Hidden Strava Features You Wish You'd Known!

Strava is the go-to fitness app for cyclists and runners around the world. Whether you're chasing KOMs and QOMs or planning a route, Strava has you covered! However, there are some secret features that you may not have known about. Manon exposes Strava's hidden benefits!

00:00 Intro
00:29 Strava sign-up position
01:11 Strava messaging
02:27 Strava effort comparison
03:29 Strava flyover
04:09 Strava beacon
04:52 Strava segment explore
05:34 Strava route builder
06:25 Strava group challenges

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[gcn]

Have you used these 'secret' Strava features? 📱

[windscreen]

Another "secret" Strava feature is the ability to track mileage on your components. I find it super helpful to keep tabs on how many miles since I last waxed my chain. From desktop only: profile/settings, then My Gear in the left side menu. Create a bike, click on the bike's name, and then populate components.

[lutzpleuter]

Feature for the mobile app only: When you did a ride with others they are mentioned in your activity. Click on group editing and then shake the mobile. Strava asks you if you want to give Kudos to all athletes or just your followers! That one nearly no one knows!

[josiedinsmore]

Beacon is my favourite extra feature on the app! My family members can see exactly where I am during a day out or a multi-day bike trip! An excellent safety feature!!

[stevenkopits]

Quite helpful. Using combination of Strava and Zwift during the winter with the Zwift trainer. Amazing workouts, very different from riding on your own on actual roads.

[gadgetsgalore]

#29, 985!! I was a very early adopter of Strava. Pre smart phones, e-bikes, running, swimming and etc. tracking. It was a real cycling tracker only with no virtual garbage like today! Totally free too.

[MonkeyKing]

In the Compare tool, I wish Strava would allow me to compare against people who rode the same segment on the same day I did. At the moment, it is only 'Today' or for all time. For example, if you've done an event a week ago, and you want to see how you compared with other people at the same event, then you'd want to compare on that day. I've asked Strava for this, but I don't think they got it...

[martinfuchs]

What I'd like to see is a Segment Compare feature. So I could compare climbs I want to do with the ones I've already done.
Basically a profile overlay that shown which one is steeper, or longer or where the challenging bits are.

[ceftx]

Riding mostly in and around Dallas, TX, I have Beacon set to auto-activate at the beginning of every ride. I never ride without it. 👍

[frazergoodwin]

Living in Brussels all the KoM's around me are held by Pro's or former Pro''s. I'd need to apply all the tricks of "Backward Hat Dylan" (creating your own very strange segments etc.) to get anywhere near a KoM... so I don't bother (or let it bother me).

[br]

781, *** for me - 1500 rides, 28k miles & just over 3.9 million feet of elevation

MTBer, so miles are low vs climbing

[MisterAndyS]

I'd like to be able to see group stats, but exclude "virtual" rides. I'm outdoors all year round, and some of my friends/colleagues are "riding" more inside in the winter than they do outdoors when the weather's nice. And also they're suddenly 22 MPH on every ride when in the real world they average more like 15 MPH.

[dustinmhill]

I just got a notice of a 30% price increase from Strava. I will be canceling.

[graemejwsmith]

Route Builder - pictures. Pictures will only show if the device taking the picture (usually a phone) is set to allow location information to be embedded in the picture file. Which is usually on by default. If you have location embedding turned off - then the picture can't be used in Route Builder.

[junjun]

what i love in strava is u can save route from other strava user and creating routes

[kevindean]

If you're not competitive like myself, all that kom stuff got on my nerves , so I dropped it & have used Komoot I find it much better for route planning & they listen to constructive criticism .

[Irina_About-krjn]

Can I get personalized recommendations on Strava to improve my personal performance? I want to find a trainer online if possible.

[pembrokeshiredan]

The annoying thing about many of these feature is that they're app-only. If you want to use the flyover feature on a bigger screen where it might look amazing, tough.

[gbart]

Here is a big thanks and seasons greetings from Delaware USA to you, Manon, and all the gang at GCN.
Keep the rubber side down, folks.

[Bikefixers]

I was the 422879 member to join Strava which definitely means I was an early adopter!!