Myosmith

Now that Strava no longer independently supports heart rate monitoring, I've downloaded the Wahoo fitness app and set it to automatically upload to Strava. So when I'm going for a ride, do I start my Wahoo app, Strava or both if I want my Strava data to include my heart rate? Will just running the Wahoo app and uploading to Strava give me all of the same data that I would get if Strava was running?

Thanks

canklecat

Yeah, the Wahoo Fitness app will handle all of that, including data from other sensors -- speed, cadence, etc.

I almost never record directly to Strava, for a number of reasons. One problem is Strava can be erratic. It often drops entire activities and has GPS glitches. Wahoo Fitness rarely glitches.

If I record directly to Strava and inadvertently delete an activity rather than edit or crop, it's gone forever. If I do that after uploading from Wahoo or my computer, I still have the backup file.

Losing support for sensors was just the last straw for Strava. I use it, mostly for the social networking thing to keep up with friends, but not to record data.

Some folks still prefer to use Strava for the audible/visual alarms to start/end segments, but there are other ways to do that. I already know where my favorite segments are so I don't need the alerts.

Ugly Dwarf

I've been wrestling with this very thing.

I use the Wahoo app and it tracks my HR, power and cadence. At the end of each ride, it now (since I authorized it) automatically pushes "an activity" to Strava. Unfortunately, I can't get the Wahoo app to record my track (it does keep track of how far I rode), so it does not have that data to push to Strava. I may have set something up wrong when I installed the app, but from looking at it I believe I've given it all the permissions it requires (only while the app is in use) and I can see "GPS On" in my settings. If you run Wahoo and Strava concurrently, understand your Strava history will show two activities for the same ride - relevant if you're using Strava to keep track of how many miles you ride in a month. Since I can't get Wahoo to push map data to Strava, my Wahoo activity does not capture any segments if you're into that.

Back to your actual question, when I review my Wahoo data in the Strava app my phone, the HR / Power info is not visible. If I access my ride at the Strava site from my computer, I can see it.

Have you installed the Wahoo app and taken it for a ride? If so, did it record your track? Just wondering if it's an app issue, or a ME issue.

sdmc530

I now ONLY use strava for the social parts, the rest is nothing special at all!