Five new Strava features
Strava's latest update allows you to post more than just your latest activities
Strava wants you to be spending more time on the app so it has introduced posts and a redesigned feed similar to that of many other social media sites. The latest update gives Strava users the ability to share more content related to the sports and activities they are interested in.
Released in 2009, Strava started as a place to record and share activities, get rankings on segments and more recently build routes. The latest update moves it a step towards becoming a more comprehensive athletic social media platform that goes beyond the activities you have been accustomed to sharing with your followers.
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The latest update doesn’t only change the look of the feed with photos, maps and achievements becoming more prominent, it also reorders activities like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have done and most significantly now you can make posts. Strava wants to become a place users can discuss and share things about the rest of their athletic lives beyond just their latest workout, ride or race.
As you slowly digest the new update, here are five things you can now do on Strava:
1. Share articles, reviews, blogs and other interesting content
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While your incentive to check Strava in the past revolved around your latest ride or checking in on what your friends have been up to, you can now share and see what your social group are interested in. That means if there is something you read on the internet you think is worth sharing to your athletic network on Strava, you can easily do that in your feed.
2. Post questions
Turn to your Strava followers for suggestions on new gear, training advice, or route ideas. Instead of asking these questions to your Facebook followers, the majority of whom may not know what you are talking about, you can be sure on Strava everyone shares a common interest. You are likely going to get more valuable answers and suggestions or at least fewer of your social media friends will think the only thing you post about is cycling.
3. Plan group rides
A simple post with the time, distance, departure point and any other pertinent information may help you to find new riding buddies. While you may already have an established group of riding friends, Strava posts will reach a wide group of potential companions so your impromptu outings aren’t as lonely.
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4. Write about your training, race recaps and retell your adventures
While most of your friends probably don’t really care that you finished mid-pack at your local cyclocross race, your Strava friends sure do—maybe. Those epic ride recaps you tell everyone may find a more captive audience on Strava. Finally, a place to put all your really specific personal musings related to cycling.
5. Share pictures
Instagram is currently the go to place to post your cycling photos
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While you can already attach photos to your rides, now you can post your bike photos standalone on Strava. You may already use you Instagram account to put out a carefully curated version of your on-the-bike adventuring. Here you can perhaps share the less glamorous moments with your Strava followers or repost some of those same photos to make sure everybody saw them.
