Passions run high when athletes discuss Strava. The app is either the best thing to happen to training in years, or it transforms users into inconsiderate egotists more concerned about topping online leader boards than road safety, So it was with a little trepidation that I arrived at the firm San Francisco headquarters to meet its boss, . The former Stanford University economics lecturer co founded the firm four years ago, but the idea behind it a social network tracking and comparing cyclists and runners activities had been in gestation for decades. Strava markets its apps as a way to track your own progress and to compete against friends "We first had the idea back in 1994," says Mr Horvath. "It would have been manual entry instead of uploading global positioning system (GPS) data, it would have been emails going out to friends about what kind of workout you did. "It would have failed." Instead Strava is growing quickly. Its free to download software collects data from location sensors in smartphones, sports watches and standalone GPS devices and then uses the information to produce maps of where users have been and tables analysing their performance. A monthly fee unlocks deeper insights such as a Segment Intensity Score showing the average power used to complete the hardest going 20 minutes of a workout, and statistics for how it compared with other sessions over recent weeks. But the product is perhaps best known for its leader boards. These allow members to compete to be the fastest at covering a segment of road or trail. Continue reading the main storyThe view from the UK Martin Gibbs Policy director, British Cycling Some of my colleagues here at British Cycling use Strava and other GPS products and its certainly getting them into the office earlier and more excited. The instinct to go fast and compare your times against personal bests and other riders comes pretty naturally to a lot of people and we had bike computers and timing devices for years. Strava and similar products are an extension of that desire for performance stats. Whether its dangerous depends on the person using it. Clearly we all have a responsibility to obey the law and ride safely. We repeatedly hear from our members that they want an improved culture of mutual respect on the roads and on trails and we only get that if people ride properly. We involved in campaigning for better provision for cycling, and policymakers will be more willing to work with us if we also recognise we have responsibilities. So we be keeping an eye on how these apps evolve and listening to our members to see if there are issues developing. British Cycling is the national governing body for cycling and works across all areas of the sport, including campaigning on road safety. 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