Strava

[markoc]

I'm getting peeved with Strava. On HTC it missed the odd segment, on my IPhone it is terrible and rarely picks them up. Plus the GPs has started dropping out mid ride. Very frustrating.

[HurryUpAndWait]

markoc said:

I'm getting peeved with Strava. On HTC it missed the odd segment, on my IPhone it is terrible and rarely picks them up. Plus the GPs has started dropping out mid ride. Very frustrating.

I could be wrong, but I suspect that's the device, not the app.

[anonymous-user]

markoc said:

I'm getting peeved with Strava. On HTC it missed the odd segment, on my IPhone it is terrible and rarely picks them up. Plus the GPs has started dropping out mid ride. Very frustrating.

Isn't that the limitations of your GPS unit though not strava?

[Silver940]

RemyMartin said:

Have to say after using Strava a few times and being a user of Endomondo. I actually prefer Endomondo...

Sorry Strava fans.

they both have strengths, endomondo with its live updates online and strava with the segment leader boards. I tend to track road rides with endomondo so the missus knows how I'm doing then upload to strava later.

off road the sample time is too slow on endomondo so I use my tracks and upload to both later.

[okgo]

I can't see what possible reason you would want endomondo over strava for?

To the above person, its your phone, not Strava.

[Kermit power]

markoc said:

I'm getting peeved with Strava. On HTC it missed the odd segment, on my IPhone it is terrible and rarely picks them up. Plus the GPs has started dropping out mid ride. Very frustrating.

I'm getting peeved with Silverstone. In my F1 car I used to be able to lap it in 1 minute 20, but in my new minibus it takes me over 3 minutes. Very frustrating.

[Silver940]

okgo said:

I can't see what possible reason you would want endomondo over strava for?

I ride on my own a lot, endomondo updates online so it means the wife can check every now and then on her phone that I am still moving. also if I am running late she can see how far away I am. you can't do that on strava.

Not of use to everyone obviously

[London424]

Silver940 said:

okgo said:

I can't see what possible reason you would want endomondo over strava for?

I ride on my own a lot, endomondo updates online so it means the wife can check every now and then on her phone that I am still moving. also if I am running late she can see how far away I am. you can't do that on strava.

Not of use to everyone obviously

Doesn't she trust you?

[okgo]

London424 said:

Doesn't she trust you?

Just use google latitude for that.

[Gizmoish]

London424 said:

Doesn't she trust you?

Leave the phone behind the bar in a local pub. Go for a ride. Pick the phone up on the way home. Result.

[Silver940]

okgo said:

Just use google latitude for that.

updates quite slowly and doesn't draw out where you've been though, the kids, especially my son, like that bit.

[littleandy0410]

Just had my first noticeable GPS failure on a ride today. Was a little disappointed when I got in and uploaded the ride, that my top speed was only 34mph, when it felt very fast (for me) - well into the 40's I'd guess. Another fast downhill section wasn't showing at a glance on the graph on the iphone app.

When I got the chance, had a look at the full details using the laptop, only to discover some seriously long, perfectly straight lines! I'm not bothered about any segments missed, particularly, but it means I've been cheated out of several miles, and a couple of record top speeds. Balls.

[Dan Friel]

I've compared using a garmin watch and the iPhone app. Won't ever use the app again.. massive differences.

[DrMekon]

Did a lunchtime run with a mate from work. We ran side-by-side. She tracked it on iphone, I tracked it on a garmin (etrex 30 with glonass on). Her track added >600m over 9.8km.

If you like Strava, getting a proper gps is inevitable I reckon.

[gazza285]

I've used Strava on my iPhone for 151 rides, and not had any dropouts yet. Do you have lead lined pockets or something?

[gazza285]

http://tewha.net/2011/10/how-the-iphone-gps-differ...

[kiethton]

I downloaded this on Thursday to monitor my Orpington to the city commute and other than Friday morning not uploading properly (and a dropout without fail in chislehurst woods due to no mobile signal) it works as a good benchmark for seeing the pace of my commutes

[TheFungle]

anonymous said:

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Strange how my iPhone app ends up having pretty much identical data to my mates Garmin as well as other iPhones.

[andyscole]

TheFungle said:

anonymous said:

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Strange how my iPhone app ends up having pretty much identical data to my mates Garmin as well as other iPhones.

I'm with you had 1 problems in nearly 2 years and last week my ride was nearly identical to my mates Garmin (use iPhone 5 which I think is better than iPhone 4).

[MadDad]

I am sure that the iPhone app gives spurious readings.

There is a chap local to me who seems to rack up dozens of KOM's yet has a relatively low average speed on almost all of his rides, and at best rides 80 miles a week.

He took a KOM riding solo this week on a segment that I rode chaingang a month or so ago with some very accomplished and fast riders. We were breathing through our chamois by the end of this 2 mile segment and only managed to place 4th, yet this chap smashed us riding solo by several seconds.

All of us use Garmins and had exactly the same readings over the section, this chap uses iPhone app - go figure.......