Hope the strava api you use stays byt if not only garmin will not make everybody happy. I use Polar and not garmin connect…
Hoping that all works out OK wrt changes at Strava. Can you tell from metadata or otherwise the devices used to upload data to Strave that then makes it way to intervals.icu? That might be one way to gauge Garmin/Polar/Suunto/Other populations.
Yes I can probably tell where the original file came from. Thats a good idea. I hope Strava starts making money! I really don’t know why they don’t just do ads? I mean they know when your running shoes are expiring, how serious a cyclist you are etc… It could be amazingly targeted which I don’t find annoying personally.
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I agree with you there David - targeted ads are fine for a free app.
I hate (targeted) apps, but the idea is solid, because it always makes me pay to get rid of them 
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“This focus on subscription ensures that Strava can serve athletes decades from now” - I doubt that. Very much…
I just looked post FTP test and cant find my answer, does 'Intervals pull data from my Strava or my Garmin connect? I know I can send my Trainer Road rides direct to Gamin so if I can sink 'Intervals to my Garmin account then I will bin Strava for good.
I’ve just written a blog post about the choices we have with respect to the various apps out there now that Strava Free is less useful.
For me I think it’s time to ditch Training Peaks, start paying for Strava and go all in on TrainerRoad and Intervals.icu.
Al.
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Currently Intervals.icu only pulls data from Strava. So long as that still works and Strava eventually look at my rate limit increase ticket its good. Strava is very handy as a central data hub and in return they get users they might be able to sell segments to etc…
However I am hoping for some clarity from Strava as to the future of apps like Intervals.icu. I am a little worried they might just strangle everyone by not granting rate limit bumps effectively limiting max user base. Thats easy to do and doesn’t generate immediate bad press like cutting off apps does.
Thanks for the reference! Intervals.icu does have some planning features (workout library, future fitness, drag and drop on the calendar etc.) but not a plan builder or pre-made plans and you have to build your own library.
Cool blog. I just looked up the GPS of your weather station. Had to zoom out a lot to figure out where you are!
You’re not concerned they may stop free access and/or require something like the enterprise model at Garmin?
I now use TrainerDay for that. Not sure how they will proceed, but I’m a founding member.
They had a good deal of TR workouts, which wasn’t really a good thing, but they’ve sorted it out with them.
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Yes I am. Garmin now offer API access to anyone btw, I started that process a while ago but “paused” it when I found out Strava wouldn’t like it.
Will have to see what happens, especially regarding my latest rate limit ticket.
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Oh, that’s cool - I thought only the SDK (CIQ) was freely accessible for all…
Substitute Xert for Training Peaks and I am in almost the same position as you. It is forcing me to evaluate what I get out of each platform and whether the individual components which I use from each one are worth it. One thing has just occurred to me is that friends who are subscribers to Strava will see my segment times but I will no longer be able to see theirs. I need to think about whether I’m bothered about that. I may just keep all my activities private from now on
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To be honest, as I get older and can’t very well compete for KOM’s I’m no so worried about segment times or leaderboards (or at least that’s what I tell myself!) but Strava is really the only service for such comparisons. Now I’ve signed up to the 60 day free trial and have been able to look at some of the Premium only features they are actually quite good and I don’t begrudge paying Strava even if it does sting a little after having gotten it all for free for the past 10 years.
As I said in the blog post, having re-evaluated what I personally get out of each platform I think I’ll get more out of Strava for £47.99 a year than I will from the c.£100 for Training Peaks, especially if I use it in conjunction with intervals.icu. Now I just need to find a way to save on my TrainerRoad subscription (I wish they did a referral bonus as I’ve referred so many people to it!!)
Al.
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@david The potential for uploading fit files becomes more apparent for me everyday. Especially with fit files from multiple power sources too. Having this in one place on Power graph would be very useful. I’ve been a user of TrainingPeaks, Xert, Strava, trainerroad and Zwift etc for a long time. Right now Intervals.icu is the best value add tool I can find (I’m happy to pay for it), Strava is just a logging tool for rides & segments, otherwise is use is limited to me. As a Wahoo head unit user the route builder is hopeless, and Komoot has been that savour last few years. Looking forward to see what your future brings 
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If you want to plan routes for your WAHOO w/o Komoot, have a look at https://maps.openrouteservice.org/
You can simply export these routes as GPX files. They import well in my ELEMNT ROAM.
Plus you can simply share the link to friends you’re riding with, and bookmark your routes in your browser since it’s pretty much just a bunch of waypoint coordinates in the URL.
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The best aspect of Strava for me, is the social part.
Since they have removed the segments rankings, I’m going back to RideWithGPS to see how I compare to other riders; the good thing is that there are much fewer users and segments, so I still manage to appear in the 50% top :-p
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