Komoot works hard to compile and suggest new ride and route ideas, encouraging users to get out and explore their local area. Cyclists are able to choose between bike touring, mountain biking and road cycling to find inspiration for rides and when planning routes – the app adjusts the route automatically depending on which type of riding you want to do. The emphasis here is not on performance, although you can pre-select a higher or lower fitness level depending on how challenging you want your ride to be. Komoot is an app for cyclists, runners and hikers that enables users to explore regions and plan and share multi-terrain routes. You can set goals and challenges for you and your cycling buddies, for example to cover a certain number of kilometres in a certain number of days.Īlthough Strava’s competitive aspect has its critics – some say the app encourages antisocial, over-competitive cycling - winning a segment and becoming ‘king/queen of the mountains’ carries a certain prestige among groups of cycling enthusiasts, and it’s certainly fun to brag a little about being the fastest on a particular stretch! It’s also useful to be able to look through different segments to see who rode them the fastest.įor the pros there is the paid Strava Summit version, allowing more customisable work-outs and detailed performance insights. This allows you to look back at your ride history, share results and compare with friends. Not only does it track your location, speed, distance, calories burned, new records and elevation, it also stores your route via GPS. You’re now part of the Strava community, where information is shared and you automatically compete with other athletes when you log a ride.

It works as follows: after you’ve downloaded the app, first create a Strava profile, where all your information is stored. Although Strava remain tight-lipped about how many users the app has, they recently claimed that it gains an astounding one million new members every 45 days. Undoubtedly the most popular cycling app is Strava, and its popularity shows no signs of decreasing.

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