Strava route finder?

[theodin]

I had similar issues trying to find routes. Strava does not make this easy.

There is a website that will let you find Strava members who live nearby, that way you can checkout their activities:

http://www.stravafriend.me/

 

[summerdays]

I had similar issues trying to find routes. Strava does not make this easy.

There is a website that will let you find Strava members who live nearby, that way you can checkout their activities:

http://www.stravafriend.me/

I just tried that and was surprised it didn't bring up people I knew were on there.

 

[theodin]

Seems they rebranded. Probably too close to the Strava design.

http://cyclefriend.me/

It looks like it matches your Town/County/Country as entered on your Strava profile. I found quite a few people nearby, however it missed some off who had either left their profile blank or entered a different location.

 

[Jayaly]

I don't use Strava because I have a top speed of 'bimble', but the heat map as a means of identifying good routes is interesting. Looking at my area, people are using paths which I would regard as a bit dubious for two wheels. I walked one of them last year and it's a footpath with a fair amount of hopping over ruts and brushing through long grass. Do mountain bikers use it too?

 

[summerdays]

I don't think it matters what your top speed is, as you really are seeing your own progress first. I resisted and tried various other apps but this one works and I've found that normally I will manage to gain one trophy each day (you can get personal ones as well as the ones against other people) and then if you are female there are a lot fewer people so its a lot easier to get a QOM rather than a KOM.

 

[theodin]

@summerdays I think the segments are a bit of a love hate relationship on Strava. They introduced a feature where you can now see how you ranked 'on the day', as looking against all time, or even just this year is demoralising.

 

[summerdays]

I don't mind I look at others progress but really it's me I want to see going faster either over individual segments or over the longer ones over a mile or 3. I didn't manage any trophies today but this week I've gained a QOM on a segment with only 3 challengers and a PR on a segment that I find really hard and I'm way down the list, of the two I'm more please with the PR.... Here it is to give you an idea of my lowly ranking: