Old 01-08-24 | 11:10 AM
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From: Des Moines, IA

Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo

My subscription is set to renew in February and I am definitely on the fence.

- I like the segment leaderboard and peek at segments after a ride, but dont really care much because I am not fast enough to actually compete for any segments. That is worth $10/year to me.
- I like the route comparison tool where you can compare the recent ride to prior activities where you rode that same route/course. That is worth $5/year to me.

- Strava is not used to create routes so I get no subscription value there.
- Strava is not used as a training app so I get no subscription value there.
- The end of year Strava Year in Sport review is...unimpressive so I get no subscription value there.
- If I have the free version, I can still follow others and they can follow me so I get no subscription value there.

If I dont renew, my rides will still upload to Strava from my GPS and from Zwift. I mainly use Strava to just track all activity- indoor and outdoor. With the free version I can still see my results on segments and compare them to prior efforts on those segments. Thats really what I look at most after a ride.
Maybe I will think of things that are worth $65/year, but currently it looks like I view Strava as being worth just $15/year to me.



On a related note in response to some comments in this thread- just because I can easily afford a yearly membership doesnt mean it is worth continuing to pay for a yearly membership. Subscribing may not impact my finances in a noticeable way, but I try not to make financial decisions in that way.

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