Delete a Ride
All of us here at Strava are excited to see the increased activity on the site. Welcome to the new members–we’ve seen a 4-fold increase since launching in April–and to all, thanks for your honest feedback.
Starting today you will be able to delete a ride that you have uploaded to Strava. Relax, only you can delete one of your own rides. To delete a ride, click on the name of the ride to view it. You will now see “delete ride” next to the ride name (top of the ride view). When you click on “delete ride” you will be asked to confirm your action and then, whoosh, it’s gone. Gone, too, are any points, miles or KOM/leaderboard credits attributed to that ride. In other words, it’s as if that ride never existed on Strava. Ride deletions are permanent but we continue to store the raw data file and can resurrect your ride to Strava if you ask (nicely… with chocolates).
As always, if you have questions, concerns or feedback, we would love to hear from you: support@strava.com
Feedin’ the addiction
Team Strava
Strava on a Mac
If you are just getting started using Strava on a Mac, you may find this PDF useful. It will walk you through the process for getting started on Strava and completing your first upload. After that, uploads will be a breeze.
Download here–> Strava Getting Started – Mac
And remember, if you need help, just let us know: support@strava.com
Alert: Data Recording settings
Please have a look to see if you need to change the Data Recording settings on your Garmin device:
Your device can be set to sample data every second or using Garmin’s “Smart Data Recording” (SDR) algorithm which samples as often as needed to get an accurate record. SDR is required for your data to work on Strava. The default setting on your device out of the box is SDR so if you haven’t made any changes to the settings you should not need to do anything. If you have changed your Data Recording settings or want to verify that your setting is SDR just follow these steps:
- turn on your Garmin Edge
- from the Main Menu select Settings > Data Recording > Smart Data Recording
- press Mode enough times to get out of Settings and back your preferred view in the display.
If you run into trouble, just let us know: support@strava.com
Strava on a PC
If you are just getting started using Strava on a PC, you may find this PDF useful. It will walk you through the process for getting started on Strava and completing your first upload. After that, uploads will be a breeze.
Download here–>Strava Getting Started – PC
And remember, if you need help, just let us know: support@strava.com
Ride Tricks and Tips
As the riding season gets into high gear, here are a few tips on how to get the most out of each ride on Strava, avoid frustration, and avoid burnout.
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No need to stop / start your Garmin mid-ride when taking a “natural break,” a photo or even a longer stop to munch a sandwich. The Strava system will automatically take out “resting” time, eliminating the consequence of forgetting to hit “start” afterwards and losing half your ride.
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When scouting out a climb for a KOM (“King of the Mountain”), make sure you’ve checked on Strava to find out where it begins and ends. Sometimes the official end is at the end of a false flat after the steep part of the climb. We are working on new functionality that will allow you to create or modify start and stop points for a given climb or any segment of a ride. Until then, if you see a climb on Strava where you think we’ve got the wrong starting or ending point, just let us know what you think it should be (email support@strava.com) and we’ll take a look. If enough members agree, we’ll make the change in our climbs database.
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If you’re the first one to ascend a categorized climb on Strava, then it is yours to name. Please give your climbs a locally acceptable and uniquely descriptive title so other members in the system will be able to search for them using commonly used names. While it’s understandably fun to let trash talk creep in to climb names, please save trash talk for the comment area. We are working on new functionality around naming ride segments which will give members more control. For now, if you see a climb that is unnamed and you want to name it, or you have a suggestion for the “right” name for an already-named climb, just let us know (email support@strava.com).
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Easy rides are necessary for recovery and sanity. Before Strava, you knew what was good for you and you probably did it. Now that every one of your rides is a shot at glory on Strava, it’s tempting to hit every hill hard to see what kind of damage you can do to the KOM leader-board. But, you’ll do more damage on Strava and less to yourself if you pick your efforts carefully ahead of time and put in recovery rides like you know you should.
Please keep your ideas and comments coming in – Strava is built for and by cyclists!
Feedin’ the addiction
Davy Kitchel
Henry
Heath Pyle
Seth
Andrew
Jon