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53x12
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by 53x12 on Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:43 am
In store credit. $1/hour of riding. 40 hours max per month.
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/strava?INT_ID=IB16422HOW IT WORKS
Sync your Strava account with your Competitive Cyclist account from this page or your My Account page. If you don’t already have an account, you'll need to create one. You will start to accrue credits once you’ve linked your accounts.
Each credit is worth $1.00 towards any purchase and may not be redeemed for cash. You can always check your balance in My Account on Competitive Cyclist.
- Each hour ridden is worth $1.00 in store credit, in half-hour increments. So, a 1:45 minute ride would receive $1.50
- Credits will be deposited into your Competitive Cyclist account within 24 hours
- Credits will expire at 11:59pm MT on the last day of the following month. For example, credits earned for a ride in March will expire on April 30th
- You can receive up to 40 credits per month
- Credits are non-transferable
- Multiple credits can be combined when placing an order
- Time is measured in moving time
- Manual entries do not count
- Only the Strava activity of ‘cycling’ will count
- Activity completed prior to syncing accounts does not count
"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."
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tranzformer
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by tranzformer on Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:29 pm
That is pretty cool. Already buy a bit from CC. I guess they will be getting even more of my money.
I had been wondering when someone would do this. Surprised Strava hasn't done this yet to get Strava credit to get Strava gear. Would be free advertising for Strava.
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53x12
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by 53x12 on Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:51 am
If anything, $40*12 = $480 and should help cover the cost of tires, chain, lube, cables...etc. for the year.
"Marginal gains are the only gains when all that's left to gain is in the margins."
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TheHound
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by TheHound on Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:33 am
Awesome idea.
Just need someone in Europeland to follow suit.
Violence is not the answer, but it will do until we find out what is.
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mattr
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bungis
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by bungis on Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:31 pm
This is actually kind of good because you can use the credits towards items over $80 and it's automatically sync. It's really a brilliant marketing move for CC and Strava.
It'll be interesting to see if this turns into yet another consumer-mongering ploy. (Be sure to buy something before your credits expire, hurry!)
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FIJIGabe
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by FIJIGabe on Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:45 pm
Well, considering that the points expire within two months, yeah, we'll have to use them or lose them. Then again, at the rate I go through things like Skratch Labs, I'll be reordering frequently.
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shlammed
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by shlammed on Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:10 pm
Wonder if they care if your "cycling" is accurate in speed to actual cycling.
Like anything, this will be taken advantage of.
Leave strava on your phone 24/7 with a second strava account. it will get you 40 moving hours a month, at the cost of a dead battery
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Powerful Pete
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by Powerful Pete on Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:20 am
LOL. Yup, wasn't expecting them to pull the plug so quickly...
Road bike: Cervelo R3, Campagnolo Chorus/Record mix...
Supercommuter: Jamis Renegade...
Oldie but goodie: De Rosa Professional Slx, Campagnolo C-Record...
And you can call me Macktastik Honey Pete Kicks, thank you.
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uraqt
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by uraqt on Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:26 am
I think they just need a better plan, the email says/implies that they are going to bring it back. I bet they are not worries about the $$$. My take away is that they are worried about the process.
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ITTY
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by ITTY on Tue Apr 21, 2015 5:38 am
I only got $21. But hey it's $21 I didn't have before.
I'm guessing they grossly underestimated how many miles/dollars people log on Strava.