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There was a massive leak exposed (it's a list of username / passwords from multiple sites over many years) in the last couple of weeks. People use the same username/password combination on multiple sites, and Strava is usually not on the "Let's use the unique, secure password" list of sites.

Since people re-use their credentials on multiple sites, all it takes is one site being exposed once during the last couple of years. So while Strava isn't the one that leaked the information, since people used the same details in multiple locations, bots are still able to get access to the accounts. This is why you're advised to turn on two factor authentication for important sites.

Have I been pwned? is a good site to check your own credentials on, but I'm not sure if they've updated their database to include the recently exposed list. There's a few sites you can use to check the recent leak, but those don't hide the exposed information so I'm not going to include them here.

Lmao I'm having the exact inverse problem -- my LG V60 traces were perfect, but since switching to the iPhone 13 it's been Tokyo Drift out there

I will say that using an app like GPS Locker helped out a ton when I was on Android to ensure that the GPS was always on and as accurate as it could be.

We just did some repackaging of our paid accounts. We didn't want to upset anyone who has ever had a paid account in the past, so, anything that is now premium but was once free or basic, you will have forever with your basic account. This applies even if you stop the basic subscription in the case of free features recently made paid.

https://ridewithgps.com/plans

Disclaimer: I am a founder of RWGPS.

Looks like it's at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ateamsolutions.com.stravagame for Android.

With only "100-500 installs" (on Android) and a most-recent release over six months ago, I'm not particularly surprised you're not seeing much usage in your area, OP. Fun idea, though.

Cascade bicycle does their RSVP ride (Ride Seattle to Vancouver and Party). The route is great. I've ridden it several times with the club, and with our own group. Highly recommend it. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13958827

Yeah, that's totally not "dumping" Google.

I was looking at cost comparisons, as 4 Square made the move too, and came across this awesome feature. I'm excited. Please Strava!

Click View Elevation.

This is something I'm also actively looking at.

From my own point of view, all I really want is something similar to the old Google "My Tracks". The nearest I've found so far is another app called My Tracks, though this suffers from not having an auto-pause (I was sitting in a pub with a poor GPS signal and the track it recorded was leaping about a couple of hundred metres around me) and not being able to bulk-import my tracks (I don't fancy doing 400 of them one by one).

There are a lot of apps with apparently suitable functionality which I've rejected before even trying them because of their intrusive permissions.

Sad thing is, the original Google My Tracks is still in the Play Store. But unfortunately it no longer has access to the map tiles.

Stravistix is cool, haven't seen that before. Strava also works with IFTTT, so you could dump data into a google spreadsheet and play with it.

https://ifttt.com/strava

https://ifttt.com/applets/415646p-automatically-save-your-strava-activities-to-a-google-spreadsheet

Looks like you can get activity type

70mph on a bike is not common but the pros regularly break 60mph going down a mountain. One guy did break 74mph at this year's Tour de France.

This is the fastest segment I have ridden. I hit 50mph and was extremely nervous the entire time.

Here's a fun segment

https://www.strava.com/segments/7441803

The first 50 places are clearly done in cars. Near that segment is the Nerang criterium and velodrome and a MTB track so obviously cyclists go there, do a race or go for a ride, forget to turn off the GPS or app and then drive home.

One of my least favourites - White Down Lane, Surrey UK:

https://www.strava.com/segments/4442472

Usually comes between Leith Hill and Box Hill, and is short enough to forget it's coming, then you swing round the corner and a sign says 17% and suddenly there's no gears left.

It's just a bunch of super weird nonsense. Suddenly, the name is no longer Mark Cavendish. It's Jon Shields. He also has a bunch of flagged KOMs, and he gets hundreds of kudos at a time, apparently by naming himself Cav. He has 1235 followers.

https://www.strava.com/athletes/69567

Wow, what some people will do for attention. He gave kudos to a bunch of my friend's rides this evening.

Same - quadlock and iphone.

I use Cyclemeter, and it transmits HR from my apple watch to my phone. You can customize the screens to display all types of metrics. And then upload to Strava. I do put the "poncho" on the case when rain is a threat, keeps the raindrops from "pushing buttons".

I also have a wahoo cadence sensor that transmits to my phone.

In short, everything I need is on my screen - speed, avg speed, cadence, avg cadence, distance, hr and cals. I've got a couple other custom screens set up with maps, gradient, speed, etc...

This is just one way of doing it. You could also go Wahoo complete - fenix, bolt, cadence, tickr (this is what my brother in law does).

If you just want them on Strava then all you need is to turn GPS off on your Garmin (or whatever compatible computer you use) and upload the file afterwards. To show distance travelled you'll need a dedicated speed sensor i.e. not the GPS on your computer. That's all I use.

Zwift looks cool but for now you need a power meter or a "smart" trainer which Zwift can control the resistance on. They're working on power profiling standard trainers so that you can use any trainer with an ANT+ speed sensor for it to calculate power with but I'm not sure how far off that is. The multiplayer video game feature looks really fucking cool though but I'm yet use Zwift so maybe someone else would be able to talk about that. On Strava, Zwift rides all appear as a GPS trace on a random island in the Pacific. Here's an example of one of pro Lawson Craddock's Zwift rides while he was recovering from injury.

I'm not sure if Strava restricts duplicate GPS data in activities for a singular user or users throughout the system, but it wouldn't hurt to at least try it out.

If you wanted to edit your .GPX/.FIT/etc, you'd have to throw it into a GIS Program. Someone in a forum I was browsing recommended GPS Track Editor which I'd imagine does exactly what you want.

Looks like RideWithGPS has what I want... editiable cue sheets that also have toggles for how much info you want printed out.

Documentation: https://ridewithgps.com/help/create-customize-a-cuesheet

It's on the paysite however.

You could record with endomondo, transfer to strava with tapiriik. It will read your hr using the watch's sensor.

Maybe before you go through the trouble of setting that up, go for a spin with endomondo or SGT and decide if it's worth it. Don't be surprised to find the heart rate reading isn't great, and goes to hell when you start to sweat. None of the android wear watches have good heart rate sensors for exercise.

Hi! I'm on vacation this week, so I'm not fully up to date on the rough beta ship date. It might be the week of the 20th, I cannot state with confidence however without checking in with the person working on it.

This is the email I sent out late last week to people who had signed up for the beta on our forum:

Thank you for signing up for access to our ANT+ build. I'm sorry for the delay - our upcoming release had some changes we wanted to make, and ANT+ support necessarily had to go after.

• Please sign up for the Google Group here (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/strava-android-ant-testers) - and please sign up for email updates! I promise not to email you about anything besides ANT+ support in Strava's Android application.
• Sign up with Google Play for Strava test apps (https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.strava). If you're already in our beta group, this will already be enabled. You have to sign up with the same Google account as you used for the Google Group. In a few weeks, you will see an update that mentions ANT+ support in the release notes.
• Pair an ANT+ sensor from the app, then go for a ride or a run!
• After that, please do email and give us your feedback on our ANT+ build. Good feedback helps, and problem reports help too!

Thanks so much, your testing helps us make better software.

Not that I'm aware of with flyby, unless you downloaded the GPX and reuploaded it to appear as though it was at the same time.

If what you're trying to do is compare the two efforts, the Strava segment compare function is close to what you're after. Unfortunately it's based around segments rather than activity, which means you need to find a segment that represents the entire activity .. and there doesn't appear to be one for the marathon course.

This is the sort of thing, just needs to be the full segment - https://www.strava.com/segments/11792680/compare/MTY3NjY2NTcxMDksMTY1NzkxNDQ3OTc=

Yeah, I was down at the beach and doing rides on flats where the average speed over 3-4 miles was 35+MPH and didn't look to be in a car. Now, barrier islands can get some serious wind, so I believe it's entirely possible, but really makes it hard to figure out.

I know it's dumb but for some of the real crazy KOMs, I do tend to check weather data for that day just to figure out if it is truly attainable or not. I never report the ride, but also don't want to train toward unreasonable goals.

I use weather underground's historical weather data: https://www.wunderground.com/history/

My wife rolls her eyes that I even take it that far to check, but part of the reason I use/enjoy Strava is the competitiveness of it.

lol dude. /u/SmartToaster completely understood the issue. You just don't understand the hellish database mess that Strava would have to deal with in trying to implement your request.

The example from the thread you provide does highlight a minor existing issue (see, e.g., this segment). However, I think it is a really poor solution to have the community perpetually flagging road bikers in order to keep the MTB leaderboard legitimate. In the example segment I provided, the community would have to flag dozens of rides a day. That's just unrealistic. Better solutions would be to either (1) provide an option that only marks a user having traversed a segment if that user traverses certain non-segment areas before and/or after the segment, or (2) give the community better tools to hide poorly conceived segments (the current mechanism sucks). I'd say (1) is actually the solution to this specific issue, and (2) just a better way to deal with the current reality.

Well unless your GMT those times are wrong. For ref on what the GMT timezone is.

For instance, 22:11:39-08:00 is what it would say for PST

Also, just as a heads up the privacy zones scrubbing is nice, but the TCX snippet has the actual latlngs which are way more precise than a static map with a polyline.

Actually, based on that you are GMT (Manchester'ish).

What timzone does https://www.strava.com/settings/profile say you are in?

There's a segment that says its super uphill but is actually downhill the entire way. I just hate stupid segments clogging up the data, especially auto-strava made segments like this. There are several dumbly named segments on mtb trails named after closest roads because of this too, not easy to get rid of them.

https://www.strava.com/segments/784104

When you ride the virtual island the location they have created it is based on a real location and creates corresponding GPS points. The location of their first island is in the middle of the pacific where there is a spec of land. https://www.strava.com/activities/263772624

So you want to review the trackpoints on a map to see when you were in certain locations. I used to use http://www.gpstrackeditor.com/ for this function. It can load TCX, GPX and several others. Currently I use the Garmin MapSource program, by going viewing the map at the location I want then right-click to view the track properties and moving up and down the list to see which track point is the one at the waypoint. Garmin BaseCamp may have the same functionality as MapSource for this, I'm not sure. In the trackproperties window you can select multiple points in sequence and it will add up the elapsed time at the bottom for you, or you enter the clock times in Excel and let it calculate the difference for you.

I stopped using GPS Track Editor because I like using the Waypoints to move around the map quickly and GPS Track Editor doesn't support Waypoints (or CoursePoints).

The Alpine loop is a classic. Less distance and climbing but it’s a beautiful canyon and all doable on a road bike. A good portion of the non-canyon part is on a multi-use trail so it’s away from traffic.

https://www.komoot.com/tour/239123705?ref=itd

When they made it so you can't get detailed heat maps unless you're signed into Strava they completely fucked over the map editors. It was such a pointless, feel-good, change too. Strava accounts are free and anybody can make an account and see detailed heatmaps except the people trying to use the heatmap layer for mapping. The whole change was just a stupid knee-jerk reaction to some bad publicity that doesn't even have the intended effect of increasing user privacy.

Slide is dead. Strava's version of the map editor, 1.8.5, is well over 2 years out of date and it's only useful feature no longer works. Use the editor over on https://www.openstreetmap.org/, 2.82.

This app used to work. Strava has changed the API since I last messed with it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bravetheskies.ghostracer&hl=en_US

Marty something is causing your handset to take a stupidly long time to lock a decent constellation size. This could be a new phone case or similar (metal cases are a disaster!) or it could be dodgy AGPS data (data that tells your device where roughly it is and which sats will be overhead). I would strongly recommend clearing your AGPS data and refreshing it with this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

When thats done reboot the phone and open the same app again while outside. Watch closely and see when the little popup flashes showing time to fix. If things are normal that should be 60-90s at most. You should then see the number of satellites climb to more than 9.

If you're on Android, have a look at GPS Test https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest you'll be able to check the strength of your GPS (and GLONASS, etc…) signal. That could help you trace your problems. If you're on iOS, I guess similar apps exist. Good luck! Edit: you're obviously on Android, so all fine. Do as DuckSaxaphone said, but you can also check if your phone maker didn't add some option to shut down (or slow down) apps when the screen is off, in order to save battery. On my Xiaomi, I need to put a "lock" on the app in the change app menu if I don't want it to go out of memory after a couple of minutes in the dark.

There's an app that exists only to launch a Strava activity recording:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onetapstrava&hl=en

There are also automation tools like Tasker and AutomateIt that can take advantage of Android's activity recognition features to either launch the One Tap Strava app or trigger the same method directly in Strava. These can also control other features

That method was created for NFC control of Strava, so you could go totally nuts and set up an NFC tag on your bike that would start recording. You'd just tap your phone on the tag and then start riding.

A couple free alternatives, in addition to others mentioned, for folks who aren't aware:

• Road ID app (Google Play, presumably iOS, too)
• Google Location services can report your geoloc 24/7 to contacts you want to share with and they can see in Google+ app (which they are using all the time already, right?). Android supports a home screen widget for easier viewing. Not exactly sure if there's an iOS equivalent for that part. (Google Latitude, R.I.P)

This is weird because SyncMyTracks app should be able to do it. It correctly detected all my 700+ activities and I managed to export them in TCX files (it got stuck after 250 but even doing that at 200-sized bulks is a significant sped increase). It should also be possible to launch a direct sync between MapMyRun and Strava.

I use this chest light and it makes my night runs a breeze. Used to run with headlamps and hated how it used to bob around and feel heavy on my head. I'm never going back.

I prefer to do this kind of staff manually on garmin connect web based app, you need to practice to get familiar to. But there is this app that require a weekly subscription, you can choose from community templates then apply to your location. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kongri.fitness

So I got this sensor and Strava recognizes it but says it's for running. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CDCPF4Z/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Trainerroad sees and uses it just fine.

I also have Google Fit connected to both and I have an app called Syncmytracks (android only) that I use as well. It might be one of those that is getting the weight into Strava.

If This Then That has some "things" to move your weight to Strava from Fitbit but I have no idea if they work.

If you do decide to listen to music while riding, get a pair of bone conduction headphones. Link below is to the ones I have. They are absolutely great for running, cycling, or even listening to music at work.

https://www.amazon.com/Shokz-OpenRun-Pro-Conduction-Built/dp/B09BVXT8TJ

If you have an Android smartphone you can use this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spark71.stravatogpx

Doing Elevation is hard, because there is no real source of truth.

It all depends on the measurement itself (barometric, GPS-based, none) and the smoothing and other algorithms the platforms applying in post processing. So, if you compare all the platform, you won't find exactly the same results for one activity. Especially the FR245 has no barometer, so it must be corrected by map data in the post processing.

You can find more information on the accuracy of altitude measurement in the Tredict glossary. My preferred training analytics software. :)

I feel like someone will go steal it once I bring attention to it, but this one. It's fairly flat, which is tough for me (I'm light, so I'm better at hills), a good distance, and it's a loop, so you can't give credit to catching a tailwind. I was also much slower at the time, and did it in baggy shorts. So, if someone does go steal it, I feel like I'd still have a chance at taking it back.

It is (well, it's kind of all of us' fault, since the public is the one that helps maintain OSM).

Strava uses Open Street Maps for routing (and most maps rendering), so errors in the data set should be updated there. That way the data you improve will benefit everyone, and not just Strava. It's far better for all of us that way!

OSM also maintains tooling and services for making these changes to the data set in a meaningful way.

You can go to https://www.openstreetmap.org/ and make the necessary suggestions or edits.

You'll need to submit an update the underlying openstreetmap data:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/

This is the data set that many services (including Strava) use for features like this.

Heat maps are by definition not directional, but it could of course be possible to discern directionality from them - but there are many, many edge cases in that case, so it's no surprise that they trust the metadata in the underlying structure instead.

I love this tool, but I have my doubts about how you can derive more accuracy from the finger-to-the-wind guestimates of power that Strava provides. I just looked at a tranquil ride I did the other morning (https://www.strava.com/activities/599316547 if you are curious) and the tool reports a normalized power of 251w. Strava estimates an average of 183w.

I don't use a power meter outdoors but I ride a CompuTrainer for 150+ hours a year and have a pretty good sense of what various power efforts feel like. No way in hell did I have a NP of 251w on that ride.

Again, it is a very cool tool but I fail to see it adding precision to estimated numbers.

Here's another one for you guys. It's not really a "segment", but more of a route

https://www.strava.com/segments/10249729

This is an annual challenge race/sportiv in December that we have here in Taipei,Taiwan, and also one of my favorite routes to ride because you got everything from 10km long slow gradual climbs, to 10km long descents, to 20% gradients and also a flat section as well.

Not shown in this segment, rain from beginning until end and average 13C weather this past December. Fun and horrible at the same time.

https://www.strava.com/segments/10170784

Consistent 12% average for 4.1 km. Constant torture on another level. Just getting it done on road bike gears without putting a foot down is a major undertaking.

https://www.strava.com/segments/620210?filter=overall

Up Indy Pass from Aspen, 4000'+ climbing in 18 miles going over 12,000' at the top.

https://www.strava.com/segments/4871508?filter=overall

Wholly shit this is dumb, 3,000' climb in 5 miles, on a rough unpaved jeep road. Midnight Mine Road to the top of Aspen Mountain well over 11,000'

Yeah this "bug fix" is laughable. I have found a workaround anyhow... https://apkpure.com/strava-track-running-cycling-swimming/com.strava/versions You can download a previous .apk version which supports the sensors. (v90.0.0 and below).

I pikced up this armband monitor to replace the chest strap. It's very comfy and seems pretty accurate

Scosche Rhythm+ Heart Rate Monitor Armband Optical Heart Rate Armband Monitor with Dual Band Radio ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BNB2N5C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_fabc_HZX4A4Q81WA2YS7EGGXY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

The answer to this is Cyclemeter https://cyclemeter.com/

I use my phone, Apple Watch and wahoo sensors The phone is the computer, the watch uploads real-time heart rate and the sensors connect to the phone for a seamless upload to strava. Also if you have issues with two different files, you can use gotoes gpx or fit file combiner to splice and dice and recompose.

https://gotoes.org/strava/Combine_GPX_TCX_FIT_Files.php

The price is 10 Cad per year and I felt it was totally worth it.

Hey Josh - good survey. I didn’t see it on your list of apps, but have you heard of Gyroscope? Based off of your Q’s, it seems to be doing a lot of what you’re aiming for.

https://gyrosco.pe/

Might save you from building it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's nuts, I just signed up for Strava and recorded my first ride. I'm 6'4, 215 pounds, and I just rode for an hour and a half at a 15mph average.

Strava puts me at 495 calories, and every other calculator puts at me at 980-1200 calories. That's a huge difference!

No, even the segments like this in Pittsburg are fake:

https://www.strava.com/segments/explore#location/pittsburg/type/cycling/min/2/max/5/surface/undefined/center/40.439496,-79.961012/zoom/13/map_type/terrain

I stand corrected. The guy is a madman, does 1 ride a week on average - but for 300+ miles. He's also vegan and belongs to some interesting Strava clubs that I did not know about, my favorite being: High-Carb Vegan Fatties !!

Haha sorry. Okay so I upgraded the app today after receiving the email about strava photo integration. Then I uploaded a photo accidentally, and quickly deleted it on the app.

Fast forward 8 hours, I come home and go on my computer, and log onto the strava desktop interface (on Chrome, as opposed to mobile) and the photo is showing up on "My Profile".

So I can't access that photo from mobile (thought I'd deleted it there) and on my desktop profile there's no way to delete it. When I select "Go to Activity" it sends me to: https://www.strava.com/activities/null

Gravelmaps is just data file so not OS specific. To read the file, Garmin does have BaseCamp for MacOS. It's not well supported right now. An open source application is QMapShack: https://github.com/Maproom/qmapshack/wiki, it supports 64 bit linux, 64 bit windows, and MacOS X > 10.12.

Locus is a great app that has TONS of options (probably too many for most). You can choose almost any map known to man. You can save them for offline use. You can plot points, navigate, make custom points, routes, etc.... Check it out. Maybe you'll like it. You can upload any gpx file to the strava website.

Edit: Here's a link to their website. http://www.locusmap.eu/

They have a free version of their app. I've had it for almost 4 years now and I really need to get around to paying the $8 for the pro version just to support the development. They are constantly working on this one and I never have problems.

I use a start-stop technique in strava to plot the straight lines. Essentially, I would go to one end point of the line I want to plot, stop the ride in Strava, and then go to the other end point, and start it. Strava would plot a straight line between these points. Its not the purest way I know. The actual rides I did and route plans I made to make this strava art is publicly available in my komoot profile: https://www.komoot.com/user/1450738940242?ref=imk

Another option that sounds good for you is komoot (https://www.komoot.com/). Good reviews. You could try it out with a single 'region' for free. If you're willing to pay a little they have a deal until 20/06 on their 'complete package' with no further cost.

The map is Mapbox's Outdoors map which augments OpenStreetMap data with several other sources, such as land cover and hill shade.

>Global elevation and landcover data lie at the heart of Mapbox Outdoors. We processed the best elevation and land cover sources from around the world: 24 datasets from 13 organizations, including the U.S. Geological Survey, Norwegian Mapping Authority, and Canadian GeoBase data portal. We combined them into a set of hillshade, contour line, and land cover layers that provide the necessary context for Mapbox Outdoor's path and trail information.

That's really the normal price on Amazon (see price tracking at link). A true deal would be closer to 100USD.

Would love to add you to the list - and we might start some international testing soon as well. Can you share your contact here: https://calendly.com/dilan-vest/15min?month=2019-06? (We being selective about making sure we can fit the needs of our early users before we send them a fairly expensive device for free)

This is Zepp.
This is Mi Fit. For me they seem to be 2 different apps.

>Is there a solution to this? Maybe an app that filters out speeds below 5 km/h if they last more than 2 seconds.

If you're on Android, see if RunnerUp works for you. It's not a very pretty app but it's way more feature packed (see below) and configurable than activity tracking in Strava and it's also open-source, ad-free and costs nothing, I haven't used it but its configurable auto-pause should be useful to you. You can also auto (or manually) sync activities back to Strava if you need to.

Some of RunnerUp's other features include:

• Flexible audio cues, configurable time and/or distance based triggers and choose what cues are relayed (distance, time, pace for either total, interval and lap). There's also target pace (and HR?) based coaching too.
• Basic interval workouts, time or distance based with rest intervals
• More complex workouts, mix multiple time and distance based reps with audio cues to create proper workout sessions.
• Configure auto-lap either standard 1K, or 400m, 800m or any other distance you want split times for.
• Sync activities to multiple services, not many currently but Strava is supported and GPX/TCX export is an option too.

You can export the gpx of any of your own Strava routes and activities and any public routes from this app I've been working on

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=abhiank.maplocs

DM me if you want a promo code.

Hi, I've been working on a cycling route builder on Android. It has most of the features that Strava's builder has and more. I think you'll find it very useful. Check it out here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=abhiank.maplocs

I've got this and does the job

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CooSpo-Monitor-Bluetooth-Waterproof-Compatible/dp/B07D4J5VDK/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1D5AYA6PND51M&dchild=1&keywords=heart+rate+monitor&qid=1618410398&sprefix=heart+ra%2Caps%2C190&sr=8-3

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You can test it once you get it with the most popular heartrate app and it still work in conjunction.

However if you use this and use strava to track your speeds / distance and heart rate I wouldn't know how or if people do it that way?

If you want a fitness watch which uploads your activities to Strava get a Garmin Watch. The Watch will upload the data to Garmin Connect and IF linked to Strava will upload your activities along with your heart rate.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syncmytracks.free

I've used this before, for exactly the reason you describe - doesn't have great reviews by the look of it, but did the job perfectly for me. (think I bought pro iirc)

I use a Xiaomi phone, and MIUI has a dual apps option. So can have two separate installs of an app and be signed in with a different account on each one. I actually use Strava this way, with one account for outdoor rides and one for indoor rides.

Another option I've used is the Island app from the Play Store, it uses the Work Profile option to let you have more than one version of the same app running, little more work to set up, but not too difficult.

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Of course, both of these solutions require Android, not sure about iOS options for dual apps.

Amazon has a lot of sensors. The trend is going away from Magnets but I like the magnet ones because the batteries last longer... I had JARV (not available anymore) but maybe similar to this. I also have the Wahoo sensors like this.

Last Gen Garmin Vivoactive are all marked down a bunch since they released the new one.

Music Version: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H275GZ8/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

The Garmin Forerunner 35 has just been replaced by a newer model (the 45) but the 35 is still a great watch.

The 35 is currently $120 on Amazon, and you may even find it for $100 somewhere.

Link

Nice app!

If someone prefer mobiles - there is Android app called "Tracklia" which can do almost same things :) Check it out:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.tracklia

Did some digging and it looks like an app called Scroball may provide the missing piece to Scrobble for YT music. I haven’t used Scroball personally though so cannot vouch for it!

And thanks - we’re actually aiming to support more fitness and music services directly in the near future.

I use the Wahoo apps (Elemnt app if I'm riding with my Elemnt Bolt; otherwise the regular Wahoo app for hiking or riding without the Elemnt Bolt), and set them up to automatically upload to MapMyFitness (for one set of friends) and Strava (for another set of friends) after the ride is over.

Yes, you really should be able to get the GPS working again, you're almost guaranteed that it's a software/OS issue like the top post says. The Galaxy S3 had issues with the aerial coming unpeeled, and with older phones than that, GPS was totally shit. But if it worked OK before, as you say, unless you're really unlucky it should be resolvable with some tinkering.

I found GPS Status and tools to be the app that finally sorted crap GPS on my phones. Clearing the cache at boot and all that other good stuff can work, and even wiping the phone isn't too radical a step these days as Google will just stick everything right back on there as it was.

The last thing that I find interferes is stuff like Bluetooth, and even Wifi. I got myself a Galaxy Watch S3 to avoid having to carry my phone, and found that with Bluetooth streaming music, the thing would make massive glitches on GPS. Started taking my phone out as well and found that if the phone wasn't well away from the watch as I ran/rode, the same thing would happen.

So a few things to look at before you start throwing money around, most are a bit short of it at the moment, and even $100 is going to buy you a lot of essentials. Good luck!

Here is a freemium personal heat map app. As usual, some guy can make a better product than Strava can. So his integration will probably get cut off shortly. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sportsmap&fbclid=IwAR2b8SualKiS0K8Vzhiw392t6zjn37bWBuF-WuR0hFCPCgOXjjUD2Z7wjUg

The 520 Plus has speed/cadence/HR sensors. Sorry for not specifying. It's a chest strap sensor. First one I've owned so I can't compare it to anything else but I'm happy with it. Tbh, I didn't compare them much since I already had a Garmin watch and scale. The data feeds directly into the Connect app which syncs with Strava. Having all the data together was something I wanted and I really like how it pairs with MyFitnessPal for calorie tracking. Wahoo may have similar integration but I really don't know.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CBV3FL1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Or you could simply use the Amazfit app, which has inbuilt Strava integration, all you need to do is open the app after completing an activity. There is obviously a one time account link.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huami.watch.hmwatchmanager&hl=en_IN

I don't know if any of these will work on Huawei phones, but try searching for caffeine in Play Store.

Like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tr.edu.iyte.caffeine

You can also try an app like tiles to get the setting: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rascarlo.quick.settings.tiles

Essentially this keeps your screen on for a given time without changing the phones timeout settings.

And as soon you turn off the screen everything is back to normal.

Hi you can try this android app :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxtecnologia.bluetooth.bluetoothlegatt

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It record you run and then let you syncronize it with strava, garmin, etc...

The speed calculation can be automatic or manual adjusted.

On automatic mode, just run with your mobile using a arm band. It uses the mobile step sensor to calculate your speed based on your stride lenght.

On manual mode, you just enter the speed of treadmill.

I developed it...and tested myself !

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I have Wahoo Fitness on my phone and used it to track some indoor training without the PM. I'll try it outside. Thank you!

I mount my phone using this - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y49K171/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It's essentially a very fancy rubber band. I was skeptical how well it would work but it's worked well enough for me. Plenty of bumpy gravel rides and fast descents with no fear of it falling off. Easily transferable between bikes, too, and I don't need to update a phone mount when if/when I get a new phone. I did break one after about a year of using but that's because I had been putting my phone into it wrong. Following the directions and I'm on 2 years with my current one.

What you could do is use a second app that syncs to strava to do the ride.

So have your strava app on your phone linked to your main account.

Then use something else - I use JayPS because I have a Pebble watch so I can view the time and speed etc on it using this. But then I have it set to upload when I stop the recording at the end of each ride to my strava account. So you link that to your family account.

It does mean starting and stopping two apps, but it works. I'm sure there are other apps that would work better, but I use JayPS cus of my pebble.

Alternatively, tasker could do it.... But it'd be a pain to setup.

yep, I used a Forerunner 10 for both running and biking for a long time. And a simple mount like this will allow you to mount it securely to the bike: https://smile.amazon.com/Garmin-Forerunner-Bicycle-Mount-Kit/dp/B000VK5BMQ

I typically run at night and wear a vest that has flashing lights on the back. It has a little pocket just big enough for a phone. Amazon Link Here

If your power meter, speed sensor and HR monitor is Bluetooth Smart and your PC supports Bluetooth Smart, you're all set.

If you're using ANT+ sensors, you'll need this

Regarding training, thats a whole other topic of itself, but in its most basic form, a workout will be a section of target powers for you to hold, something like this image I found that is from Trainner Road

I can't speak to that Bose product, but that's way more money than you need to spend. I would recommend just getting a standard Bluetooth heart rate monitor from a reputable company like Wahoo.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00INQVYZ8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_rvlIybY9TTXSG

And then a decent Bluetooth set of headphones. I've been using these ones for about 7 months and they are great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BV2BPVS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_DylIyb4X7HYKQ

This combination will cost you about $80, rather than the $150 will. Good luck!

I use the Strava app on my phone to track rides, and have recently purchased a case with a battery back-up built into it. I've gone over 8 hours no problem, while running Strava, MapMyRide and RideWithGPS simultaneously. Here's the case I use if it helps to understand what I'm referring to: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UGQPG02?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

Prior to this, I just brought along a lipstick-sized battery and hooked it up when the phone ran low.

Also, it looks like (according to Amazon) there is a newer version of the GSC-10 available, but it appears this model uses an accelerometer instead of the traditional magnets.

GSC-10 is about $30 cheaper and I'm assuming works just as well?

Sure, I use the Garmin Bike Speed Sensor with an Edge 500 but it'll work with any Edge and probably the XT watches as well. It secures around the rear wheel hub rather than the previous model which used a magnet on the wheel and a receiver on the chainstay.

There might be cheaper 3rd party alternatives out there as well

If Strava does not work for you, Ghostracer worked perfectly with my ANT+ HR sensor on my S7, and looks like it supports additional types of sensors.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bravetheskies.ghostracer&hl=en

For some bizarre reason Strava refuses to add support for ANT+ speed sensors on Android, even though apparently it will use data from Bluetooth ones or the speed data from Garmins. Cadence will work though. On my phone I had to install and run an app called ipsensorman to get it to detect the ANT+ cadence sensor

You can potentially use another ride tracking app that does use the speed and then import to Strava to get the data but I've never tried it