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Hiya

Latest Locus update seems to have fixed the problem 

I exported 3 different manually created tracks to Strava and this time they all worked. Oddly one export had me cycling the route at 384km per hour!, the other 2 showed zero time taken. Final result is that this doesn't matter to me as the Locus export is again working

Great work! and a big thank you.

Regards,
Greg

Many thanks Menion.

Will do as you ask.
And thanks for being so supportive of us Locus users!

Hi again Menion

Decided to look through Strava's Help pages. This page I found was quite informative...
https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/29275730-Import-GPX-files-as-a-Strava-Route

It appears Strava will not allow Imports without a "timestamp" (although it was possible to do so in the past). It appears this was done to stop "cheats" (people faking their cycle speed to get to top of leader boards).

There seems to be a workaround by using a third party link to add a timestamp in excess of 1 mile per hour to a GPX file which would then allow a successful import into Strava. Perhaps a similar workaround, adding a "timestamp" within Locus, would solve the issue?

No import is possible from another app (such as Locus) into the route plotting/planning "My Routes" section of Strava. On the abovementioned webpage A LOT of people seem quite displeased that Strava lacks this ability.

I've always used Locus for both GPS tracking and manual creation of cycle routes.

Have once tried Strava's "My Routes" implementation but it does not work well. Its slow and erratic & it wouldn't allow creating a waypoint on a major cycle path! Instead I kept having to create it on a nearby road then drag the point to the cycle path.

Thanks for your response Menion. It appears we both went through the same process then ran into the same problem.

I discover/explore then Strava export/share "cleaned-up" proposed routes of upcoming rides with a cycling group I regularly lead. Though Strava is geared towards (competitive!) real activities it also seems to be a "de-facto" app for viewing shared ride routes here in Australia

My explorations usually included a lot of backtracking to work out the best route for a ride. Initially I used Locus to break apart then stitch back together a "cleaned-up" GPS-tracked route. To be honest though I found this process cumbersome  & time consuming. Main problems were...
*after some re-stitching the Locus screen got very busy very quickly,
*When I was ready I couldn't readily tell which broken apart sections could be deleted
*having a set distance between GPS signal checks meant creating more waypoints than needed for accurate path following.
(I haven't checked if any of this has changed in the last few months. There could also be possibilities I'm unaware of in Locus, eg. multi-select/deletion of a path's GPS waypoints)

So, in the end I found it easier (though still time consuming) to "clean-up" a route by instead plotting a route through "Add New Route". This gives accurate distance, I can minimise waypoints, readily avoid marked backtracking etc.

Hi,

I notice I am no longer able to export paths I have drawn in Locus over into Strava. I notice though that routes that I created via GPS tracking in Locus do export fine!
This was not a problem in the past.
Is it possible Strava will no longer accept Locus exports that do not have the "time taken" included in the exporting data?

Of interest perhaps is an option in Strava that I have never seen before. Its called "My Routes"... where one uses Strava online to draw out a route. Perhaps Locus needs to have an option to export to the "My Routes" section of Strava?