New on Strava today

Here’s a brief summary of some new functionality on Strava as of today.

• Activity chart scales with you - as you add more workouts, the chart’s scale accommodates the additional information
• Edit all ride details later - change a bike or add a new bike, for example. Edit manually entered activities.
• Faster search - searching is now, well… faster.
• Improved upload flow – fewer clicks to get your data into Strava
• Fixed annoying bugs - many small fixes

Top 5 Longest and Fastest Rides on Strava: April 19-25, 2010

Here are the week’s top-5 ride lists from April 19-25, 2010.  The categories are longest ride, longest commute, fastest ride, and biggest climb. Click on the ride names to see details on Strava.

Longest Rides – Women

1. Tina Reid on Super Century in Marin & Beyond, San Francisco, CA – 152.5 miles
2. Nicole Marcoe on 04/23/10 Swiss Alps Loop w/BRP, Roseland VA – 100.1 miles
3. Ursula Kallio on 04/25/10 San Francisco, CA – 79.8 miles
4. Susan Chaves on 04/24/10 San Diego, CA – 75.8 miles
5. Laura Schuster on 04/24/10 Santa Clara, CA – 69.8 miles

Longest Rides – Men

1. Chris Evans on DMD 2010, San Ramon, CA – 208.1 miles
2. Kley Cardona on 04/24/10 San Ramon, CA – 207.3 miles
3. Steve Saeedi on Devil Mountain Double Century 2010 (DMD), San Ramon, CA – 207.2 miles
4. Peter Potrebic on Calistoga to Chico, plus, Calistoga, CA – 168.1 miles
5. Dan Oehlberg on Buck Fifty, Suckas, San Francisco, CA – 152.0 miles

Longest Commutes – Women (Need more women commuters!)

1. Heather Whitney on 04/21/10 Portola to Work, Menlo Park, CA – 22.1 miles
2. Sarah Hagstron on 04/19/10 San Francisco, CA – 12.3 miles
3. Buzzy McLaughlin on 04/20/10 Cambridge, MA – 8.9 miles
4. Sarah Donahue on Home to school, MA – 3.1 miles

Longest Commutes – Men

1. Christon DeWann on 04/21/10 Mt. San Bruno Plus way, Sunnyvale, CA – 59.3 miles
2. Dan Lange on 04/23/10 Skyline, San Francisco, CA – 49.9 miles
3. Scott Crosby on SF2G mt. san bruno-radio road-cx, San Francisco, CA – 46.8 miles
4. Scott Cronin on 04/23/10 Fri SF2G Bayway, San Francisco, CA – 44.9 miles
5. Marshall Saville on 04/19/10, Torrance, CA – 43.8 miles

Fastest Rides – Women

1. Elle Anderson on Easterns Team Time Trail, Hanover, NH – 9.7 miles – 21.4 mph
2. Bobbi Jo Price on 04/25/10 Livermore crit 3rd place, Livermore, CA – 16.0 miles, 17.8 mph
3. Heather Whitney on 04/21/10 Portola to Work, Menlo Park, CA – 22.1 miles – 16.0 mph
4. Buzzy McLaughlin on 04/21/10 Burlington, MA – 8.7 miles – 15.3 mph
5. Heather McDonald on 04/22/10 3 Bears Orinda, CA – 18.8 miles – 13.7 mph

Fastest Rides – Men

1. Christian Beitzel on 04/24/10 Brisbane Grove, NSW Australia – 14.3 miles – 26.1 mph
2. Robert Valez on Vance Creek Road Race, Elma, WA – 91.7 miles – 23.9 mph
3. Bo Hebenstreit on 04/24/10 Livermore, CA – 76.7 miles – 23.1 mph
4. Greg Tsutaoka on 04/25/10 Livermore, CA – 20.9 miles – 22.8 mph
5. Ben Hemani on 04/24/10 Hanover, NH – 13.9 miles – 22.3 mph

Most Elevation Gain – Women

1. Tina Reid on Super Century in Marin & Beyond, San Francisco, CA – 9707 feet
2. Laura Schuster on 04/24/10 Santa Clara, CA – 9172 feet
3. Nicole Marcoe on 04/23/10 Swiss Alps Loop w/BRP, Roseland, VA – 8500 feet
4. Alyn Spencer on 04/24/10 Warragul, VIC Australia – 8406 feet
5. Julie Brannegan on Grasshopper #4 – Fort Ross: April 24, 2010, Occidental, CA – 5660 feet

Most Elevation Gain – Men

1. Chris Evans on DMD 2010, San Ramon, CA – 21548 feet
2. Steve Saeedi on Devil Mountain Double Century 2010 (DMD), San Ramon, CA – 19296 feet
3. Kley Cardona on 04/24/10 San Ramon, CA – 18950 feet
4. Michael Lindquist on 04/25/10 AMGEN Breakaway Ride, Davis, CA – 13051 feet
5. Mark Fairman on 4/22/10, Santa Cruz, CA – 10612 feet

iPhone and Strava- .gpx import now in beta

Strava released new features today, including the ability to import .gpx files from say, an iPhone. This is a beta release of this functionality, so if you tend to get sweaty palms when contemplating phrases like “file download”, proceed with caution. We will continue working on a smoother process to handle files from mobile apps. You can read more about it here, including step-by-step instructions.

Here is a list of some of the new things on Strava today with attribution to some of our members who suggested we work on these ideas:

• iPhone .gpx file compatibility – see above
• QOM – climb and segment rankings are now designated as QOM or KOM depending on gender. Thanks! Sarah Hagstrom for her kind reminders that “KOM” is not inclusive language.
• ranking view preference settings – in your Profile, you can now choose how you want to see results: Women first, Men first, Overall, or by Club. Thanks! Kathryn Aaker, Sarah Hagstrom and Shannon Cohen.
• ride flagging – have you seen a ride, climb or segment effort anywhere on Strava that looks too good to be true? When this happens you can now click the ‘flag’ link and notify us. Strava will notify you by email when we have resolved the flag. Thanks! Richard Wilson and Lars Blackmore.
• redesigned leaderboard – now has fixed 7-day intervals instead of rolling 7-day with the ability to go back in time. We also removed competitions having to do with Strava “points” (too controversial). Now people with persistence can make it to the top of the list by riding more, not just faster, than everyone else. Thanks! Gary Kenworthy. Leaderboards by gender are coming soon.
• many small fixes for things like favorite climbs, location-based searches, and events administration

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Top 5 Longest and Fastest Rides on Strava: April 12-18, 2010

Here are the week’s top-5 ride lists from April 12th through April 18th.  The categories are longest ride, longest commute, fastest ride, and biggest climb. This week includes top-5′s by gender. Click on the ride names to see details on Strava.

Longest Rides (Women)

1. May Woo on Tierra Bella, Gilroy, CA – 108.9 miles
2. Tina Reid on April Century Marshall Wall, San Francisco, CA – 105.0 miles
3. Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO) on Novilon, Caevorden, Drenthe – 86.9 miles
4. Susan Chaves on 04/17/10 San Diego, CA – 70.5 miles
5. Kathryn Aaker on Alpine Dam, San Francisco, CA – 61.0 miles

Longest Rides – (Men) – Tierra Bella took all 5!

1. Holger Steinbach – on Tierra Bella 2010, 200k,  Gilroy, CA – 126.2 miles
2. Charles Byrum – on Tiera Bella from Modesto, CA – 126.0 miles
3. Scott Hess on Tierra Bella 200k, Gilroy, CA – 122.8 miles
4. Dave Rossow on Tierra Bella, Gilroy, CA – 116.4 miles
5. Michael Gaiman on MC: Pt Reyes, Bo-Fax, Fairfax, Paradise, San Francisco, CA – 105.8 miles

Long Commutes (Women)

1. Heather Whitney on 04/14/10 MP2NGM, Menlo Park, CA – 45.1 miles
2. Heather Whitney on 04/16/10 Portola Loop to work, Menlo Park, CA 22.2 miles
3. Buzzy McLaughlin on 04/13/10 Somerville, MA, Menlo Park, CA – 9.0 miles
4. Sarah Hagstrom on Commute 04/14/10 San Francisco, CA – 8.8 miles
5. Kim Abreu on 04/15/10 Commute to downtown, San Francisco, CA – 4.1 miles

Longest Commutes – (Men)

1. Ammon Skidmore on dirtmoon extended 50% off-road, San Bruno, CA – 68.9 miles
   
2. Dan Oehlberg on SF2? Skyline, San Francisco, CA – 52.7 miles
3. Jason Thorpe on SF -> Apple VP1, San Francisco, CA – 52.1 miles
4. Dan Lange on 04/15/10 San Francisco, CA – 50.0 miles
5. Sherman Mui on 04/13/10 sf2g, San Francisco, CA – 48.3 miles

Fastest rides (Women) (distance greater than 10 miles)

1. Brook Miller on Novilon, Coevorden, Drenthe – 85.8 miles, 20.6 mph
2. Bobbi Jo Price, on Menlo Park Grand Prix, Menlo Park, CA – 15.1 miles, 19.4 mph
3. Elle Anderson, on 4/11/10, Hanover, NH – 24.0 miles, 15.9 mph
4. Heather Whitney on Portola Loop, Menlo Park, CA – 20.9 miles, 14.9 mph
5. Rahel Lyons on 4/16/10, Soquel, CA – 28.1 miles, 14.3 mph

Fastest rides (Men) (distance greater than 10 miles)

1. Robert Velez on Olympic view road race, Montesano, WA – 89.5 miles, 159 HR, 25.98 mph
2. Isaias Job on Track – 60 lap points race, San Jose, CA – 12.9 miles, 174 HR, 25.93 mph
3. John Delong on Rock Hill Criterium, Rock Hill, SC – 31.7 miles, 156 HR, 25.73 mph
4. Markus Roccaro on 04/11/10 Menlo Park Criterium Elite 3, Menlo Park, CA, 17.4 miles, 153 HR, 25.72 mph
5. Paul Krebsbach on Seward Park Criterium – CCW, Seattle, WA,  19.4 miles, 148.3 HR, 24.7 mph

Most Elevation Gain (Women)

1. May Woo on Tierra Bella, Gilroy, CA – 7100 feet
2. Kathryn Aaker on Alpine Dam, San Francisco, CA – 5740 feet
3. Susan Chaves on 4/17/10, San Diego, CA – 4840 feet
4. Christine Fox on Alpine Dam – 7 Sisters, San Francisco, CA – 4832 feet
5. Tina Reid on Club Ride Pt Reyes, San Francisco, CA – 4360 feet

Most Elevation Gain (Men)

1. Chris Evans on 4/17/10, Danville, CA – 10392 feet
2. Michael Louie on Mt Diable South Gate / North Gate, Danville, CA – 9458 feet
3. Mike Grundmann on 4/17/10, Saratoga, CA – 9234 feet
4. Dan Dunn on Q-Tip’s Happy Birthday Death Ride Route, Golden Hills, CA – 8822 feet
5. Holger Steinbach on 04/17/10 Tierra Bella 2010, 200K, Gilroy, CA – 8567 feet

Strava reaches one million miles and counting

We have been keeping our eye on Strava’s milage tally for the past few weeks since we’ve been rapidly approaching one million miles.  We decided to keep quiet about the upcoming milestone; however, we also wanted to mark the occasion with a prize for the individual who put us over.

Bryn Dole, a rider of Sunnyvale, CA pushed us past one million miles with a 54.7 mile ride on April 17th 2010 he named “Sick and Tired.”  We’d like to honor his and our achievement with a full Strava kit.

Sometimes you can still achieve great things when you are sick and tired.

Congratulations Bryn!  And keep on riding everyone.  You never know what milestone we’ll reach next.

-Team Strava