IMTBTrails Strava Club

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  1. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

    Location:
    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower
    Strava is a tool.......

    In the hands of the right person, it helps make/create good things.......in the hands of a hack, it just creates chaos and damage.
     
  2. SnakeCharmer

    SnakeCharmer iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Front Range, San Gabes
    Name:
    Mike, aka "Ssnake"
    Current Bike:
    YT Izzo
    These words can be applied to many things in life as well. :thumbsup:
     
  3. littlewave

    littlewave Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Newport Beach
    Name:
    Brett
    Current Bike:
    GG Smash (Alu)
    All of it. Whatever info you (your tracking device) feeds into strava, they're selling it. Your personal info gets scrubbed, but they are still selling it (ride length, speed, times ridden per week, temp, popularity of the segment, I would bet even your personal metrics like heart rate). Overall user patterns/behaviors. City might want to acquire it to create better bike lanes/more bike lanes, etc. Land managers might want it to help enforce trail closures or as evidence of people riding closed trails. Specialized might want it to better understand bike commuter habits so they can sell e-bikes to commuters more effectively. Etc.

    https://metro.strava.com/
     
  4. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    There was a kerfluffle awhile back about military folks' heat maps being available over in Mesopotamia and that somehow Strava was to blame. The reality is that the user didn't bother to make it private.
     
  5. Cyclotourist

    Cyclotourist iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Redlands
    Name:
    David
    Current Bike:
    Don't fence me in!
    Remember, if you aren't paying for the product, you are the product. Sometimes both!
     
  6. 406

    406 Member

    Location:
    San Diego
    Name:
    Brian
    Current Bike:
    Ripmo
    You have to opt out of heat maps in addition to being a private ride.
     
  7. They sell heat map data to land managers.
     
  8. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    It's really not difficult to figure out how to not share your stuff. You just have to make the minimal effort required.
     
  9. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    I agree with the love -hate- love relationship with Strava. What I didn’t know was that they’re collecting and selling my data!? Kinda hate that part!
    I’m trying to do my rides and forget about having Strava on...thats a tough one tho:unsure:
     
    Danmtchl, Cyclotourist, Mikie and 7 others like this.
  10. kioti

    kioti iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    Jim Jennings
    Current Bike:
    ibis ripley
    Why do I feel like if there was a Strava for yoga, I'd be at the bottom of the leaderboard? :cry:
     
    Danmtchl, Cyclotourist, Mikie and 3 others like this.
  11. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    LOL! For now maybe. You can do eeeet amigo, lets see whatcha got!
     
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  12. kioti

    kioti iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    Jim Jennings
    Current Bike:
    ibis ripley
    Yes, for now and the last ** years.. Ha! Just waiting on your imtb/mountaingirl-yoga tutorials for inspiration?!? My body's tight as a garage door spring and needs to unwind!
     
  13. UPSed

    UPSed iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Simi Valley
    Name:
    Ed
    Current Bike:
    Niner Jet 9 RDO
    I had just started doing planks when I had my OTB and jacked up my back a couple of weeks ago. I started them again this week and and am up to 3 one minute sets.

    Strava related 1-2 years ago I OTB'd and my phone launched out of my jersey pocket. I didn't notice till the end of my ride. The ride back to find my phone was one of the most relaxing rides I had had in some time.
     
  14. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    That butthead @Sidewalk went through my Sycamore Canyon DH route and bumped me down the rankings! I see how it is...You wanna go to war with me Josh!?
     
  15. LLPoolJ

    LLPoolJ iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Moreno Valley
    Name:
    James Johnson
    Current Bike:
    Specy Epic, Stumpu and Enduro
    Lets gettum. Dudes done that to me also.
     
  16. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

    Location:
    irgendwo
    Name:
    B. Bunny
    Current Bike:
    I gots some bikes.
    And he was probably on an XC bike. :p
     
  17. DangerDirtyD

    DangerDirtyD iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    CA
    Name:
    Chicken Nugget
    Current Bike:
    2018 Guerrilla Gravity SMASH
    This is an XC DH. Only ruts to worry about. Minor grades and minimal chunk. It’ll blow your hair back if you let go on it.
     
  18. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    Even better...he did it on a CX bike. :laugh:
     
    Faust29, Danmtchl, LLPoolJ and 5 others like this.
  19. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    We’ll get a group together for a mtb ride followed by yoga and beer!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: That should make the squeaky door quiet down:laugh: @UPSed
     
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  20. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Planks are the best! Since my crash I’ve been working toward 2 minute planks to strengthen my arms, shoulders and core. You’ve got the right idea UPS man! Well have a plank off :rolleyes:
    So funny about the Strava, are we stressing ourselves out by using it:thumbsdown:??! Do you ever talk to her? I do! Things like “pause bitch” Is that insane or?!?:Roflmao
     
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  21. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    It has a pause bitch feature??? I've wanted one of those since forever!!!
     
  22. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    :Roflmao:Roflmao:Roflmao Literally laughing out loud:thumbsup:
     
  23. Danimal

    Danimal iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Mission Viejo
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    Epic Evo
    Easiest way to not share your stuff is don't use it. I never use fartbook for that reason. Only occasionally use Strava for that reason.
    I don't even carry a cell all the time for that resdre .
    If I knew how to block cookies on the computer and still access the net, I'd do that too.

    Bottom line, there really is no privacy any more due to the digital Life.
     
  24. Danimal

    Danimal iMTB Addict

    Location:
    Mission Viejo
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    Epic Evo
    I'm on my way to yoga now! No riding the bike today though.
     
  25. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
    Current Bike:
    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    Mikie, DangerDirtyD, Danmtchl and 2 others like this.
  26. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    Shoot, I don’t think about this stuff either!:ninja: I don’t use FB either, hate it,
    but IG.. I kinda like for the inspo, and it’s good for business :thumbsup:
     
    Cyclotourist, Mikie, Danimal and 2 others like this.
  27. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
    F yeah, get er done! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::D
     
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  28. mountaingirl sara

    mountaingirl sara iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    So Cal
    Name:
    Sara
    Current Bike:
    Ibis Ripley
  29. LLPoolJ

    LLPoolJ iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Moreno Valley
    Name:
    James Johnson
    Current Bike:
    Specy Epic, Stumpu and Enduro
    I have found that I get better times when I am not trying. Flow just happens and I usually feel slow. I hit go on Strava put it in my pack and forget about it mostly.
    Last week at Skypark as an example. Pr'd Full Arrow by 6 sec. I was preoccupied by the group and was just having fun.
     
  30. Voodoo Tom

    Voodoo Tom MTB Addict

    Location:
    Castaic
    Name:
    Tom Kokkinakis
    Current Bike:
    Mango one, black one, Ti one
    WTF now @LLPoolJ doesn’t have an avatar?:confused:
     
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