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#ContentUpdate February 2023

#ContentUpdate – February 2023

Posted on 21 February 202321 February 2023 by cosmo

$28 in hosting overage charges—that’s what the traffic bump from my hastily-assembled Strava piece cost me. (Tip Jar is over on right for desktop, bottom of the page for mobile.) Strava’s Communication Breakdown My point was not that the business is imploding (it isn’t) but that their messaging in response to price-hike blowback was whole-cloth…

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June '20: 778,455 Jan '23: 30,000

Did Strava’s Price Hike Response Reveal its Business is Imploding?

Posted on 14 January 202314 January 2023 by cosmo

Strava revealed a startling number to The Verge. As a long-time user, I’m really hoping its a typo.

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#ContentUpdate

A Hashtag #ContentUpdate for all my Hashtag #Content

Posted on 9 January 20239 January 2023 by cosmo

I am not the sort of person who makes New Year’s Resolutions. But if I were, one I’d have been consistently breaking every year for the past decade is making a more concerted effort to centralize and market my #content. So I will periodically recap my recent work on this blog—which, as an ancillary benefit,…

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Two Little Job Listings Reveal Outside’s Big Content Failure

Posted on 3 January 20233 January 2023 by cosmo

Outside Inc., posted two job listings last month that perfectly encapsulate how clueless the organization is about its core product.

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Trailforks GPX Export

The Trailforks GPX Export Feature You Always Wanted Is Here

Posted on 21 September 202221 September 2022 by cosmo

Use this Trailforks GPX Export bookmarklet tool to export GPX files of routes and rides from Trailforks.com in your personal route planning.

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UPSTAGED Recaps – 2022 Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift

Posted on 21 August 202222 August 2022 by cosmo

I was beyond stoked when CyclingTips reached out toward the end of the men’s TdF to see if I could continue making UPSTAGED short recap videos for the brand-spankin’ new Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift. The history of the Tour’s various women’s incarnations is longer and much more complicated than most people realize. Someday…

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UPSTAGED Tour de France Recap Videos – 2022 Men’s Tour de France

Posted on 20 August 202221 August 2022 by cosmo

Every-stage How The Race Was Won®-like videos have been on my wishlist since I first gave a CyclingTV screencap the Ginsu treatment back in 2009. But the practical considerations of working for a living, and HTRWW’s relatively monumental effort always stood in the way. But this past Tour de France, I lucked out. CyclingTips had…

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How The Race Was Won® – Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift 2022

Posted on 1 August 202214 August 2022 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for the 2022 Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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How The Race Was Won® – Tour de France 2022 – Stages 16-21

Posted on 25 July 202214 August 2022 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for Stages 16-21 of the 2022 Tour de France at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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How The Race Was Won® – Tour de France 2022 – Stages 10-15

Posted on 18 July 202214 August 2022 by cosmo

Please enjoy the How The Race Was Won® video for Stages 10-15 of the 2022 Tour de France at HowTheRaceWasWon.com. Presented with love by CyclingTips.

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About the Author

a headshot of Cosmo Catalano

Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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