Strava premium

themekon

Has anyone paid the extra for this and was it worth it?.

Pumpkin Positive

Yes.
No.

Mikey23

Yes
Yes

Rodders30

No
Dunno

But was tempted...

declan1

No.
Yes.

Tried the free trial if you're wondering how I didn't pay for it. I think it would be worth the £4 a month, but only if you have a HRM or power meter (preferably both). If you don't have either of these it's pretty much pointless.

sloppyschleckonds

Don't do it, spend the money on drugs or something

davoj

Yes
Yes

I find it useful and i don't mind given money for a great app and one that I use so regularly.

buckles

Had a free trial. Definitely not worth the money, if I'd have paid.

StillGoing

Yes and yes.

phil_smeeth

Yes and yes

deswahriff

..Yes and No...took the free trial....was keen to see age-related results (I'm 55 and a half, you know..)...still not winning anything!
..as others have said, unless you use hrm/power meters, its probably not worth it, though its such a good tool, I think, its deserves supporting...(got my consience going now....)

goonz

Took free trial saw no difference in anything. Not worth it for me.

Thought I was going to go faster....

GiantMike

No and Don't know.

I use Golden Cheetah instead which is great for data analysis, if that's your thing. Strava's a bit too smoothed due to the GUI.

The only thing I get from Strava is the ability to see what my coached riders are doing, but I then get the .FIT file if I actually want to analyse their rides.

charliew87

I got a free month when I registered my HRM. Thought it was nice but unnecessary. Tried to buy an extra month as was training for my firs 100 mile sportive and it was relatively useful. I then accidentally clicked to buy a full year. Doh.

Anyway, a few months down the line it's actually really becoming useful. You can set weekly goals and specific segment goals which I now base my training around. Gives motivation to get on the bike and motivation to get better. I set a mixture of big and small targets via Strava now and find it really useful.

The ability to sort a leaderboard by weight category and all the other nonsense you get is, of course, absolutely pointless, but there is a reason to pay $3 a month for it I'd say.

drlodge

themekon wrote:

Has anyone paid the extra for this and was it worth it?.

Yes
No.

Too little additional benefit for Premium, only target setting, suffer score and gpx downloading that are at all useful.

gbredneck

Yes

Not sure.... I have an HRM, doesn't really give me any more information than any of the other apps / websites out there.

I do enjoy the whole strava package though, somewhere someone has to provide those services, and that costs $$$.

Gizmodo

themekon wrote:

Has anyone paid the extra for this and was it worth it?.

Yes
No

As others have said, for me there isn't anything I think as special with the premium version.

Buckie2k5

the amount of enjoyment / use i get from strava iam happy to pay the 4quid a month. The extras you get can be quite usefull, segment goals, weekly goals etc

junglist_matty

Yes
Yes

I like Strava so I'm happy to contribute to the service to keep it well maintained and ad free; it's the price of 2 beers a month, hardly worth worrying about in my book.

As for the analysis stuff, goals stuff etc. I hardly ever use them.

cat_with_no_tail

Buckie2k5 wrote:

the amount of enjoyment / use i get from strava iam happy to pay the 4quid a month. The extras you get can be quite usefull, segment goals, weekly goals etc

What he said.

So....

Yes
Yes

ben@31

- Yes today (unfortunately).
- Definitely not if you don't own a £1350 power meter.


It wasn't until I paid for a years subs that I realised most of the extra features STILL won't work unless you have a power meter! I wish Strava told me that before I clicked on buy.

The only difference I get with the premium package is a different map to see where I cycled and it's not that good to be honest. And you can set yourself a weekly target distance, but you could do this math in your head to see how much more you need to cycle.

For running, the only difference is I get to type in manually my fastest times, I had to flick backwards and forwards to find these. The free version of Endomondo does this automatically for you.

If you are a triathlete with a Garmin 910, swimming is still badly neglected on Strava.

supermurph09

Yes
Yes

Segment goals, weekly goals and the new route creator are pretty useful features. I also like the suffer score to see what zones you've been in. For £3.84 a month it's nice to have this info in one place.

mrbenj

Yes - just because I think it's brilliant and I love what it gives me. I don't use the premium features but I'm paying because I actually want to give something back to something that makes my riding so much more fun.

supermurph09

mrbenJ wrote:

Yes - just because I think it's brilliant and I love what it gives me. I don't use the premium features but I'm paying because I actually want to give something back to something that makes my riding so much more fun.

I think thats a very valid comment, not thought about it that way.

Brakeless

mrbenJ wrote:

Yes - just because I think it's brilliant and I love what it gives me. I don't use the premium features but I'm paying because I actually want to give something back to something that makes my riding so much more fun.

Wot he said and with Premium you can download a GPX file of any route you like the look of

sbbefc

Had the free trial and since I don't have a HRM or cadence it was a bit pointless.

macroadie

WASTE OF $$$$...I've had mine for 4 months and not worth a dime.

bigpikle

no need - download Golden Cheetah for free and get loads more analysis and youre not locked in to an online resource and all the ride data stays with you...

Cupras

Yes
Yes

I did however never intend on doing so but once I got a garmin with all the bells and whistles on and Strava gave me a free month I missed a few features and figured it was worth the money. If however Strava hadn't given me a free month I don't think I would have ever bothered.

Mikey23

Yes and yes
Worth every penny