10 Strava Features You’ll Wish You’d Known About

[@gcn]

Are you a regular Strava user? How many of these features did you already know about? Let us know 👇

[@julianpoulter6424]

8

[@MrJohnnyTN]

knew them all. but what is a qudos :)

[@nilz6432]

9/10 ...guess i have a strava problem

[@SimoneChiaretta]

All the 10

[@discbrakefan]

10

[@ssaunders2k]

Sure that's not Ollie's phone that Si is using? Looks like it's been dropped. 😂

[@martinraucher2147]

Damn. That was a good one.. Harsh. But a good one.

[@jeremystig98]

Brutal...

[@oayysz8909]

Nice one lol

[@michaelmoore4369]

Comment of the week right here ☝🏻😂😂😂

[@gn6912]

You played KZbin comments .............. and you won.

[@hisdadjames4876]

I know it’s a commercial organisation, but I must admit that Strava has transformed positively my cycling these last few years. Not just the relentless measurement and comparison, but the sharing of my ‘sporting life’ with many distant friends. Sometimes new tech is just wonderful.

[@adamholliday3391]

It's transformed my cycling. I have 1 climb I MUST BE FASTER ON every time. It's so addicting and annoying at the same time.

[@marcalvarez4890]

....And here i am riding for decades without even a cycle computer to tell me how fast I'm going.... Lol.

[@discbrakefan]

Yeah it’s a really big part of cycling now. Many private companies do good things.

[@pauloh4571]

I know, huh? Those commercial organizations. Devils......

[@MurderDoodle]

@@marcalvarez4890 As a non Strava user, did you really open this video that you know you won't find useful, ignore the video, scroll down to the comments, only to show off your fancy high horse?

[@HowToGetMoreMetal]

I would love to see an “organize ride” function where you could plan a route, set a time, and invite strava members to ride.

[@Runram87]

Fairly certain this is possible through the clubs functionality. The only hook is only club members will be notified about it, though it can made searchable publically.

[@HowToGetMoreMetal]

@runram87 thanks for that idea

[@jedisdad2265]

You can do this by setting up a “club”

[@SlickCycler]

Si didn't mention that a lot of these features are not available on the free version of Strava.

[@itzStrFtw]

Sun comes up for free.

[@rrosomasa]

Only some, i can use most of these

[@SignorLuigi]

Was thinking the same thing. Would have been REALLY helpful to include availability status on the free version for each feature.

[@discbrakefan]

Do you expect to have a service like Strava for free?

[@Ed.R]

@@discbrakefan We were given most of it for free and then had most of it taken away and that's what the problem is.

[@Ossiningbjj]

One of my favorites, is the “Flyby” feature. You can only access this on a computer, but it shows you your route and the riders you passed while riding or those that passed you. It’s really cool when you’re out riding and you know you’re killing it, but there’s really no proof. Well… now there is! I like to view after my most aggressive rides.

[@whatyoudo9773]

I guess there is proof in your mind but nothing caps off a killer ride like a cheer from the crowd

[@bikndave68]

Wow Simon! Take it easy on that phone. It should be your friend in need....

[@niallkenyon9347]

Assuming the crack on Si's screen was from the first attempt at dropping a kudos bomb?

[@wilsonyg]

Just learned about "Kudos Bomb" feature from this video. That works with Android phones, too 👍🏼 Very cool.😀

[@kriscythe]

the Strava hashtags .. add these on the description of the activity and see the effect on your map #PaceMap or #SpeedMap: Higher speed/lower pace will be a darker blue. #HeartrateMap: Higher heart rate will be a darker red. #Elevationmap: Lower absolute elevation will be black and higher elevation will be yellow. #GradientMap: Descents will be yellow and inclines will be red. #PowerMap: Higher power will be darker purple. Please be aware this map treatment is not available for activities with estimated power. #TimeMap: Longer elapsed time will be a darker red. #TemperatureMap: Higher temperatures will be a darker red.

[@SiriusScientist]

This is so useful, thank you for sharing!

[@obidavekenobe]

Garmin connect does this for free

[@michaeltrollope8048]

Crop feature is useful for races as well. Start your ride early, then when the race starts all you have to think about is clipping in mentally bank the 1 or 2 min early start as you pace yourself. At the end of the race you can crop accordingly for accuracy.

[@Avioto]

That phone is definitely a bodge

[@martinraucher2147]

that phone could use a zip tie

[@NealWilliams]

@2:55 Looks like Si's been a bit rough with his phone.

[@nilz6432]

thats why i came to the comments

[@wmbechelli]

If yio can't smash your best, at least you can always smash your phone.

[@st1llbleed1ng]

10 was new to me. Also the privacy option to hide certain area from public viewing can be a great contender of this list

[@Kimberly_Sparkles]

Guys, you don’t have a props department, do you? You know, you can loan Simon a phone, right? Just put foam down to protect it from him.

[@marcalvarez4890]

Apply salve to a bad burn.

[@brannmacfinnchad9056]

And make sure it's sweatproof.

[@kw9000]

Flybys used to a really fun feature on the desktop, until Strava turned everyone's visibility off by default.

[@augy183]

Yup. I love the Flyby feature. Too bad strava set it off because of privacy issue

[@DavidMartin-tk4fs]

Love flybys too. Hypnotic when lots of people were all recording at the same time. Can’t decide if being separate from the main app is a pest or makes it more like a secret discovery (kind of). Anyway chuffed when I stumbled on it. 😊

[@AurelienWindenberger]

Flyby's were my favorite feature until they set it off as a default. I feel like most people don't know about it so they don't think to turn it on. Would be cool if you could set it by activity easily.

[@karamazov7193]

@Si, a mention of whether a feature is free or requires the paid app would have been nice.

[@nk-dw2hm]

Or even which membership since they seem to have randomly scrambled features into each package

[@OlegTheBoss]

Learned something new, thanks. The feature you haven't mentioned, but in my opinion an awesome one - flybys feature, available in web version.

[@jefferycampbell2243]

Strava has recently added a weather summary for activities. If you click on the date of a recent activity in the leader board you can see how much of that KOM was due to the riders talent and how much tail wind they had helping them.

[@DomestiqueKoch]

Most riders choose not to show this information unfortuantly

[@robertbachmann1573]

Does this feature really exist? I could not access it when clicking on the date as advised. Would be a nice feature to add.

[@Henrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

When Si said “hit the ‘you’ icon”, he meant it 📱💥🔨

[@vmsrosa]

Star - check; Recap - check; Bluetooth - really happy to have it back (check); Relative effort - seen it but hadn't looked in detail, thx for the tip; Strava Metro commute option - check; Crop - news to me; it will save some digging for strava correction tools; nice! Perceived exertion - nice also, the monthly fitness that is obtained from there sounds very useful

[@robinseibel7540]

Si needs a raise so that he can afford to fix his phone's screen.

[@JamesBoz]

I follow GP LAMA so of course, already knew all of these features 🤓

[@ForeverLumoz]

Do I have the Strava subscription? No. Have I ever chased QOMs? No. Am I out with a broken elbow from a crash? Yes! Am I still watching this all the way through? YES! 🤩😁👍🏻

[@MulksBikes]

Who knew Simon didn't know how to pronounce "kudos" ? 🤣

[@jesseema75]

que-doss....interesting!

[@kestralrider313]

That commute button use was a totally new feature, thanks. Makes me wonder why they don't offer an option to default to this tag on for all rides for those who are willing to opt-in and share their ride routes. On a side note, which one of you GCN fans wants to start a go-fund-me page to get a new screen protector for Si before he cuts his fingers?

[@themreza77]

I love the fact that Si made a point of almost getting 5 guys on a his TT to then demonstrating he clearly invests more money on his bikes than his phone... as he should!

[@scpowered]

The kudos bomb is new to me! Very cool!

[@BLatorre]

Si is so Bougie. He’s got that Limited Edition Spider-Man iPhone. 🕸

[@Svdude650]

Last one is hand for club rides or races 👌🏻. The only tip I wasn't aware of 👍🏻

[@santiagobenites]

Is there a feature where my subscription can be put on hold when it's the middle of winter and there's a foot of snow on the ground?

[@christopherrothwell8050]

There were a couple on there that I didn't know about. Map drawing (Strava art here I come!) and the awesome feature with the commute button. My favourite at the moment though, not on the list are the hashtag custom activity lines.

[@andrewbesold3872]

Funny! I could never get Strava to tell my Wahoo that I was approaching ANY segments, including segments I "stared" and even before all these features became "premium"!

[@lexington476]

That map generated route one is cool, I did not know that option existed

[@prempromonohandoko]

love the last tip! kudos to you, too!

[@charliemiller444]

Great Video from Si, Keep up the good work

[@blarghe]

Boy do I love Q-dos. Never heard it pronounced like that before.

[@gfooo6112]

How would you pronounce it?!

[@blarghe]

@@gfooo6112 Maybe "Q-dos" is a British thing but I have alway heard "Kudos" pronounced "koo-doze".

[@davidsullivan7290]

@@gfooo6112 Coo - does

[@atmamont]

Man you made me laugh, thanks. That’s why all of us are here, because of the way GCN speaks

[@clacclackerson3678]

@@blarghe That's an American thing. Australians say q-dos, like the English.

[@chrisridesbicycles]

I still can‘t get my head around zip-tie-phobic, perfectionist Si being a smashed-phone-screen person.

[@j2simpso]

One hidden Strava feature you didn’t mention was stealthy doubling the annual fee in some regions

[@silvervanmanfly]

Not bad 8/10. Didn't know about the last 2. I like the route draw thingy.

[@ClemensAlive]

Strava is okay for tour planning - but far from perfect. Komoot is 10 times better. Example: When I used Strava to calculate routes for my road bike it send me over gravel paths for 4km straight, even tho there was a road nearby (I found out later). Also Strava send me over the most horrible cobblestones I have ever witnessed. Komoot on the other hand knows about EVERY street and even sends me around longer cobble stone sections automaticly. Once When I was routplaning I was courious why it planed the route in such a funny way at one point. I scrolled in and it told me "to avoid cobble section". I was a very welcome surprise.

[@stephactiveveggiebyrd4275]

This whole video was excellent!!!! I have learned 8 new features!!

[@tdaubner]

The crop feature is good to know. I had no idea about that feature thanks

[@tdaubner]

Bomb is really cool

[@robertbotta6536]

Awesome! As usual. Many thank.

[@UenoLocker54]

The compare feature showed me that in relation to similar speed guys I'd be a good margin ahead at the half way and crumble at the end of a segment. I made some changes to my style and improved my times on a few of my favorite segments.

[@Meiner_Einer]

route drawing was new to me. Thanks for this gread feature!

[@gottagetaname]

Those were great tips, especially the shake one for the kudos!

[@sasham6486]

the “kudos bomb” will be super handy for me

[@jdswoger7943]

I was aware of every feature you mentioned, but I will be referring the folks in my club to this video so they will be in the know as well

[@PipistrellaVideo]

Thank you for this!!!

[@loisverot1831]

Awesome video! Thanks Si

[@johnevans771]

Wow, great new route mapping features, cheers!

[@tomreingold4024]

I knew some but not all. I think the coolest is the Commute marker.

I love the kudos bomb!! 👍👍👍👍

[@carlupthegrove262]

Very helpful thanks

[@jamesluce3305]

I would like a function that allows cropping of sections where I've gone the wrong way in a race. I'd like to remove the bit where I've had to double back to return to the route

[@johannhondier5913]

Excellent ! Many Thanks !

[@bos621]

I'm planning on paying for strava, but have 2 question : 1. can you check elevation or gradient on specific road? 2. can you pick a route beforehand and ride on it and stop automatically when the route is completed? Thank you

[@ridekernow]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the ”Flyby” feature, it always surprises me how many people don’t know about it, and it’s great - it’s like a video playback in real time of your ride, and who you saw on it! Watch out for the Strava route planner thing, always check what it’s planned for you - it has a nasty habit of sending you across bogs and moorland and private land, just when you least expect it! It uses the “heatmaps” feature to determine what’s suitable (rather than the road network) - and it isn’t always!

[@kierenkd]

Flyby was removed because of creepers & military location leaks

[@ridekernow]

@@kierenkd not for me it wasn’t, it’s very much still on there! I agree that I can be a bit “stalky” though!

[@MrGrenadeMcBoom]

Yeah, I had no idea about the kudos bomb. Cool!

[@denthor6778]

This was a great video, I use Strava everyday and I still learned a couple things! The finger drawing that turns into an actual route seems like magic! I do have a couple comments though. Can we buy Simon a phone case and new phone? Am I the only one who cringes at the sight of a spider cracked phone screen? And “Kudos”, I spent too long focusing on the video tying to figure out what a “quedos” was until I figured out you meant “Koodose”! Other than that, thanks!

I have to say I prefer Ride with GPS. But I am currently using Bryton computer and for some reason RWGPS won't read Bryton data correctly, so I upload my activities to Strava for now.

[@GraemeBray]

It looks like Si will need to be holding that phone together with a ziptie or two!

[@AKSKMY]

The Kudos bomb caught my attention 😂

[@press1]

Cool that you can crop. Can you also add to a route? Asking for a friend...

[@itsfahys]

That was really excellent. Never knew about the route editing when you get in the car and forgot to save. Id have deleted the entry as it was obvious i couldnt cycle at 60kh/hr in the past.

[@PrasoonKarunan]

I recently came to know about Flybys feature. But this has to be explicitly turned on in privacy settings and available in Desktop version. But its cool.

[@HughDWallace]

Kudos for this! Learned stuff. Nice.

[@alansmith3872]

another excellent feature a lot of people don't know about is Flyby's. it's brilliant and the more people that use it it gets better and better.

[@andiimau1]

Thanks. Love the GCN videos. Knew about most features mentioned, although the reason for flagging a ride as commute was new. Not sure if user comments have already included (a) apps you can link to eg add weather to ride description, (b) ride colour Easter eggs eg black heart in title will change route taken from orange to black.

[@mancavecycling4852]

Cracking video in lots of ways!

[@DeadRook]

Strava really needs to auto identify commutes. It's very simple, if it starts and ends at home and work, then it's a commute, it really can't be that hard.

[@ianhorrabin7084]

I am so using that draw function !

[@2Runner247]

Thank you 🚴🏿😷🙏🏻❤️

[@dcafiso]

Awesome 👏 thanks

[@arendmangelschots6482]

Can u also do the star thing when you have the free version off strava?(when u have no subscription on strava)

[@Ariegi854]

I finally understood the commute feature, sort of. I did a research recently and found no clue what was it. I guess, if it's so helpful, Strava should explain it and talk about it.

[@noragee]

Well, the shaking feature surprised me. 😄

[@aqp88-56]

I wish they had never taken away live segments for anything with a negative gradient.

[@paulcoleman7304]

I agree, worst thing they did

[@twitchcat8929]

I just started using Strava and this just kick started my knowledge about the app

[@jaynaforsgren4755]

Thank you!

[@IrynaAccounting]

Can I get personalized recommendations on Strava to improve my personal performance? I want to find a trainer online if possible.

[@Ajajambo]

I just click like 👍 before even watching the video!! Kudos to GCN team for such fantastic content

[@nohabloespagnol1839]

257000+ people noticed Si's broken screen

[@peterhackett3815]

Atleast we know how Si broke his phone screen, to many kudos bombs!

[@brannmacfinnchad9056]

I didn't know a few of those; the commute button is interesting, not that I think my area would make use of it. I will say using it is a pita, since you have to go in and edit each ride individually.

[@PeterHewett]

Kudos Bomb !!!!!!

[@jasonblackwell5534]

Bomb. Kudos that one .

[@mattionabike1634]

I see that Si is a fan of the spider app too. :)

[@mister_ray]

Why oh why can’t Strava use the Zwift maps when the activity is from Zwift?

[@dougchrysler3694]

Most of my riding is commuting, i did not know what that was for. just started strava this month.

[@jimpeyton1459]

Done most of those...route planning using Strava's database is new. I'll give that a try this weekend. Simon....get GCN to fix your screen. 😄

[@ES-aussie68]

Some great tools there, thanks!

[@rabidsminions2079]

Hey guys can you do a segment on pre ride warm up / stretch and after ride stretch.

[@mr.mcgaha681]

I like how si is connecting with the common man and showing us his broken phone screen

[@KeithAVass]

How about something on Sharing a ride on FB? There used to be several options, like adding a photo or showing your map or stats-none of this seems available any more? What about combining your Profile photo with your stats for example? Cheers!

[@V35pilot]

Q-DOS. Kudos. Hmmm. I was not aware of the bomb and always wondered who had time to step through each individual participant's activities one by one.

[@salimsanchez89]

Next on the GCN Tech Show, how to replace a damaged phone screen.

[@jgogl9791]

Yes but most of these features are only available to the subscription version. Wld have been useful to preface to which bits that applies.

[@SpiderSato]

It will be nice if I could give a Kudos Bomb for all GCN channels 👍🏻💣