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just received an email from Strava telling me if i open the app i'll be greeted with a fresh new look. they aren't wrong i now have a lovely blank screen.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:05 am
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Same here, they have properly buggered it up. Awesome.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:12 am
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me too! That went well for them...


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:13 am
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web site appears to be down as well.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:14 am
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Don't feel so bad about having done **** all exercise all week now....


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:15 am
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Did last night's ride even happen?


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:22 am
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Did any of my rides even happen?! What is my life all about now!!!!????


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:23 am
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Just a spinning circle for me and then an error message. Amazing.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:25 am
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Mine has been fine. New layout works too.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:33 am
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website says temporarily unavailable.

I rarely update Apps on my phone, so no change there.

Major outage apparently: https://status.strava.com/


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:38 am
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I'm going to give up cycling and take up knitting instead.

What's the knitting equivalent of Strava?


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:43 am
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They also emailed about Live Segments working for all Starred Segments - so I messaged them to ask if that meant downhill segments were now working like the climbs, they came back saying that no downhill segments were included, so I suggested they amend the messaging as it was misleading (I was in a right grumpy mood about that for some reason!).


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:44 am
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Having an existential crisis now. Am I at work? There's no commute on Strava, ergo it didn't happen. Where am I?


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 9:44 am
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Fixed now


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:06 am
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Can we filter out other people's Zwift rides yet?


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:35 am
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Moved things arround to make way for new features?

Whooop, more stuff behind the paywall.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:36 am
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What the new app does fail to show is the "on this day last year" which it did in the old version.

This is a shame as I liked that.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:39 am
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It looks identical to before for me (apart from some enhancements to map views). Or am I missing something?


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:41 am
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Can we filter out other people’s Zwift rides yet?

🙏


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:42 am
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Can we filter out other people’s Zwift rides yet?

If only...


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:45 am
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I deleted and reinstalled the app. It looked different fir a bit. Now it looks exactly the same as before.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:46 am
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: why o why can't we quickly toggle between imperial and metric ffs.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 10:49 am
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Can we filter out other people’s Zwift rides yet?

Elevate for Strava T.A.F.K.A. Stravistix can do that for all but your own rides using "hide virtual rides."

You can also hide rides and runs under a specified distance.

I'm unpatiently waiting for Strava to...
remove segments with garbage elevation data which suggest a flat road has a mountain on it and/or is situated under sea level

remove segments that take considerably less than 60mins to complete rather than a blanket minimum distance of approx 0.25 miles

stop bringing up segments that simply meet the [length in metres x average gradient =>8000 for a cat4 for example] formula when searching for hills bigger than a specified category

give far better info on whether a segment is on a surface suitable for a road/hybrid/gravel/mtb etc.

But I'm a slave to premium for the power data, at least I got two months extra free this time by gifting a sub to myself.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:04 am
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Just a spinning circle for me and then an error message.

Which is still marginally better than scrolling through several pages worth of people joining inane challenges, then several more pages of Zwift squiggles...

On the subject of segments, has anyone worked out how to find segments that they know exist but which Segment Explore never seems to show? I wanted to star a few for Live Segment shits and giggles on my Garmin but it's amazing hard to find some segments even when you know they exist! 'Gaick Pass Northbound' is the first example that springs to mind. The search bar in the Segment explore page is possibly even worse than the forum search on here... 😉


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:29 am
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https://www.doogal.co.uk/strava.php used to be great for finding segment details, I've not used it in a while though, so no idea how it fairs these days.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:33 am
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https://www.doogal.co.uk/strava.php used to be great for finding segment details

Nice, significantly better than Strava!

Although as a test I looked for the segment above and still couldn't find it, weird. I know it exists because it appears on an activity of mine (was quite proud of my time on it, hence the obsession 😎 )


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:39 am
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On the subject of segments, has anyone worked out how to find segments that they know exist but which Segment Explore never seems to show? I wanted to star a few for Live Segment shits and giggles on my Garmin but it’s amazing hard to find some segments even when you know they exist! ‘Gaick Pass Northbound’ is the first example that springs to mind. The search bar in the Segment explore page is possibly even worse than the forum search on here… 😉

Nope, it's just crap. Even worse at places like Swinley where I know there's at least one accurate segment for one of the trails, and 200 slight variations ranging from the pointless "Red15 ACCURATE May 15th 2016 diversion", which probably wasn't much of a diversion if it still close enough to count, to "knob head Dave crashed on the tabletop". I'd just like to see if I'm faster or slower on a consistent segment, not a PR every ride on a subtly different segment to last time!

Even if you know what the segment is probably called!


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:41 am
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Strava segments need moderating. They are a flippin mess.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:43 am
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The only good way I've found of doing that is to do the ride, then find the correct segment in the segments list afterwards and star it there.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:51 am
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VeloViewer lists all the segments you've ridden and it's easily searchable.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:58 am
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The only good way I’ve found of doing that is to do the ride, then find the correct segment in the segments list afterwards and star it there.

Yep, that's what I've resorted to which in the scheme of things is no great hardship, just a shame they're not easier to search.

At least molgrips' link allows you to filter them better

VeloViewer lists all the segments you’ve ridden and it’s easily searchable

D'oh! Of course it does, significantly better than Strava! Glad I'm still paying my £10 as I'd kind of stopped using Veloviewer now I have heatmap on Strava


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 11:58 am
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D'oh, and after all that effort I find the segment I want to star and realise that it's actually classed as a descent (-0.2% gradient) so I don't think it will work on live segments! 🤣


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 12:06 pm
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D’oh, and after all that effort I find the segment I want to star and realise that it’s actually classed as a descent (-0.2% gradient) so I don’t think it will work on live segments!

Really annoying, isn't it? In a world of litigation, I guess Strava has decided to play scared and be 'safe'...


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 12:15 pm
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Have you ridden it before @13thfloormonk ? If so, can you manipulate the segment size to get a net uphill? If you used a barometer integrated GPS computer for the ride, it might be in your interest to look at how the elevation data varies between what your GPS recorded and what happens if you use the Strava elevation correction option.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 12:15 pm
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I can't get excited about most off-road segments. The timings and routes/matching to segments is too inaccurate to have much value.

Eg. yesterday I took a downhill route that I hadn't taken before, a few direction options partway down, the one I took sort of fizzled out (due to lack of use I think) and was all overgrown. A bit of pushing through the undergrowth and eventually I ended back on a track (probably the one I shoulld have taken) and continued down. Looking at strava after the ride I'd been matched to a segment I never knew about. .Pretty much the only points my ride matched the segment was at the start and end points.

This is all too familiar with off-road segments.


 
Posted : 06/05/2021 12:26 pm

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