Originally Posted by
WhyFi
They made this move months back - I'm not sure why the news is suddenly gaining traction.
In any event, they're just removing the ability to pair with external sensors when you're recording your ride with your phone - this has no bearing on data collected via a dedicated bike computer. They said that sensor pairing functionality was causing stability issues with the app and that they felt they were better off without it.
It's because they just sent an email to users . . . Aug. 28 ended being able to add sensors. Oct. 28 it will stop reading from sensors for everyone.
Anyway, I haven't had a reliability issue, but I assume Strava decided to focus instead on being just a collector of ride/run data, given that so many people have bike computers or running watches, etc.
That said, it's a bit annoying for those times you might want to track an activity but don't have a separate means (e.g., going for a ride while traveling)