Originally Posted by
ksryder
Pretty much this. The location tracking concerns, especially for women, were legitimate concerns and should've been addressed. Unfortunately Strava tends to take a "nuclear weapon to kill a gnat" approach to everything. Plus they were already under the spotlight because of the aforementioned military security issues which, to be fair, were not Strava's fault. That was a "soldiers and contractors surprised to find that their workouts uploaded to a public site are public" sort of thing but Strava took the heat for it.
I wonder how many women who might otherwise really enjoy cycling get out of it because of some of the guys in it. I see a lot more groups of 2-5 women riding together occasionally with one guy, than I see one women riding with a group of men.
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