The loss of getting lost and the ascendance of dentists
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I call bullshit. He's a whiny Dad. Suck it up, Princess. 
what is this "cycling" he keeps mentioning?
I found them here http://yonderjournal.com/
I was waiting for him to start longing for the days when young folks were polite enough to keep off his front yard.
I agree with him, try working in a bike shop
." I want the lightest most expensive bike I can find"
Me: Why do you want that?
" Cause My buddy has one"
"Me: What kind of riding you want to do?
"I don't know"
Me: what style of riding does your buddy do?
"I don't know but he said he spent $7 grand on his bike
Me: will that be cash or charge?
." I want the lightest most expensive bike I can find"
Me: Why do you want that?
" Cause My buddy has one"
"Me: What kind of riding you want to do?
"I don't know"
Me: what style of riding does your buddy do?
"I don't know but he said he spent $7 grand on his bike
Me: will that be cash or charge?
Sounds like he needs to some peanut butter to go with all that jelly. Just cause he isn't among the elite ranks of us KOM holders doesn't mean Strava isn't a valuable tool. Granted I like it cause well, I'm an enginerd and it gives me fun data, not because of trying to set speed records and stuffs.
I want a crabon fibre all mountain x-treme huxxors rig that I can ride on the local rail trails.
part of me wishes these toolboxes would go back to golf, but at the same time they are putting a lot of money into the bike industry
i'm pissed. google my tracks is going to be deprecated at the end of the month, and i need a replacement. when i found this out i *almost* considered installing strava for like a second.
i just need something that uses GPS to map a route, speed, distance, etc. basic metrics like that.
I quit reading at denim shorts.
People who blame strava because life has passed them by are some of the saddest turds in the bowl.
People who blame strava because life has passed them by are some of the saddest turds in the bowl.
So you want Strava... You can choose to ignore all the KOM baggage that other people choose to carry.
can i just set it to private? is there a way to block the KOM nonsense?
Why bother? It's not intrusive in the least. You can choose to ignore KOMs.
But yes, I believe you can set it to private.
MUST BE NICE. I am happy when I'm in the top half of a segment's rankings. I've got lots of CR's on runs though.
Strava is fun just to see what everyone else is doing.
why so much hate for strava?
Makes me glad I don't road bike.
I just go drink in the woods and some days I bring my bike. Most people I see are doing some variation of chillin in the woods. Although, things are a bit more dentisty when I go to popular trails.
I just go drink in the woods and some days I bring my bike. Most people I see are doing some variation of chillin in the woods. Although, things are a bit more dentisty when I go to popular trails.
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It reminds people who suck at riding that they suck at riding. That and some people take it way too seriously.
Strava tracks show up on their "heat map" whether or not you publicly share the info. So illegal trails show up, which can be a problem- especially now that land managers are onto this fact.
I have been using one called GPS kit that has all the basic info, overlays on google maps and isn't a social media thing. I think it was like $10, and it's worked well for me. I don't use it all the time, but occasionally it is fun.
I have been using one called GPS kit that has all the basic info, overlays on google maps and isn't a social media thing. I think it was like $10, and it's worked well for me. I don't use it all the time, but occasionally it is fun.
This. People need to turn their shit off when riding the good trails...
AlpineQuest
lite version, or worth the 10 bucks?
This. It's all about fragile egos.
I use Strava pretty routinely. It's a nice tool for logging miles, and seeing my own personal improvement. Sometimes I find it motivating, like when my brother is out running every other day and I'm slumming it out on the couch for a week, or MMikes been out riding and I haven't. I use it for both runs and biking. I've even used it a couple times to find new trail, or routes, for both running and riding. I'm not fast or particularity all that talented at either sport, and that's okay. It really has no bearing on how I feel about a ride, or a run, it doesn't hurt my feelers when some douche I've never met has a 50% faster time on some segment I've been on. It doesn't effect my life. A KOM doesn't solve world hunger, or cure AIDS. Who gives a fuck, really? If Strava is keeping you up at night, and is causing you that much stress, see a fucking shrink and get your priorities in order. Jesus.......
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Well FML, I thought if you used the "private" function it kept your data out of the heat map data set. Duly noted.
Don't cross the threads!
These two things are kind of related, like when Strava used to try to sell you a jersey for completing one of their challenges, I always pictured someone on the Strava sales team hitting an alarm and yelling "WE GOT ONE!!!!" in the rare occasion somebody would actually purchase one.
runtastic its pretty cool it shows you ascending and descending info, weather, max speed, average speed, map etc the free version is good
Fan of my Garmin watch.
cool. i'll give the lite version a try first before i commit.