How to Create a Route on Strava: A Cycling Route Planning Tutorial

🗺️ Cyclists often find value in creating their own routes on Strava for a variety of reasons. Firstly, personalized routes allow cyclists to tailor their rides to their specific preferences, whether it's selecting scenic paths, avoiding busy roads, or incorporating challenging climbs. By creating routes on Strava, cyclists can effectively plan and visualize their rides beforehand, ensuring a more enjoyable and efficient cycling experience. Additionally, sharing these routes with the Strava community fosters a sense of camaraderie and enables cyclists to discover new routes suggested by fellow enthusiasts, opening up opportunities for exploration and expanding their cycling horizons. Ultimately, creating custom routes on Strava empowers cyclists to take charge of their cycling journeys, enhance their training, and connect with a passionate community of riders.

🎬 CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Opening the Strava route creator
0:23 - Explaining the route creation menu
1:39 - Assessing the Heatmap
2:45 - Drawing the route
5:17 - Explaining the bottom bar
6:00 - How to reverse the route
6:21 - How to change the route's length
7:31 - Saving and displaying the route
9:08 - Outro

✍️ To create a custom route on Strava, follow these steps:
2. Once you're logged in, click on the "Dashboard" tab at the top of the screen.
3. On the left side of the Dashboard, you'll see a menu. Click on the "Routes" option.
4. In the Routes section, click on the "Create New Route" button. This will open the route creation tool.
5. On the route creation tool, you'll see a map. You can search for a starting location by typing in an address or a specific place in the search box at the top of the screen. You can also manually zoom in and out of the map to find the desired starting point.
6. To create the route, click on the map at the starting location. A marker will appear, and you can then click on different points on the map to plot your route. As you click, the route will be drawn automatically.
7. If you need to adjust a specific point on the route, you can click and drag the markers that appear along the route line. This allows you to modify the path as needed.
8. Strava provides an option to optimize the route based on popular segments. To do this, click on the "Optimize" button at the top right of the screen. This will adjust your route to include popular segments in the area.
9. As you create the route, you can also add waypoints by clicking on the map. Waypoints are useful for adding specific points of interest or to guide you through a particular path.
10. Once you're satisfied with the route, you can give it a name and add a description. You can also specify the activity type (e.g., running, cycling, etc.) and set the visibility of the route (public or private).
11. When you're ready, click on the "Save" button to save the route to your Strava account.
Your custom route is now created and saved on Strava. You can access it from the "Routes" section of your account, and it will be available for navigation or sharing with others.

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[BreakawayB]

Do you prefer to create routes on Strava or RideWithGPS❔👇

[ericbarnettcycling]

Great tutorial! I like to build my routes in Strava, but often have Google Earth open in a different window, just to make sure I'm not choosing dangerous roads (I spot check a few places).

[CaseMadeThis]

Me, living in Knoxville, watching him make a route that starts at my house

[davidson_oldbull_sectionhiker]

HI I am new to Strava and planning a 100 mile hike next month. I have been able to create my routes. But I can't find any tutorials showing me how to use them off line. Any assistance would be appreciated.

[familiarfeeling]

Thanks for this, good overview of manual creation - is there a means of Strava creating the course based on preferences for you on the desktop site?

[chrisjie]

A tip is you can quickly check the not specified on Google Maps street view.

[SallyAndreaJohnston]

Thanks for the instructions. Is there a way to follow the created route in real time as with Google maps?

[katiebonebrake]

Is there any way to "reverse to start" a route for an OAB route so I don't have to click through every turn again? Garmin has this feature but I can't seem to locate it on Strava.

[ShannonRawls]

I am a paid subscriber and I have created a new route.

If I share my new route to my Strava friends, will they be able to follow my route without becoming a paid subscriber?