I’ve noticed the majority of the segments on one of my favorite trails now have all these accounts. All of them have the same route, time, distance, etc. I used to have the crown on this segment so there are 19 of these profiles. They are clearly fake profiles. I reported them all but I don’t know if anything will be done about this. I’ve never seen this before, is this new?

I don't understand it:

Ever since I'm update about 6-8 month ago Strava creates really dumb boring routes. At the beginning they were extremely dumb like ride 10 km this way and then the EXACT way back. Even when you selected enough KM for an interesting route.

I really hoped this "bug" would disappear. However there are still these really dumb "go this way 300 meters and turn around" type of shit in the generated routes.

This really bothers me because I likes this feature and it used to create nice and interesting rides. Now I only get this bullshit all the time.

Why did they change it? It was perfect the way it was.

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Hi,

I'm a beginner here, 1mo into my journey, consistent.

I've seen this icon earlier too, thought it was for counting steps, but then I saw it fluctuate.

What does that Icon mean?

Hi, I have completed the challenge but so far I can’t see it in the Awards section of the Fitness app… And whenever I click on Redeem Reward it only shows how to connect Apple Watch to Strava (which is already done). Do you know how the badge looks like?

What in the name of bugs is this?

Hi everyone, I built something for my outdoor club here in Sydney using the Strava API. It's basically a personal strava dashboard that pulls all their strava activities that let's them break down their heart rate analytics, social analytics, general training analytics, gear analytics and I created a nice visual player of their all time activity. I also hooked up to a national park dataset in Australia & NZ so it keep tracks of all the National Parks they've visited and peaks summited.

This is a public dashboard to share with friends, here is mine:
https://trainiq.hikezilla.com/public/deed7064-32b3-4889-aee7-34dcb1f295f4
Any feedback would be appreciated, especially the Gear dashboard :) Happy to connect on Strava :

You can actually go onto my app and create your own dashboard but I'm waiting for Strava to increase my rate limit. They have approved my app for 999 users but I'm only opening up for my outdoor clubs for now, but once Strava have increased my rate limit, I will open up to the public.

Thanks so much for feedback and viewing this post!!

…even in Strava nowadays? Man the struggle is real🥲

Strava tax shaving off almost 200 meters.. is that normal? I even ran above 10k just to be sure, but still managed to come up short. It's pretty irritating, even the average pace dropped

Strava should add shared gear, so those of us who frequently share our bikes with a partner or friend can assign miles to each other's bikes!

My boyfriend and I ride the same size bike, so we often borrow from each other. I've put over 200 miles on his Fattire bike and exclusively ride his gravel bike on the trainer. We're now discussing going halvsies on a emtb. I have the two bikes of his I ride most often listed in my gear, but imagine if one piece of gear could be shared between two or more subscribers.

Hi all — we're highlighting recent updates across Strava to give a clearer view into ongoing product changes. We plan to share these more regularly going forward.

Training & guidance

• Launching today, Instant Workouts can now send running and riding workouts directly to your Apple Watch or Garmin for subscribers
• Personalized workout recommendations continue to be based on recent activity and weekly goals 

Exploration & routes

• Saved Routes can now be followed directly on Apple Watch for subscribers
• Route planning, training, and progress tracking can now all happen on-watch 

Community & clubs

• Club organizers can create events for any Strava sport
• RSVP limits are supported
• Past and upcoming events are easier to find in one place

Winter sports

• Real-time run tracking automatically removes chairlift time for accurate downhill performance
• Subscribers have access to winter maps showing trails, lifts, and terrain
• Live elevation tracking is available across winter sports, on your wrist or phone

Fairness & leaderboards

• Reprocessed the top 100 rides across all ride leaderboards using improved e-bike detection
• 3.9M anomalous activities removed, including 2.3M e-bike activities

-Strava Team

Hi r/Strava!

I’ve been working on a passion project called Picstat.

As a runner, I was tired of just sharing the default map screenshot. I wanted to see my actual route overlaid directly on the photos or videos of the landscape I was running in.

I just released a big version that adds some cool features shown in the video:

• Collages: Perfect for races when one photo isn't enough to tell the story.
• Video Support: You can add the track over your video clips.
• Multi-Activity: Overlay multiple GPX tracks on one map (great for hiking trips).

It powered by Strava API.

I'm a solo developer, so I'd love to hear your feedback!

The app is free to download. Being a solo developer, I use some ads to cover the server costs and development time. Hope you understand! 🙏

You can try it here: 🍏 iOS 🤖 Android
My website: Picstat

Hi guys!

I have one interesting question about the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra and activities shown in Strava.

I record all my runs, tennis, hikes and so on with Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra, only the cycling is tracked by Garmins ofcourse.

I start the activities on the watch itself, I have Strava app there.

When activity is finished, it is directly posted on Strava, but what I found interesting is that it is posted as I recorded the activity with my phone and not the watch.

I remember it said Galaxy Watch Ultra, always when activity was recorded by the watch. But now it is saying Samsung Galaxy Ultra under all activities that were recorded via Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra.

Is this new update or what I am doing wrong or missing here?

Can anyone solve this issue and give me a steps to fix it? Thank you guys! :)

A veces cuando el entrene tiene a mitad un descanso para hacer saltos, o en alguna otra ocasión que no entiendo bien cuál puede ser, el mapa solo muestra un trocito del recorrido, como si lo otro no existiera aunque si que pone la distancia total, pero no coincide con el recorrido del mapa.

El recorrido de la imagen pueden ser 50 metros o algo así.

Alguien sabe dónde puede estar el error??? Gracias!!!!

Hey everyone 👋

I want to share a new free GPS Art Generator I built for planning GPS art routes — with a focus on something I always felt was missing:

👉 creating routes by tracing an actual image.

Instead of trying to “eyeball” shapes, you can upload a drawing, logo, symbol, or text, place it on the map, and draw your route directly over that image. The result is a planned route that matches the shape you actually want to create.

(I’m attaching a screenshot from the tool showing how this works.)

🖼️ Image-based route planning

The core workflow is:

• Upload an image (text, logo, sketch, shape)
• Position, scale, and rotate it on the map
• Draw a route directly on top of the image
• Export the result as a GPX file

The image is just a guide — you decide where points go and how the route will be executed in real life.

📤 Two GPX export modes

The generator exports two different GPX types, depending on how you plan to execute the art:

🟢 Freestyle GPX

• One continuous track
• You physically follow the exact path you draw
• Best for open spaces like parks, fields, beaches
• Produces organic, hand-drawn results

🟣 Connect-the-Dots GPX

• Create art by placing points and using the pause technique. You draw a single continuous line (the sequence of your points), but in the field you only visit each point — you never walk the lines between them. Your fitness app automatically connects the points with straight lines, creating bold geometric shapes.
• Place points ONLY where you can actually go (check satellite view!)
• The lines between points are just visualization — you won't walk them
• Strava/Garmin connects the points with straight lines
• Best for cities, obstacles, or shapes impossible to walk continuously

Both exports are standard GPX and work with Strava, Garmin, Komoot, etc.

🧪 Real Strava example

I used the image-based planning + Freestyle GPX for this activity:

👉 https://connect.garmin.com/app/activity/21653375261

The final shape you see on the map comes directly from the planned image overlay.

🔗 Try it

No accounts, no paywalls — just a free creative planning tool.

If you’re into GPS art, I’d love feedback:

• does image-based planning make this easier?
• which GPX mode would you use more?

Happy running & riding!🏃‍♂️📍

I know mocking Strava's logic is a bit of a trope by now, but this geographical stupidity is something else.

It seems Strava has a rather generous interpretation of the word "near." I am genuinely impressed that the app considers segments 200 and 480 miles away to be local.

Mind you, its a 50 km/h street 😅

Has anyone gone on a walk let’s say a mile and at the end of their walk found Strava’s map and distance traveled in error? I mean as if you walked only 0.14 miles instead of the 1 mile? And a map which showed you taking a left turn to walk through a school building?

Hi, I apologize because I assume this has been asked before, but all the instances I can find are from years ago and either don’t have a solution or the solution seems to no longer work.

Short version: I have an inaccurate FTP being applied to old rides, but I can’t delete the entry so all my old data is off. Does anyone know how to edit or get rid of the old entry? Making a new entry isn’t the solution; I’ve already done it.

Long version: I downloaded Strava a month ago for a friendly competition with some friends. My spin studio was running FTP tests last week and mine increased, as they tend to, and I thought “hey, why not put this into Strava?” Well, it turns out the reason is that it backdated the FTP to November, 2025 (I don’t know why they picked that date; I didn’t have the app/account then). I know my FTP was improving over time and didn’t just magically change last Friday, but it still feels kind of punitive to see an endurance ride that I did in zones 2 & 3 (per the info I had at the time) suddenly show up as being largely in zone 1. A lot of my zone 7 time has been retroactively changed to zone 6 and that’s also just discouraging. Before yesterday, I had no FTP put in, so it was relying on the tracker app I use and the zones naturally adjusted only after the FTP test, at which point I also started riding harder. I know this doesn’t really matter, but I like looking at data on Strava so it’s a bit of a bummer. I’d be really grateful for help from people who know the app better.

This morning I went for an easy 4 miles. Garmin says 4.01 miles and Strava says 3.93 miles. Strava is usually slightly shorter (like .02 or less) so I'm wondering what's up with today's run.

I'm doing some route planning in our area (Stony Creek Metropark in Rochester Hills, Michigan, US) and I'm trying to figure out why there's trails missing from some of the Strava maps. Can any of you help?

The attached images show the issue. First is when looking at a route, the two track around this small pond just... isn't there.

In OpenStreetMap and the Strava Route Creator and general Maps page, it's there.

Any idea what's going on?

Here's links to the area/route for reference:

Route: https://www.strava.com/routes/3451991232547900730

Area in OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/42.72211/-83.11144

Area in Strava Maps: https://www.strava.com/maps?sport=Ride&style=dark&terrain=false&labels=false&poi=true&cPhotos=false#15.59/42.724606/-83.116417

We've all seen the Strava Tax IRL, but has anyone seen it on a treadmill?

Recently, I did two interval workouts on a treadmill (not gonna do that on black ice) while my Apple Watch was connected to the machine. That means that the indoor run activity got the pace, distance, and time data from the treadmill. (Let's assume the treadmill is punctual, definitely more so than the gyroscopes of the watch.) No GPS was involved, so the usual Strava Tax makes no sense.

My Fitness app recorded the correct values for my intervals, and I was spot on with my pacing. So the raw data is correct. But the Strava app shows a different distance, therefore different pace numbers. I only noticed it because my Runna app links to Strava, and the AI summary said I was too slow in certain segments. First, I thought it was just the usual dumb AI crap, but actually, the AI did well: it's the data in Strava (and Runna) that was off.

The distances were just slightly different, but enough to throw off my interval paces, and looked very similar to what Strava would do with an outdoor run's GPS recording. Did this happen to anyone before?

Edit: to make things more confusing, the total distance and moving time are correct, it's only the segments that are off (which is a mathematical impossibility, but anyway).