To better understand the public consensus around Strava, we asked you, Cycling Weekly readers, for your thoughts on the app. Your answers were mixed.
“If it ain’t on Strava, it didn’t happen,” said keen user Ben Culverhouse, repeating a popular adage. For some of you, the app provides motivation, an impetus to get outside, clock up the miles, and go a little bit faster. “I am 66,” wrote Debra Valentine, “and I like to see on Strava that I can still get an achievement on a ride I do regularly. It helps me see that I am not losing fitness as I age.”
For others, Strava’s competitive element has had the opposite effect and has proven a turnoff. “I used to use it all the time but found myself spoiling my rides,”…