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Strava expands ‘My Gear’ mileage tracker for bikes so you’ll know when to repair and replace components 2021 Strava My Gear

Strava expands ‘My Gear’ mileage tracker for bikes so you’ll know when to repair and replace components

Riders can now track how much distance they have racked up on each component
by Anna Marie Hughes
Fri, Sep 17, 2021 11:40
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Strava has expanded its controls for adding gear to activities on its fitness tracking app to now include bike components to help users keep track of the mileage of each bike part for planning the upgrade and maintenance schedule of bikes.

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By adding your bike and each of the components to the app, Strava keeps a running total of how many miles you’ve accumulated on each bike part from the rides you upload to the platform and assign to the relevant bike - this is different to how it previously worked, as each component couldn't be broken down separately. 

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First off, you need to register your bike onto your profile, and then you can break that down into all of the components attached to that bike, which can be individually retired as you swap in new ones.

Hover over your profile picture in the upper right corner of the website, you can select ‘Settings’ from the drop-down menu, then click ‘My Gear’, and finally ‘Add Bike’.

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To create a bike, you’ll have to enter some details: a nickname, brand, model, and choose the bike type. There’s also the option to enter the bike’s weight and a note. Strava then uses your bike's weight and type to calculate power.

Once you’ve added your bike to the platform, you can add components to keep a detailed log for every part of your bike.

Select the bike you want to add components to and then click ‘Add Component’ on the right side.

2021 Strava new component.JPG

You can then select the component tyre from the list, enter the brand, model, and weight. There’s also the option to include when the component was added to your bike.

Components can then be retired once you have replaced the part.

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It’s possible to change the gear attached to your activity post-ride, on either the Strava website or mobile app.

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Anna Marie Hughes

Anna has been hooked on bikes ever since her youthful beginnings at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. As an avid road and track racer, she reached the heady heights of a ProCyclingStats profile before leaving for university. Having now completed an MA in Multimedia Journalism, she’s hoping to add some (more successful) results. Although her greatest wish is for the broader acceptance of wearing funky cycling socks over the top of leg warmers.

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igoramadas | 3 years ago
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Most users might find the components tracking useful for a few days or weeks, but they'll most likely forget about it with time. I don't know a single rider who's constantly checking the components table on their Strava.

Strava should allow us to set a target mileage on individual components, and alert when they have hit that mileage so users can check and possibly replace those components. Make it useful.

Until then, I'll keep using Strautomator to get such alerts (https://strautomator.com). Disclaimer: I'm the dev of that tool.

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Nepomucene | 3 years ago
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But strava is still not able to auto select the right bike based on sensor info (available in the GPX file)...

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Steve K | 3 years ago
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Have they yet introduced a feature to let you add the same gear to lots of old rides at the same time?

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Bucks Cycle Cammer | 3 years ago
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Or just use ProBike Garage to do this in a much more comprehensive fashion.

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mdavidford | 3 years ago
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Eh? Did someone accidentally change the date on an old article?

Gear tracking's been available on Strava for yonks - I can't work out what's supposed to be new or 'expanded' here?

[Edit] Looking at it, I think the list of available component types may have increased? (Not really sure, because I'd only added a few and hadn't paid much attention to the rest.) If this is what's meant, it might be useful to actually mention that in the article...

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Zjtm231 replied to mdavidford | 3 years ago
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Hasn't been available on the app (phone) only on the web browser (computer).

Hence "expands"

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cdamian replied to Zjtm231 | 3 years ago
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Zjtm231 wrote:

Hasn't been available on the app (phone) only on the web browser (computer).

Hence "expands"

Components you can still only change on the website, but the gear (bikes & shoes) are now in the app.

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mdavidford replied to cdamian | 3 years ago
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cdamian wrote:

Zjtm231 wrote:

Hasn't been available on the app (phone) only on the web browser (computer).

Hence "expands"

Components you can still only change on the website, but the gear (bikes & shoes) are now in the app.

Hmm - that could probably have been made a lot clearer in the article then - basically only the last three words are about what's new - the rest, including the images, are all about the functionality that already existed.

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Strava keeps a running total of how many miles you’ve accumulated on each bike part from the rides you upload to the platform and assign to the relevant bike - this is different to how it previously worked, as each component couldn't be broken down separately.

Which is strange, because I've been seeing those numbers (on the website) for the last couple of years. Does this just mean you can now see them in the app too?

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hawkinspeter | 3 years ago
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Gear usage tracking - reminds me of someone (can't remember who) on here who uses a spreadsheet to keep track of chain changes etc.

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