

Users of Relive can still use the service, even without Strava – if they head to the upload page on their desktop or just record their activities straight through the Relive app. "No response, except for new ultimatums and threats about our existing features they've applauded for years."īummer, for all those involved on the biking end. Maybe some lawyers jump into the party? "We then tried to call, email, and talk this out with Strava," said Relive. Given our long-term partnership, we immediately rolled back the changes like they requested," said a Relive representative.Īfter working with the company for over three years, Relive suggested that Strava seems to have had a major change of heart about a great many things. "After launching our first social features, we received a very unexpected message threatening to pull the plug. If the free option goes, I suspect Strava will have to offer a lot more not to collapse into a niche app, most suited to cyclists.The statement from Relive posted a very detailed bit of documentation this week, making the case that it feels like they're taking crazy pills because this relationship is just bananas.

I plan to let my paid membership lapse so that I and my contacts can stay in touch, but to use Training Peaks for everything else - with no public exposure.

If your are on a training plan, specifically not doing more over an arbitrary period and not being faster every time you do a segment are likely objectives most of the time - the goals are very limited. Garmin Connect now send me an email weekly and monthly which is new. The recent addition of how many things you have done 'this month' is also a trend in others. Their fitness and freshness is a joke, being irrelevant to slow endurance training - unless you are in high HR zones for extended periods, you are not getting fitter even if you have run a hilly half marathon! The huge advantage of Strava over the device specific applications is that you can all be on it regardless of your means of recording, and for those without specific watches or bike devices the app does a fair job on the phone.
