What is Strava doing about ebikes?

Strava says users should designate e-bike rides via a drop-down menu on the app at the start of their activity, which keeps them off the leaderboards. It also uses an algorithm to detect what it describes as “obvious violations,” such as going too fast—say, if a user is actually in a car.

Can I use Strava with an eBike?

In an effort to keep our segment leaderboards as fair as possible, we ask you to follow these guidelines: Keep motorized and non-traditional bicycle data off the leaderboards. Use the E-bike Ride and Virtual Ride activity types. Manipulated GPS data is not allowed on any leaderboards.

How do I add e-bike to strava?

1 Select Menu > Settings > Activity Profiles. 2 Select an option: (I use Train) > Default Ride Type > eBike. Cheers.

How long does it take for strava leaderboard to update?

If a club has over 200 members, the leaderboard may take at least six hours to update. Check back later if you’re not seeing your activity counted towards your total on the leaderboard right away. We are also aware of an issue where club leaderboards load incorrectly when newly loaded or refreshed.

What happened strava leaderboards?

Strava’s segment leaderboards and route builder will no longer be available for free, with the social-fitness platform shifting focus to a subscription model that will see future feature development centred on paying users.

Can you add runs to Strava?

You can upload your activities to Strava using any of the following methods: Instantly upload from the Strava iPhone or Android app. Upload from a GPS device. Sync data from other fitness sites to Strava.

Who rides ebike?

The majority of riders are 40 to 70 years old, but 25 to 35 year-olds are adopting e-biking at a quick clip. Riders are generally educated and from median income families, but demographics are broadening. People e-bike for many reasons, but mainly for recreation, health, transportation or to run errands.

Why does Strava not show all segments?

The most common reason a segment doesn’t match on a ride or run is that GPS drift occurred while you were recording your activity. This can cause you to miss the start or endpoints of the segment – both of which are necessities – or can cause you to trigger our “Gap Threshold” in the middle of a segment.

What happened Strava leaderboards?

Why are my crowns not showing on Strava?

If your fastest segment effort is not appearing on the segment leaderboard, there are several things you can try: Activities viewable by only you or your followers will not appear on segment leaderboards. This is a privacy setting that can be controlled on an individual activity or for all activities by default.

What can I use instead of Strava?

The best alternative is Google Fit, which is free. Other great apps like Strava are RunKeeper (Freemium), Adidas Running by Runtastic (Freemium), GPXSee (Free, Open Source) and Runalyze (Free).

Do You Use Your ebike on Strava?

I do use both my ebike and normal bike on strava and do remember most of the time to change the ebike ride to the proper setting, however it may get missed at times as it’s just not that important.

What is the flag feature in Strava?

By providing the Flag feature, Strava allows the community to moderate the accuracy of a Segment Leaderboard. The Flag tool is available to users to identify bad GPS data or data from non-human-powered and non-conventional bicycles.

What happens if I upload the wrong activity type to Strava?

If activities are uploaded to Strava under an incorrect activity type, or with data that is motor-assisted by either an electric bike or while driving a car, the fairness and accuracy of our leaderboards suffer.

What is a segment leaderboard on Strava?

Segment Leaderboard Guidelines. Follow. Each Strava Segment has a leaderboard that ranks all Strava athletes who match the GPS trace between the defined start and finish. Leaderboards are specific to a single activity type, meaning that a run segment only shows runs on the leaderboard and a cycling segment only shows rides on the leaderboard.