As a fairly recent Strava convert, I was quite surprised to discover that it’s not possible to export GPX files of other people’s rides.
You can export your own routes, no problem, but not those created by others. Garmin Connect and ridewithgps.com both allow users to download gpx tracks, so why not Strava? Here’s a workaround…
It’s a very useful thing to be able to do. Imagine: you’ve missed the Sunday club run and the route looks awesome, covering some areas you’re not familiar with. It’s so easy to grab the gpx and use a Garmin to navigate the course on your own.
(Of course you could just print off a map… but paper is so last millennium)
I poked around on the net and found lots of people dissatisfied with this lack of functionality in Strava, and then I poked around some more, and struck gold at
http://cosmocatalano.com/strava/export/index.html
This site allows you to paste in the URL of a Strava ride, whereupon it magically creates a gpx file of the route for you!
This kind of geekery amazes me, and it’s part of why I love the web. Not to be geeky just for the sake of geekdom, but because it’s a hotbed of creativity and generosity.
People helping people, in the pursuit of perfection.
Strava really need to include this functionality in their own site.
What do you think?
(Update: they do now allow Premium users to download GPX files)
site doesn’t work anymore
thanks for letting me know. http://cosmocatalano.com/strava-to-tcx/ does work, thankfully. (does the same thing but outputs a TCX file)
awsome! this is what i need thanks for sharing
Glad it was useful. Please share on fb/twitter with your friends, if you think they might benefit too.
Thanks
Yes! This is also what I needed to “merge” a rogue Strava account (mistakenly created thru pilot error) with my real one.
Hope you good Android users are aware if you clean off your phone (like routine maint for instance) and bounce your Strava ride data – you’re going to also bounce the data off their server!!! This app makes it at least possible to preserve your ride data locally.
Where’s the tip jar here….
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That could be very useful info – thanks! It would be horrible to lose all your ride data.
Thanks for taking the time to comment
Yeah is hard to compete on a segment if you can’t download it and load into the gps.
Thanks for the Strava gpx export site. Bought a Dakota 20 about a month ago and up until recently was compatible with Garmin Connect. Not being able to download courses to take on Strava challenges was a pain (BaseMap not as easy to use). Now I’m full of enthusiasm to ‘Go get ‘em’. Thanks again.
The bomb! Thank you so much.
Exporting a GPX is very useful. I’ve extended the idea to enable you to map your own end time onto a route that you’ve done but someone else tracked. It’s open to abuse on Strava, but there are so many other ways to cheat too I’m made this available anyway.
http://www.logicmonkey.co.uk/gpx