Didn't use STRAVA today and...

Here's a challenge for all y'all. Go for a ride without using STRAVA or any data acquisition software. Mileage and altitude OK, but nothing else.

Then report back here about how bad it sucked or how great it was.

Thanks for playing.

 

I can do that I’ve only been using Strava for less than a year, I’m not addicted

 

I've done that....it sucked.

 

Pass...
I like my stats...
All of my stats. Every time I forget my Garmin I get pissed and feel I’ve lost data.

 

That's because you have lost data..... Do not deny your feelings, Spock.

 

Try it once. On purpose. With other riders. If you hate it, I'll give you a full refund!

 

Sorry.....stopped chasing PR's a while back.....except for the Motorway, but not everytime.

 

I don't do strava. I do keep up with my stats through Garmin Connect though. I lost my Garmin unit on Bug Springs trail in AZ last Spring. I was pissed mostly due to the loss of the stats that I like to keep up with. The cost of replacing it was less important.

 

Been using the poor man's strava for the past year. What is it? Take your jersey off and ring out the sweat into a bucket. I've hit my PR at 0.2"

 

@herzalot, if you ride your bike in a County not Orange, I’ll join you without my electronic gizmos.

 

You're addicted. There's probably a local chapter of Strava anonymous up there in Canada

 

That is every ride for me. I carry GPS but mostly for mapping and navigation, not stats.

 

What? Ride without Strava? No! I'm still new to this game. I'm trying all the time to get new PR's. I've even become a weight weenie- trying to figure out ways to go faster. In fact I have a new idea. I'm going to switch to 2.0 tires and rip out every other spoke. That will make the bike lighter and I should go faster and farther and better. See new PR's! What's next? Wait.. Well on a side note I use Strava to send out the tracker so my wife and daughter can track my location.

 

Wow! That’s very generous of you!
I’ve done it on accident and was ticked, why would I do it on purpose?
I felt no “freedom” without my Garmin. I don’t have a hang up like “some” people do...

Take off eh, you hoser!
And it’s not Canads, eh? It’s the Great White North! It’s a beauty way to go.

 

Dammit Mark! I’m a mountain biker, not a doctor?

 

I say go for a ride without any statistic generating device at all.
Just you, the bike, water and a couple tools.
It's OK if you have bike clothes and helmet on though, as the sweat equity recording system is acceptable.

 

I probably fall into the addict camp. I'm getting close to matching last year's stats, and all I can think of is the 2,000 feet I lost on a social Thursday when my GPS crashed.

 

No-Strava challenge, pff, easy. Staying off IMTBT after a ride...likely impossible.

 

And how did that make you feel Steve??

 

Tacos made it feel better in the moment, but it's a deep wound.

 

I can take it or leave it. I haven't used it in months. Don't care about all the metrics, most of the time, someone will tell me what the mileage was. But I do like to see all the different places people ride and may try it myself one day.

 

Touche'

 

Do you eat tacos alone?
Do you eat tacos in the morning?
Do you eat tacos to make you feel better or to relieve stress?
Do you sneak off to have tacos at work?
Do you keep tacos in your desk drawer?

If yes to any of these, you may have a taco dependency that could become addiction.

 

I would but then it would not count...

 

I just rode my bike really fast up and down the street several times (uhh bedding in new brake pads) and I didn’t strava it. See I’m not an addict after all...

 

But you did write about it here...

I think you should do a ride report. Lord knows I would.

 

My goals would be the same. Climb to the top and rip it back down unless a hiker or biker comes into the picture. Then is a brake job and a hello the off I go.

 

I didn't use strava today, again.

 

I used STRAVA on all of my ride today and it was glorious!

 

Ummm, I used Strava