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?

I still really like it and use it a lot- I find it quite motivating just to see what other people and friends are doing and it encourages me to get out too. I’m only competitive against myself so can’t imagine being bothered by seeing other people’s activities if they’re more prolific/faster than me…

The big one for me was Peloton. There was a ‘utility app’ that could get the data over, but they sometimes didn’t work, choking on some little thing that Peloton includes, but Garmin (who created the language) won’t swallow. :person_shrugging:

[image] Luke_Kiernan: I’m always surprised at how much criticism it gets This is purely a guess, but I think it’s because they want more money than the service is worth to most people, and for some reason people leave out that the free version does the job of being the hub to so many other fi…

[image] Luke_Kiernan: I’m always surprised at how much criticism it gets but more and more I seem to be in the minority so perhaps I am just too easily pleased. I will admit the recent AI provision seems pointless and I could think of loads of other stuff I’d rather they put that resource into. …

I don’t race much but this is the best use case for premium. I traveled to do a gravel race. To prep I could find the climb segments, review times from competitors of the previous years, check their power and know what was needed to get by. I could then also use veloviewer to find compare segments …

I like Strava but don’t subscribe. I did last year to see people’s strength to weight ratios, but they removed it shortly afterward. I subscribed to intervals.icu this year and also use free account version of ridewithgps to map routes. I post all my rides to Strava… if not on there, doesn’t count! …

I have my TR calendar show up on Intervals.icu. I’m sure that you can be fancier than that but that is all that I need.

Not really left on my side, but to prevent me from riding for PR or at 30+km/h on every single ride, I started setting all my rides (training included) as only visible for me. I don’t feel the urge anymore to compare myself with others and just focus on training. Now, I just use Intervals and gave …

Your own comments, yes but not others’.

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Jolyzara October 24, 2024, 5:42pm 43

I enjoy seeing what others are doing and where they ride. Always looking for new trails and cool places to ride.

That said, I dropped Instagram and other social media. As you said… comparison is the theif of joy, even if it is all smoke and mirrors.

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