Strava

[gavroche]

I always set Strava on my phone on my rides and would like to know if I can still use my phone with Stava running. At the moment , I will not answer my phone or do any other things with it until I finish my ride in case it stops recording and I lose data.
I know it sounds like a silly question but it does bother me.

 

[Stephenite]

La vie continuera.

The strava app will continue to run even if your mum calls you home for tea.

 

[Sharky]

My biggest issue is that once or twice have got home after a ride, take my phone out of my back pocket and realise that it's still waiting for me to press the start button!

When this happened when I was commuting and I was using a wired computer with wheel magnets, I just put on a 2nd magnet for my next commute until I caught up!

It was amusing seeing my speed top 60mph!

 

[figbat]

Strava should keep running but I have seen plenty of incidents of people using their phone en route (eg to take a picture) and having their Strava pause on them without realising.

 

[Chislenko]

Strava should keep running but I have seen plenty of incidents of people using their phone en route (eg to take a picture) and having their Strava pause on them without realising.

 

[Chislenko]

It would appear quite a few motorbikers using it now.

https://road.cc/content/news/strava-koms-are-being-hijacked-112mph-motorbikers-296049

 

[Mike_P]

It would appear quite a few motorbikers using it now.

https://road.cc/content/news/strava-koms-are-being-hijacked-112mph-motorbikers-296049

Strava takes them pretty promptly once reported IME and hence the KOM gets reset.

 

[fossyant]

I use the 'phone' strava when walking - works fine if you use other apps/take calls. Garmin on the bike as it's just fit and forget till you get home.

 

[Shortandcrisp]

if you’re using an iPhone, a blue bar should appear across the top of the Home Screen if Strava is still recording. When you’ve finished making a call just make sure the blue bar is still showing and then scroll away from the Strava app onto another Home page; I’ve had instances where I’ve accidentally opened the Strava app when putting the phone in my back pocket and manually paused the recording!

 

[figbat]

Strava takes them pretty promptly once reported IME and hence the KOM gets reset.

When I have reported a suspicious activity it has disappeared immediately - I assume they would reinstate it if it was genuine.