In Spain there are 1.6 million users of the Strava social application. If you practice cycling or triathlon, you will surely also use it.
And if, in addition, you are part of a club on this social network with your friends, you will probably look every time you take the bike the application to see who is the most kilometers of your group of friends every week. Or the one who performs routes with the greatest slope. Or the one that comes out more days to pedal by bicycle.
The playful component of this application that allows you to register the training and bicycle exits encourages us to compare ourselves with our friends. But in what position would you be if the comparison were with the 1.6 million Strava users in Spain?
The social application itself elaborates an extensive report from the data generated by the sports activities of its users. In the case of the cycling segment, Strava has registered more than 15 million activities throughout 2018 in our country. If you want to know if you are above or below the average, keep reading.
In 2018, Spanish cyclists who use the Strava application have traveled more than 707 million kilometers. It is the equivalent of making Spain more than 320,000, according to the Strava report.
The average activity every time we go by bicycle, either to train, to compete or simply as leisure, lasts 2 hours and 11 minutes and a 47.2 kilometers route with 606 meters of positive slope. The average speed is 21.7 kilometers per hour.
If you practice cycling en route, it may seem a very low speed, but Strava does not differentiate between road cycling and Mountain Bike, so all cycling activities are part of the same category.
With this data you can already get an approximate idea of what point you are regarding the average of the rest of Spanish cyclists. If your average routes exceed 47 kilometers of travel, you belong to the head group.
Now, to have a more accurate idea you must compare your numbers with those of your age group, because the bicycle outings that a 25 -year -old cyclist performs are not the same as those completed by someone of 60 years. And, although by prejudices we can think that shorter routes are made as we add years and subtracting physical faculties, the truth is that it happens backwards.
Both men and women who go by bicycle in Spain make routes longer than the rest of cyclists who use Strava worldwide
Men between 60 and 69 years old make bicycle exits 55.2 kilometers on average, while those between 18 and 29 years old make 45.7 kilometers. This age group (men of 60-69) is the one that makes longer routes on average. Secondly, there are men over 70 years old, with 45.5 kilometers on average every time they are bike and turn on Strava.
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As for women, the same phenomenon happens. Cyclists between 60 and 69 years of age make bicycle exits of an average distance of 43.4 kilometers, while those between 18 and 29 years remain at 37.7 kilometers. The age group that makes longer average routes within women is that of those over 70, with 45.5 kilometers on average.
Another significant fact is that both women and men who go by bicycle in Spain make longer routes in all age groups than those completed by the rest of cyclists that Strava use worldwide. The average distance by global route is 35.2 kilometers, while in Spain it is 47.2 kilometers.
In Strava there are public clubs where any user of the application can join and share their training and exits. As a curiosity, users who bind to some club do triple activity than those who are not part of one.
In Tuvalum we have created a public club in Strava. If you want to join and share your routes, you can register in this link:
Join the Tuvalum club in Strava.
