Tom- Try Ridewithgps, it's much easier to use and the route planning is much better than Strava. I use both but Strava is just facebook for bikes, you can see where your friends are riding, comment on rides you did together etc. I do all my route planning in RidewithGPS though. I find RidewithGPS offers more for their free accounts than Strava does. IMO it is better in every way unless you are interested in the social parts or if like the timed segments if you care about how fast you ride compared to others.