I may be missing something, but it looks like the paid version has dropped the maximum heart rate metric. Odd.
And just like magic it’s showing max hr again🙃
I’ve been fairly impressed with premium so far, and will probably get it for the next year when the trial expires.
I looked at my followers list after that article GB, at the moment I’d say nearly 40% of mine are premium, but that will be hugely skewed by the 2 month trial, wonder how many will forget to cancel it though. I’d say it would normally be nearer to 20% of the ones that follow me. But a lot of them tend to be fairly serious about their sport so probably like the features.
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I am also enjoying the free trial and will pay the annual fee when that runs out.
I have been using local routes as motivation to get out and hammer it. I captured my number one target KOM recently. It is the main return leg of my most common 50 minute cycle route from home. The segment in question always seemed massively out of reach, but when you start to chase strava PBs you learn how much the environmental conditions matter, and also how to judge how you are feeling in the day.
This is a 7.5km segment, with 3.4k people on the leaderboard. I captured the KOM in June, and then chopped another 6 seconds off that earlier this week. Someone will take it off me eventually, but as a 44 year old man, I was delighted to take a major route, not just some little used niche KOM. Also the distance makes it a real challenge not to peak too soon.
The other segment I adore is just escaping me at the moment. I got the second best time ever today, with a brilliant tail wind. But a motor cyclist over took me then sat in front. I had to lift and coast, then moved around him and overtook again. Missed out by 3 seconds on the 2:28 KOM. Not sure he cost me 3 seconds, maybe half that. Still, I am edging closer and closer.
It is like racing, but without the other people!!!
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Is it an annual fee rather than monthly now?
You can go either way, just works out cheaper to bite the bullet and go annual. I ride year long, so makes sense for me.
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Something like £48 for an annual subscription, saves about £12.
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Has anyone else seen people using www.bandok.com with Strava? It basically assigns random comedy names to any rides you upload to Strava without replacing the Strava default name with something more descriptive. 
Yes. I don’t get it.
Weird. If you want to be witty, at least come up with your own stuff!
Yeah, I can’t see it having a very long shelf life
Doesn’t even look like he/she is getting any ad revenue or anything. Just a boredom project?
I noticed that for my niece this morning.
You need a new route!
Does this work for running yet?
just got a reminder my free trial is about to end and i might want to keep premium (i turned it off so i wouldnt forget). Ive looked at Strava once in 2 months. No thanks
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Yes.
Probably true, but it’s reasonably quiet and “only” has 22 sets of traffic lights between my house and the office 
In the early stages of lockdown I took to riding home the slightly longer route on the cycle superhighway along the Embankment and past the houses of parliament, but switched back a couple of months ago because the cycle lane was Boris Bike hell and felt really dangerous.
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You don’t wear cycling kit for that commute, do you???
Ha. I used to have over 90 sets of lights on my old ride. Sadly counted them one ride!
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