Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
To those who consider me a Luddite, let me say that it isn't disdain for modern technology that drives my avoidance of Strava. ......
No, my disdain is for recording the information at all. Whether it be by pen and paper, computer spreadsheet or now Strava, etc. I have never recorded the details of a ride. Not the date, distance, speed, weather condition. .
+1 I'm surprised about the effort people put into recording their rides. Like Bob, I never recorded anything except what sticks in my memory. I know my best time for an hour, because it was exceptional and memorable at the time, I know (roughly) how long it took for some of my ultra long 24hour rides, ie. NYC to DC, NYC to Montreal, and likewise other details of memorable rides.
But other that what sticks, I never felt the need to record data that I knew I'd never look at again.
It was similar when I took up scuba diving. Divers are encouraged to keep logs, and early on each dive was recorded with plenty of detail, then after 50 or so, progressively less detail, and after 200 or so, only the dayt and location, and now not at all.
So, for me, before and after Strava is all the same