# Anyone left ON Strava? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502 "2024-10-24T02:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TexanDad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/texandad/32/160360_2.png) [@TexanDad](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/TexanDad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/1 "2024-10-24T02:24:00Z")
Comparison is the thief of joy they say. Thinking about deleting strava to just focus on my training and trust the process for the upcoming season. Anyone else not use strava? And if not what app do you use to track your monthly and yearly stats? ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4bbf92/32.png) [@fasterthanever](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/fasterthanever)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/2 "2024-10-24T02:33:28Z")
I use TR and Intervals. I still use Strava but not really. I’m not so social. ---
**Author:** ![TexanDad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/texandad/32/160360_2.png) [@TexanDad](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/TexanDad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/3 "2024-10-24T02:35:21Z")
Can you link TR direct to intervals? ---
**Author:** ![ChefAcB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/chefacb/32/144835_2.png) [@ChefAcB](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/ChefAcB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/4 "2024-10-24T02:36:10Z")
I gave up my strava membership. I don’t see the value in it except copying routes or the route builder. Besides that; you still know when you PR and can only see the top 10 on segments. I don’t care if I’m 47th on a segment anyways haha. ---
**Author:** ![jamesdrichey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jamesdrichey/32/177510_2.png) [@jamesdrichey](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/jamesdrichey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/5 "2024-10-24T03:47:11Z")
You can unfollow everyone and still use the app as a portal between services. ---
**Author:** ![AJS914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@AJS914](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/AJS914)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/6 "2024-10-24T06:43:22Z")
I have it. I just barely ever look at it. ---
**Author:** ![OreoCookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/oreocookie/32/8298_2.png) [@OreoCookie](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/OreoCookie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/7 "2024-10-24T06:47:36Z")
Strava is the default repository and I use it mainly to sync data. But I have stopped using the app and website for most things. I subscribed for a month to create some routes since I am new to this place. But now I am just done. ---
**Author:** ![Crownan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/crownan/32/103116_2.png) [@Crownan](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Crownan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/8 "2024-10-24T06:56:50Z")
How do you know if someone left Strava? Dont worry, they’ll tell you! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![davidof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@davidof](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/davidof)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/9 "2024-10-24T08:34:16Z")
Not left Strava but default is all rides are private and I share stuff that is interesting, maybe half a dozen rides per year. They need to use their "AI’ to clean up the segment mess. ---
**Author:** ![spinnnout](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/spinnnout/32/15455_2.png) [@spinnnout](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/spinnnout)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/10 "2024-10-24T08:49:29Z")
I guess I’ve ‘quiet quit’, everything syncs up there, partially private by default, not subscribed, only really use it once a year for segments when in the Alps. It’s a tool, you can be signed up and not need to doom scroll on there. ---
**Author:** ![jn92](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jn92/32/135122_2.png) [@jn92](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/jn92)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/11 "2024-10-24T08:54:43Z")
No, not directly. But you can tell TR to export workouts to Dropbox and have intervals import them trough there. Then you just link whatever headunit you use directly to intervals and can track your progress there. I haven’t shared indoor workouts on strava ever and only ever share grouprides public. Events/grouprides still get posted on strava and for that I just keep my non-paid account live. Just delete the app from your phone and from your mind and focus on yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Back2Basics](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/back2basics/32/146681_2.png) [@Back2Basics](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Back2Basics)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/12 "2024-10-24T09:13:30Z")
I use a lot of the data from Strava because it feeds into my bike maintenance app (Pro Bike Garage) but I often find I try to take a month off Strava. I would like to walk away from it really. I don’t mind it having my data, because I use it (like I said) for lots of things such as signing into veloviewer and intervals.icu. I do agree with comparison being the thief of joy - but just because everything gets loaded to it doesn’t mean I need to use it as a social media site. ---
**Author:** ![Pbase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/pbase/32/969_2.png) [@Pbase](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Pbase)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/13 "2024-10-24T11:59:07Z")
I’ve always just used it as an interface between apps and as a way to see what friends are up to. I don’t ever compare numbers, because honestly, I don’t race, so I don’t care. I DO like to see when people ride somewhere interesting, win a race, participate in a big event, or share cool pics though, because they make me want to ride and travel. When they offered one of the deep discounts, I signed up for premium this year for the first time just to see if I was missing anything. I really like the heat maps and routing tool, so I may re-up if I get a heavy discount, but I can do mostly the same stuff with Connect or RWGPS if not. If it was causing me stress though, I’d delete it in a heartbeat. Life is already stressful and I just want to do stuff outdoors! ---
**Author:** ![Brevet2023](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/brevet2023/32/12893_2.png) [@Brevet2023](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Brevet2023)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/14 "2024-10-24T12:03:09Z")
I gave up my Strava membership after 12 years. No real reason, but given all the info in TR and Garmin connect, I didn’t really see a need to keep paying for the premium features. ---
**Author:** ![mhandwerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/mhandwerk/32/156397_2.png) [@mhandwerk](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/mhandwerk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/15 "2024-10-24T12:10:48Z")
> [@TexanDad](#): > > Comparison is the thief of joy they say About a year or so ago I found myself a little bummed out whenever I would scroll through Strava and see a bunch of local guys who putting in 15+ hour weeks and getting out on these really long, epic rides. As a dad of 2 young ones I just wasn’t willing to sacrifice time with them to ride that much. But I would definitely get jealous seeing how much time others had to ride. I deleted the app off my phone and changed my settings so all my activities are private. I think I might have hid a number of people off my feed as well which decreases my temptation to scroll when I do occasionally log in. I still keep my account active so I can go in and compare PR’s after rides once in a while. And I could use it for tracking. Though I’ve been using a program called Rubitrack since 2009 so that remains my main workout log (and TR has been what I have used for more detailed bike TS and power comparisons and what not). ---
**Author:** ![ABG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@ABG](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/ABG)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/16 "2024-10-24T12:12:31Z")
I dont use strava, dont really need it ---
**Author:** ![sasa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/sasa/32/22910_2.png) [@sasa](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/sasa)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/17 "2024-10-24T12:23:40Z")
Nope and not intention to. I find intervals interface is great for most things, but ironically, Strava+Sauce is far better at interval analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Deleteme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/deleteme/32/12895_2.png) [@Deleteme](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Deleteme)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/18 "2024-10-24T12:30:06Z")
Of course, and that’s what I’m considering. Strava seems to have gotten a lot more paranoid, or something. Killing links? Blocking comments? Hawking meaningless features? It’s looking more desperate every day… (Sorry, thought your post was a question, 🙄) I tend to like Strava to give support to people I know that are older and still get out there and kill it. And do, somewhat embarrassingly, get miffed if I don’t get kudos for some rides and workouts. I’m too invested in Strava when that starts happening. I guess I could go private and still follow those people I know to give them support, of just save my money. Garmin keeps advertising the ‘social aspect’ of Connect. It does ‘social’? Never knew that… ---
**Author:** ![crandallGA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/crandallga/32/133028_2.png) [@crandallGA](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/crandallGA)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/19 "2024-10-24T12:34:04Z")
> [@davidof](#): > > They need to use their "AI’ to clean up the segment mess. They’re doing this now, and it’s currently making things worse. Segments that previously ended before stop lights or stop signs now finish after/through them. Segments with no turns now extend through a turn. Their implementation is currently broken, I’ve lost many of my training segments. Luckily this happened right before my membership expired so while I’m not leaving Strava I’ll remain a free user for the foreseeable future. The “Compare Efforts” tool is/was pretty indispensable for the training I was doing but it only works if the segment is good. If they’re not, and proper replacement gets overwritten it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Deleteme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/deleteme/32/12895_2.png) [@Deleteme](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Deleteme)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502/20 "2024-10-24T12:35:42Z")
There is a rather long Des/DC video on YouTube that rakes Strava pretty hard. Like ‘What are they doing, and why’… [Next page](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/anyone-left-on-strava/97502.md?page=2)