Hbrown

Garmin in their infinate wisdom has stopped supporting the plug in. Garmin express makes no provisions for a plug in or link. What does this mean??

It means that you can only download your ride information only to Garmin connect! No Strava or any other website that depends on the plug in!! In one fell swoop they have and may have caused the demise of several websites.

You still have your Cell phone. And can use that to upload your ride information to Strava. But, why? I own and have owned several Garmin products. Starting with the 101x, to the 201x then a 305, a 800, now a 1000, and a virb elite, one regular virb, and a remote. cadence sensors and what have you.

I don't think I will buy anything from them again. They have started a direct assault, no too strong a word, how about demise, of several small and large websites.

I hope in the future they will restore the plug in, but I am not holding my breath. I hope others are as outraged as I am. And if you are not outraged, maybe you don't see how serious this is.

This is serious!!

WalksOn2Wheels

The plug in worked fine for me earlier today on my 510. But even if they were to no longer support it, it's only a minor inconvenience. You can still upload the file directly from your device to Strava. Just go to the "file" tab on the upload page.

MikeyBoyAz

This. I'm not sure how able you are with a computer, but since you are on bikeforums you should know your way around a little bit. Manual upload is quite a bit easier than trying to attach an image to a post IMHO.

gregf83 

The sky isn't falling. I plug my Garmin in to charge, it loads my latest ride to Garmin connect which then transfers the file to Strava. Not sure how they can make it any easier.

loimpact

I was mad too at first. And you're not the only one outraged. There are lots of folks who are P!SS3D at Garmin for this (and other stuff). But they are Garmin and just like Apple, they appear to be able to do what they want.

That said, I use a 305 myself and just plug in and upload. It's still pretty convenient, it was just easier when Garmin played nice.

K.Katso

If you have an Edge 1000, why are you complaining about this? There is an easier way. Pair it with your smartphone via Bluetooth and the Garmin Connect app. The app uploads it automatically over 3G/4G to the Garmin Connect website, which syncs automatically with Strava. You never even have to log in and look at Garmin Connect after the initial setup, it's just a "bridge" from the device to Strava. I do this, and every time I click "save ride" it is uploaded to Strava within about 2 minutes, no matter where I am, so long as I have a mobile signal.

Diablito

Sorry for my ignorance but can anyone actually tell me how to make my 1000 sync with strava from my phone please. I'm on my phone looking at garmin connect and don't see an option to sync with strava.

K.Katso

You have to do it from the website. See these handy instructions:

Garmin announces automatic sync with Strava, MapMyFitness and Endomondo | DC Rainmaker

RJM

Yeah...my device goes into the computer to charge, Garmin Express syncs it automatically to Garmin Connect and it goes straight to Strava automatically. I guess at one point I set it up that way but forgot how to do it or even doing it. I'm not sure about some plug in...maybe this has been surpassed by a newer version of Garmin Express?

Seattle Forrest

They made it easier: I press the start button on my Garmin, select "bike," then go ride. When I'm done, I press "stop" and select save. Then it's on Garmin Connect. Uploads through my phone or wifi as soon as I'm done. Also works for hiking, running, etc.

I forget the name but there's another web site you can set up that copies your activities from Connect to Strava. Once you set it up, you don't have to do anything. Your device uploads to Connect, it's on Strava. (I think it's "copy my sports" or something.)

spdracr39

This is the way to do it and it is seamless. You set it up from Strava settings I believe.

gregf83 

You can set it up directly from Strava, no third party sites required:

Smokehouse

I noticed this starting last week. Updated my Garmin 500 and all of the sudden, Strava would no longer auto load mt rides. It kind of messed with me for a moment. After fumbling around for a few min, I realized I can just access the Garmin as a device, go to the activities folder (or whatever it is called) and then just manually select the rides I want to upload. A bit of a pain, but it is what it is.

Seattle Forrest

I didn't know that!

SpeshulEd 

This...
And then this...
Easy peasy.

copymysports.com was the website that did it before garmin set it up to auto upload.

Diablito

I followed the steps and it says garmin connect is connected to strava. But I don't see any rides in my strava account. Doesn't it sync older rides too?.

Edonis13

No, you have to manually add the old files.

telebianchi

My understanding is that this was not Garmin stopping the plug-in from working but the browsers stopping support of some of the technology used by the plug-in. From Garmin help:
So maybe get upset with Garmin for not creating a new plug-in, but this was not some nefarious plan of Garmin's to keep you from uploading directly to Strava.

Personally, I've never liked Garmin Connect for tracking my cycling so I've just been using the Upload File option in Strava and RideWithGPS. For running, I upload from my Forerunner to Garmin Connect.

CityGuy

Use safari instead of chrome then. Mine worked fine today when it was plugged in.

K.Katso

Only the new ones after you connect the apps. You should be good to go from now on though.

SpeshulEd 

You can upload the older ones, just have to go into the Connect website and download each file as a tcx file.

Actually, now that I think of it, copymysports used to grab the old ones, maybe use that site to get the old ones if you have a lot, and then connect Strava to Garmin Connect afterwards.

Hbrown

Thanks! I was finally able to download my 1000 after a week. Thanks for all of the information, I also registered and paid $5 to tapiriik that syncs Garmin and Strava and a lot of other sites automatically. Sorry Garmin for the tirade. But the loss of the plugin caught me offgard. and I was pissed!

Hbrown

Since we are talking Garmin, How do I add older files dating back from 2011 to Strava and Garmin from my garmin training center? Is there any way that I can send all of those files to these sites all at once? There are a lot of files!!

SpeshulEd 

CopyMySports - Automatically copy Garmin Connect activities to RunKeeper, Strava and MapMyFitness used to do this...however, clicking on the site now just gives the following warning:

[h=1]Service Unavailable[/h]The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Lanterne Rogue

Chrome is nearly three times more popular than any other browser in the world. But now Garmin wants to be incompatible with it? Sounds like business suicide.

When is Garmin going to buy Strava, or vice versa?