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  • Public and Private on Strava, Komoot, Garmin and Suunto

    Public and Private on Strava, Komoot, Garmin and Suunto

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years I have used Sportstracker, and then Strava and Komoot and others. Whether I use one platform or another isn’t much of a concern. I can send my data everywhere. The question is whether I make that data public, private, or a hybrid compromise. With Suunto and Sportracker I usually keep…

  • My Strava Heatmaps on a Rest Day

    My Strava Heatmaps on a Rest Day

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I am resting. Yesterday afternoon I was planning to go for a bike ride with the easiest group and went with the hardest, after it was recommended that I do this. The result is that today I feel fine, but I’m still taking a rest day. Tomorrow I will have a…

  • The Mature Smartwatch Habit

    The Mature Smartwatch Habit

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI see people. I see them say that they have given up on wearing fitness trackers and smartwatches because they hate the tyranny of the device. I have felt an intense dislike for Apple behaves in particular. At the same time I have been playing wit Sportstracker for eighteen years or so.…

  • A Comment on Dating Culture on Threads and Strava

    A Comment on Dating Culture on Threads and Strava

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I was trolled by three people on Threads because of a comment on dating culture on Strava. I said that for me Strava is about networking rather than dating and for it one person said she friendzoned me, and two others were hostile rather than commenting in a friendly reason. For…

  • Strava and Our Data

    Strava and Our Data

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few weeks ago Strava decided that it would add AI functionality to it’s app. It is for this reason that I decided to restrict which apps talked with Strava. Now Strava is doing the reverse. It has blocked access to its API so that other apps cannot use its own data.…

  • Strava and the Fallacy of Quick Edit

    Strava and the Fallacy of Quick Edit

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo days ago Strava came out with their "Quick edit" feature that is actually nothing new. They claim that it will simplify renaming activities to get more likes but that’s not what the "simple edit" is about. It’s about renaming activities to train AI. Some apps will call a run Morges Run,…

  • Impressions of the Škoda WLC

    Impressions of the Škoda WLC

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesMost of us will associate Škoda with the Tour De France and vice versa. When my brother got a Škoda that’s what I associated it with. Škoda France has a team of people that organise group cycling events to promote the Škoda brand. ## Critical Mass and Others I have cycled with…

  • Playing with StatsHunters

    Playing with StatsHunters

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I saw a link to Stats Hunters on the Google App so I clicked through on a laptop, once I was sitting at a computer. This is an app that looks at Strava data and gives you a summary of how many activities you’ve done as well as how far you…

  • A Lot of Walking in Circles

    A Lot of Walking in Circles

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesPeople think that you need to get in the car, drive for half an hour to two hours, hike, and then drive home for from half an hour to two hours but this idea is wrong. We can do a lot of walking in circles. In reality we don’t walk in circles.…

  • The Slowness of Public Transport

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday someone something to the effect “If I go from here to there it will take me two and a half hours so it would require a car.” That’s what I have been saying for years. That’s one of the reasons for which having a sporty life, during the pandemic, is not…