Why I Deleted Strava

[@delyrium_]

I agree, strava breaks friendships and affects nice casual rides, cose it trasnforms usual cyclists into racers in a blink of an eye and i think that's a crap thing.

[@Stevenafoe]

One (minor) thing on garmin connect; the segment top-so much has no possibility to ‘protest’ against impossible segment times set. When it’s obvious someone was in a car getting the ‘kom’ (hello strava) , there’s no way of getting rid of that. In strava you can. Just yesterday i could delete someone from the top-10 who rode 93km/h on his bike in my flat country. I was 9th, now i am 8th again lol. If only in garmin i could do the same, report obvious fraude.

[@Dan.harbourview]

Totally agree with you there. I lost interest in strava when e mtbs came along because there's no way I would get a kom anymore due to the tuned e bikes. Same with the kudos, what does it mean.? Nothing !! Just get out and enjoy the ride. Stop to look at wildlife have a chat and a laugh, like we did in the 90s .

[@duxripae3826]

Just started limiting my rides to my viewing only because of reasons mentioned. Only make rides public when I get a pb 😊

[@henrycook6376]

Yeah strava puts a lot of pressure on you to perform and can easily lead to over training

[@tonks1968]

Recently cancelled Facebook and didn’t miss it at all. It’s quite liberating peeling away the unnecessary social media

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Thanks for the comment and I have to agree how liberating it is being free of social media. Just this weekend my wife was relaying a Facebook thread to me - which had developed in one of our local Facebook groups. I could actually feel myself getting wound up just listening to the comments - stupid people, dragging everyone down to their level and then beating them with experience.

[@jongibirdi1394]

Good move. It works fot some people of course. But it can be just another obsession and you end of doing it all for what other people say and think.

[@robertwalkerdine1178]

Done the same thing mate. I watched the social dilemma and changed my perspective. It's a good documentary, if you've not watched it, check it out. I ride for fun and found I was putting pressure on myself to always end up with a fast average speed. Got to the point when I was thinking about it going up a climb and beating myself up about it. Sucked the fun out of riding my bike! I use Garmin connect as well.

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Thanks for the comment. Man, this sounds so familiar. It's fair to say that Strava is the biggest factor in stopping my wife from cycling - she got to the point where she was conditioned to do every ride on the rivet and simply stopped enjoying her bike because of that.

[@robertwalkerdine1178]

@@TheImprobableIronman exactly that!! I was going flat out every ride. Glad it's not just me lol

[@runningwithjane]

That intro was spot on lol!! Definitely been considering deleting mine and every single thing you said I've felt too. Was thinking about doing a vid on this and came across your channel...if I do I'll be sure to give you a mention!

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Thanks very much for this - I really appreciate the comment and feedback. Subscribed to your channel also.

[@zedsprocket3673]

Excellent points, well made, especially the kudosses for effectively zero effort activity 🤙

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Much appreciated - thank you.

[@JamesSocialCycling]

Ditched Facebook in December and Strava long before! Main problem was advertising my channel and uploading my group rides, but ended up ditching it all for my sanity. Good video😊👍

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Many thanks for the comment - much appreciated.

[@workhorsemtb7075]

Man, my life is so much better without facebook. I have never missed it.

[@TheImprobableIronman]

I hear this from so many people. Thanks for commenting.

[@Burps___]

Workhorse, I want to get rid of FB, but my running clubs and most small businesses use it. How do you go completely without FB please? Thank you.

[@workhorsemtb7075]

@@Burps___ I guess I'm ignorant of what I'm missing.

[@frazerwallace7643]

Completely agree with most of what you said. In particular, I get that Strava had to monetise their platform, but for me it doesn't really give me anything that Garmin Connect doesn't that warrants a subscription, and the free version is pretty pointless now that the unique elements are behind a paywall. Strava was great back in the day, then there was a real community feel, and it provided an incentive to train but it has lost that now in my opinion which is a shame. I wonder if they have gone the right way with the subscription model. It is really a social media platform and people generally aren't willing to pay for that. There are just better solutions out there now and their only USP is segments... that isn't worth a subscription in my opinion.

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Many thanks for the comment. I totally agree with you and I also think that Garmin almost under-sell Connect. It’s actually a really solid platform and even has a social element to it. I also do agree that Strava just doesn’t have that community feel that it once did.

[@frazerwallace7643]

@@TheImprobableIronman I guess the other USP is that it is non-ecosystem-specific, so from a social perspective you can connect with friends who don't have Garmin. That is the only reason I don't delete it completely!

[@frazerwallace7643]

@@TheImprobableIronman Really enjoying the content btw. Just got a Wattbike so very on point!

[@philbeechfold]

I’m almost with you but I love Zwift connectivity with Strava and I only post 70% of my virtual or actual bike rides to social media so as not to be a slave. I gave up on the excuses a year ago too and now have a laugh at others windy rides 😂

[@TheImprobableIronman]

LoL - Yes, it's surprising how many windy days there are when you look at Strava.

[@duncabiscuit]

I get it. The whole social media thing can become quite tiresome. Love the honesty. Sorry, I gave you a thumbs up :)

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Thanks very much for the comment - much appreciated.

[@helloyogeshpatel]

Using strata only for veloviewer although all data is is treating peak as well. Learning to analysis data

[@EnduranceJay]

Really enjoyed that and agree with the kudos, I’ve done the same as you got a 10s workout get kudos. I’m also doing a video soon on some other points about strava with the good and bad about it.

[@TheImprobableIronman]

Many thanks for the comment. I'll look forward to watching your video. Like I said in this one, there are some good points to Strava but, like most social media, it's purpose gets corrupted somewhat.

[@ocubex]

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!! Just kidding😜

[@TheImprobableIronman]

LoL - That really did make me laugh. :-)