Subj : Strava Best Efforts finally arrives for cyclists
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 22 2024 15:15:05

Strava Best Efforts finally arrives for cyclists

Date:
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:11:35 +0000

Description:
Strava's Best Efforts functionality has arrived for cyclists as well as 
runners to help you level up your ride.

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 Strava has rolled out the Best Efforts feature, previously only available to 
runners, to its cycling workout profiles. 

The Ride version of Best Efforts is available today for Strava Premium 
subscribers, and will showcase best efforts for distance, elevation gain, 
climbs, time across intervals, and power. Unfortunately for free users, it's 
for paid subscribers only, just like Best Efforts for Run. Still, Strava is 
one of our best fitness apps , and cyclists may find this is another reason 
to shell out for the premium version. 

According to a Strava press release, 77% of active cyclists achieved a Best 
Effort in 2023, and 33% in February 2024. In the same way as Best Efforts for 
Run, the Ride version of the feature can be viewed "near the bottom of the 
athletes You page on the Strava mobile app". 

The feature "synthesizes the cycling data to help the rider contextualize 
progress and performance" by listing an athletes top three efforts in the 
five categories above. Best Efforts arrived for runners in 2023, and Strava 
says the feature has been "widely adopted". Analysis: How does it work? 
(Image credit: Strava) 

The easiest way to think of your Best Efforts is as your own list of "high 
scores" across your cycling history. That means you can always see, for 
example, your three best 10km ride times, but also know when you've beaten 
them. 

If you're worried about missing out on your best times and stats as the 
feature has only just been unveiled, Strava says your activity will be 
retroactively scanned for your best efforts. 

While the Best Efforts feature won't be new to runners, you will need some 
additional tech to get the most out of it as a cyclist. Namely, you'll need a 
power meter, which is used to measure the strength with which you're pushing 
on the pedals. These work with your phone to add an additional metric for 
Strava to track, and are different from things like heart rate or 
speedometers which are reactive to your motions. 

They can even measure how long you spend seated or standing while riding, 
making them a great tool for triathlon athletes to calculate the drop-off 
from other exercises. You might also like: Strava gets a handy direct 
messaging feature to make organizing rides easier How to use Strava with your 
smartwatch Oura Ring users can now sync with Strava to upload sleep and 
readiness scores



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/fitness-apps/strava-best-efforts-fina
lly-arrives-for-cyclists


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