Strava & uplifts. Yawn, right?

downhiller · 2022-10-25T11:25:33Z

A quick site:singletrackworld.com google suggests that this has been discussed here a few times, but the threads I found were 6+ years old. I think I know the answer, but I want to check... ...in 2022, is there still no way to "nicely" upload an uplift day to Strava? Three options: 1) stop and save every run separately. "Best" option, but looks very nerdy to anyone following you - and frankly annoying as it fills up their feeds. Also Strava ends up telling me that I've done 89 activities this month - go me! 2) leave recording the whole time. Most "normal" ("I'm not an OCD numbers loser") option. But you end up having "ridden" a number of times as far as you actually did, you take KOMs off people riding the climb, and if you're using any sort of tracker that looks at you elevation or distance it'll completely throw it out. 3) middle ground. pause at the bottom, resume at the top. At least you only get one upload, and the dead-straight lines joining the bottom to the top shows you've tried to do the right thing at least. Unless the road is arrow straight you won't match to any segments and take any crowns. At the end of the ride your Garmin shows the correct elevation and distance, as it doesn't log anything in pauses, but Strava then "fills it in" and you end up with inflated mileage & elevation again. Is there a better option? As a coder myself I feel it should be relatively easy for Strava to give an "uplifted" checkbox and for a pretty simple algorithm to be able to pick these bits out, ESPECIALLY if you record with pauses like in point 3 above. Come on Strava, this has been an issue for over a decade.

Klunk

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I did the coding and this was the result

Posted : 25/10/2022 11:37 pm

Speeder

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@Klunk can i be the first to say? What?

Posted : 26/10/2022 12:05 am

oikeith

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If Garmin and Strava can make this work for ski'ing or snowboarding I dont see why they can remove it for MTB!

Posted : 26/10/2022 3:05 pm

weeksy

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hey @downhiller that's absolutely amazing work you put in on that site... amazing.

Posted : 26/10/2022 3:08 pm

mark88

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@downhiller love your R&R work

Seconded. I've bought many a photo and love nerding out over the results and nemesis feature.

Posted : 26/10/2022 3:30 pm

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