Strava newbie

[lutonloony]

sorry if this a repeat query, did have a look for previous reads. Can you fab guys and girls explain a few things for the hard of learning please.?
Looking at the segment profile speed and %. Is the % relating to incline
Am running it on my iPhone, can I upload to iPad or will it just store daily ride on phone

Hope that makes sense, Tia

 

[jefmcg]

It stores all your data online (or "in the cloud" if you prefer). Nothing is stored on your phone, except rides you haven't uploaded yet - and some cached data. If you were to lose your phone, and get a new one, Strava would look the same once you had connected to your account.

To see it, go to strava.com and log in with the same email/password you use in the app.

Yes, % is the average climb (or descent) over a segment.

 

[lutonloony]

It stores all your data online (or "in the cloud" if you prefer). Nothing is stored on your phone, except rides you haven't uploaded yet - and some cached data. If you were to lose your phone, and get a new one, Strava would look the same once you had connected to your account.

To see it, go to strava.com and log in with the same email/password you use in the app.

Yes, % is the average climb (or descent) over a segment.

Thanks for that, will give it a week or so, and see if I can get some sense out of it when I have a few rides.

Very disappointed that these mountains I have been cycling up any seem to be comming up as slopes

 

[Racing roadkill]

Thanks for that, will give it a week or so, and see if I can get some sense out of it when I have a few rides.

Very disappointed that these mountains I have been cycling up any seem to be comming up as slopes

The percentages are averaged, over the climb. The climb can get quite severe in places, the average % can look a lot lower. Strava also uses the same categories of climb, that the UCI use for the Tour De France etc. If you see a little white number in a red dot, next to a climb, that's the 'category' of the climb, from cat 4, right up to HC.

 

[Bollo]

Strava also uses the same categories of climb, that the UCI use for the Tour De France etc.

Not strictly true, but it don't matter much. A HC is a big incline.

https://support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216917057

 

[lutonloony]

When I said mountains........that's in my mind. In real world gentle slopes

 

[Supersuperleeds]

When I said mountains........that's in my mind. In real world gentle slopes

Keep going, today's mountain is tomorrows gentle slope