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Show HN: I am building a free version of Strava
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#32Your app seems to be closer to Trailforks than Strava. Good job with it, I will use it on my next ride. I'm interested in building a free Trailforks, please let me know if you would like some contributors.
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#33Re: Show HN: I am building a free version of Strava
#34It looks like a cool project but I'd not describe it as a "free Strava" as the most common features of Strava are free and the value of it is the community. Getting motivated by seeing your friends finish activities seems to be the biggest selling point (apart from supporting a lot of different sports, not specifically mountain biking) of Strava.
"Free" not the angle to compete for sure. Strava already has a really good free version. Premium (paid) users are only 2-3% of their user base.
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#35Good luck. I'll check in on this. I also hope you're paying attention to some of the privacy concerns of Strava. Strava makes it stupidly trivial to stalk runners. Some famous runners like Molly Seidel ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2w_omUCVCs , starts at about 1:50) are bringing this up, and Strava hasn't done much to address them. "Features" like real time tracking, which may be a no-brainer to us in tech, are…
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Re: Show HN: I am building a free version of Strava
#36It looks like a cool project but I'd not describe it as a "free Strava" as the most common features of Strava are free and the value of it is the community. Getting motivated by seeing your friends finish activities seems to be the biggest selling point (apart from supporting a lot of different sports, not specifically mountain biking) of Strava.
One of the most useful features for me, comparing my performance on segments over time, is no longer free on Strava. They give you a greyed out portion of the list showing the last two visits with a link to subscribe.
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#37Great job. The UI looks like it could do with a little work though.
Re: Show HN: I am building a free version of Strava
#38I'm an avid cyclist and I pay for Strava premium. I really like a lot of the things Strava offers and also have a lot of dislikes. I've thought about making a competing product and also offering it for free or at least much cheaper. It sounds easy at first, but there is so much Strava does. When you go in depth, no wonder Strava is an actual company and not 3 geeks and their spare time. For serious athletes, Strava o…
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#39nice!!! I honestly think the next thing to do would build a decent app to replace a bike GPS... there is nothing special about a head unit other than the ANT+ radio (which is superior to BLE in a lot of ways). The only one that comes close is shimano's e-tube ride, but they abandoned the app before adding critical features like GPX import. Everything else I can find is bloatware or is just really awkward to use.
OpenTracks is a pretty good alternative:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.dennisguse.opentracks/
I’ve used it for a few years, and battery life is excellent compared to all the other tracking apps I tried.
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#40related: https://intervals.icu/ Gets data from strava.
This. I use TrainingPeaks with Intervals as well as Strava - well, and Garmin Connect and Zwift and ...
Intervals - as well as TP, TR, Zwift, Garmin Connect, and Strava, are pretty lightweight on the free side (let's face it, you get a lot for free) and they are all integrated to some extent (push/pull varies by app).
I also advocate for supporting David (Intervals) with a $12 every 3-month commitment. It's an incredible resource.