It’s the classic zen koan: “If a ride occurs in nature, but wasn’t captured on Strava, did it happen?

Seriously though, apparently Mr. Kitty has been RAPPING for his post titles lately?! I’d like to see that. (BG: Mr. Kitty doesn’t listen to rap generally)
My Strava feed is like a censor-board that thinks it knows what’s best for me. 😡

[bentbike33]

@bobco85 166835 wrote:

I haven’t seen wheelsandwings’ wonderful lyric poetry for about a week now, and that’s not okay!

I think wheels&wings is off the grid this week (gone to Brooklyn, NY and Manhattan, KS)?

[dbb]

@bentbike33 166915 wrote:

I think wheels&wings is off the grid this week (gone to Brooklyn, NY and Manhattan, KS)?

From the Big Apple to the Little Apple? Sweet!

[Raymo853]

The new Strava feed has convinced me to pair down the number of folks I follow.

I have read the next update will be putting primo people in everyone’s feed even if you do not follow them.

I have been using ride with gps more and more. The routing and planning tools and the map choices are radically better.

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[streetsmarts]

@Raymo853 166925 wrote:

I have been using ride with gps more and more. The routing and planning tools and the map choices are radically better.

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Do you use the free version of Ride with GPS?

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[Raymo853]

@streetsmarts 166927 wrote:

Do you use the free version of Ride with GPS?

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I pay for the middle level version. The main feature I was after was the ability to download and cache maps and routes. A feature I need out here in CO with no coverage during many of my rides like this plan for Saturday. After starting to pay and use it more, I was happy to find out how much better the plan/routing tools are. You can choose multiple map sources, quickly access Google street view (great for seeing if a road is gravel or not), and the automatic routing works so much better and takes only a few days to respond to OSM updates. One hint, changing the routing from cycling to walking helps for mountain biking routes. Strava seems to take years/never responds to OSM updates. I am still often routed on the trails and roads from years ago. I suspect Strava also weighs the collective ride data too much in the routing and the popularity switch does not seem to help much.

The part of Strava I like for planning is the heat map, and that has not been updated in nearly three years. I heard the lack of updates was because Paul Mach left. I am happy to see that according to a official note from just yesterday, Strava is planning to update the heatmap soon.
https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000064624-2016-Heatmap-comparison

And Strava’s segments at times are useful. Nice to see just how many people have ridden in a certain place and when. I really like using the Jonathan Okeeffe tools to see how many people have ridden in places, if they ever came back again, and what seasons seem to be off limits. Like this segment at nearly 10,000 feet, I am happy to see people have ridden in Nov, making me hopeful it will not be covered in 6 feet of powder when I am there this weekend.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Raymo853 166928 wrote:

I pay for the middle level version. The main feature I was after was the ability to download and cache maps and routes. A feature I need out here in CO with no coverage during many of my rides like this plan for Saturday. After starting to pay and use it more, I was happy to find out how much better the plan/routing tools are. You can choose multiple map sources, quickly access Google street view (great for seeing if a road is gravel or not), and the automatic routing works so much better and takes only a few days to respond to OSM updates. One hint, changing the routing from cycling to walking helps for mountain biking routes. Strava seems to take years/never responds to OSM updates. I am still often routed on the trails and roads from years ago. I suspect Strava also weighs the collective ride data too much in the routing and the popularity switch does not seem to help much.

The part of Strava I like for planning is the heat map, and that has not been updated in nearly three years. I heard the lack of updates was because Paul Mach left. I am happy to see that according to a official note from just yesterday, Strava is planning to update the heatmap soon.
https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000064624-2016-Heatmap-comparison

And Strava’s segments at times are useful. Nice to see just how many people have ridden in a certain place and when. I really like using the Jonathan Okeeffe tools to see how many people have ridden in places, if they ever came back again, and what seasons seem to be off limits. Like this segment at nearly 10,000 feet, I am happy to see people have ridden in Nov, making me hopeful it will not be covered in 6 feet of powder when I am there this weekend.

I also pay for RWGPS, mainly to get turn-by-turn directions on routes I design (as opposed to just inputting a destination and getting whatever route Google or Apple decide to give you). On bike rides, this isn’t really necessary since I transfer the routes to my Garmin and get turn-by-turn through that, but on my motorcycle, it’s great to plan a specific route then get the directions piped into my helmet via Bluetooth. I haven’t found any other apps that have such a function (at least that are free).

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