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Having tried Strava on my iPhone, I quite like having the ability to record my rides and runs, with height, speed, distance and route all nicely logged and presented neatly. I also like the way it archives stuff and builds totals for you.
But I'm not convinced about the way Strava inherently compares everything on a competitive basis with other users. This aspect is not entirely healthy for me in my opinion.
Are there any decent iPhone alternatives to Strava without this feature?
endomondo
You know you can set everything to private, right? Then your rides don't feature in any tables.
Isn't there a setting in strava to keep all your rides private? That'd get rid if the comparative/competitive element.
Could just keep all your rides private on Strava
Endomondo.. Oooohh..
I'd seen the 'private' option, but surely even with this on Strava will still tell me which segments I did well on, whether I publish them or not?
To me this seems inherent in the way Strava is focused, unless I'm missing something?
there is the Strava app, and then there are apps for the non-winners of the world. Are you a non-winner.
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Lolz..
I'm a non winner (obviously) as I use cyclemeter.
Been using it for the last year and a bit with no issues.
Garmin fit, if you later decide to get a dedicated garmin unit, all your rides are then in the same "ecosystem".
Mapmyride does this I think.
I'd seen the 'private' option, but surely even with this on Strava will still tell me which segments I did well on, whether I publish them or not?
No, it tells you what segments you have ridden but makes no reference to position on the leaderboards. It records the times still, but doesn't publish (even to you) whether you do a PB, 2nd fastest etc.
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8 quid in wilkos, less on ebay.
I use runmeter, when I can be bothered to record my ride .
No, it tells you what segments you have ridden but makes no reference to position on the leaderboards. It records the times still, but doesn't publish (even to you) whether you do a PB, 2nd fastest etc.
Nice..! I didn't realise that. Okayee I guess that'll stop me from killing myself next when I hit a tree going down hill / have a heart attack climbing uphill... Next time I'm back on the bike, which may be a while now, having injured myself going over the bars last ride.
Now was it any co-incidence that happened on my first Strava MTB ride, I wonder? Hmmm... 😕
Plan your ride using an os map, measure it with string, time the ride with a stopwatch, use maths to work out your average speed etc, write it down in a note book, job done. 😉
I'm a non winner (obviously) as I use cyclemeter.
I'm quite happy to not win with Cyclemeter. (Also thinking about adding a HRM strap to enhance it)
This works well. Used it for a few months until I got a Garmin Edge 200.
http://www.runtastic.com/en/apps/mountainbike
I used to use motionx, though now on strava
Whether or not you like to prove how fat/fit you are, strava still seems to have the best UI of the ride recording apps I've tried
I did laugh yesterday. Ride home from town, me on mtb with slicks but going at an ok pace, not fast by any means but not slow. Looked at strava when I got home. I came second from bottom of 319.
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I thought it was hilarious. But it does make me think that people take these times wayyy to serious. Luckily I'm not in the slightest bit competitive...
I came second from bottom of 319.
loddrik make your ride private and save face 😉
RidewithGPS has some good features. It does have segments too, but pushes them less than Strava. If you're purely interested in recording rides to see where you've been, it's probably better.
Aha, the plot thickens... Apparently I wasn't reading it right. I was 220 of 319, apparently I'm not quite as shite as I thought...
Surely Strava is for the non-winners? The majority of users must be losers, by definition, with just a sprinkling of digital epo winners among them ?
But it does make me think that people take these times wayyy to serious.
How serious are we allowed to take them?
[i]Luckily I'm not in the slightest bit competitive... [/i]
Darwin had a theory about people like you. 😉
I get competitive on strava. But only against myself. How can I get competitive against the other riders ,when Ihaveno idea of what they were riding, what the conditions were when they rode etc. If I was racing I would know these things.
Pushing myself either in terms of distance or speed helps my fitness.
I use Sportypal. Good piece of software, stores rides in an account online but does not have leagues (as far as I can tell!).
Embrace your inner gimp.. It's only yourself that you're fooling
I use Strava. I'm one of life's winners you see 😉
I do also use Everytrail which works well and has the advantage that you can take photos and they're automatically uploaded to the website (you can set them private so no one can find them) from which you can share them on here like this 🙂
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Mapmyride is good for me.
+1 for map my ride! It's great!
I agree with Scott mc, strava is the neatest software and I don't give a rats a** what anyone else is doing a segment in, I care about how im doing on any given day.
How can I get competitive against the other riders ,when Ihaveno idea of what they were riding, what the conditions were when they rode etc. If I was racing I would know these things.
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You can't compare with 100% certainty, but on a segment with lots of riders, you can be fairly sure that the top 10% ish are all trying fairly hard, in favourable-ish conditions. If you take Strava too seriously, then yes, you're an idiot.
But then again if you think you're a hero for getting a podium on a local race, you're probably also a bit deluded.
I find there's two types of people...
1. Those who don't mind whats on Strava.
2. Those who get too embarrassed by their performances to like Strava.
Personally, I know I will never get some KOM's around here on Strava, but I can aim for a target, say the top 5%. Having a slight competitive streak is necessary a bad thing as it can push you to achieve great things. It's pushed me to become physically fitter and healthier than I've ever been before, which is not a bad thing.
I find Strava a great training tool, I like to use it as diary to log my cycling and running. What's great about Strava is it encourages me to get out there... I can see when I'm slacking and how many rest days I've had, when people are out cycling when I'm not, it encourages me to get out too. Also it provides me with other routes people have done that I never considered before.
Strava also shows you who is a bullish***er. There's a guy at my work who makes out that he is the cycling guru. But look on Strava and the truth becomes apparent on how little he's cycled (4km on his commute to work).
Am I right in thinking that does the ascent descent by reference to map data? Where as the alternatives like Sports Tracker use GPS data?