Keeping your bikes from getting stolen while using Strava and Garmin Connect

Be careful! Theives are using social media workout sharing information to find nice bikes in empty houses. When you log a workout, the path to your house and your pattern of behavior is out there for people to use.

There are at least two ways to make yourself less of a target:

1. Strava and possibly some of the other programs have a setting where you can block out your path by setting filters on a map.  You should not make your house the center of that circle, or your location is still obvious.  Strava allows you to make multiple of these filter areas, and of varying size.  Definitely do that and review your work to make sure your house is impossible to determine.

2. The second level of security, and the one that inspired me to write this post, is don't accept "friends" on the social networks that you don't know or have vague descriptions that don't appear genuine.  "Cr211aReez" with no substantial profile or reason to be your friend is probably a bike thief.  You can make your life much easier by being selective of your friends.