13 Pieces of Strava Art That Made Us... Wow
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, by Greg Heil
The beauty of art is not defined by one particular medium or style. Rather, beauty is created through unique human creativity and vision, often in ways others cannot imagine (until they see it). When a new medium presents itself, it takes a true visionary to imagine what's possible.
And so it is with Strava art and the visionary artists that call our platform home. While Strava wasn't expressly created to provide a new way for artists to practice their craft, independent thinkers realized that they could use the simple act of tracing a GPS line on a map using the power of their own muscles to create astonishingly complex drawings that take a unique type of effort to create.
Over the years, Strava Art has become an entire movement on the Strava platform, and we've been awed by the complexity and the scale of art that has been created. While it's impossible to round up every single incredible piece of Strava art that we've spotted, here are 13 that made us go... wow.
13 of our favourite pieces of Strava art:
Maxime Brugere created one of the largest GPS drawings made by bike along with his friends Florent Arnaud, Franck Delorme and Nicolas Meunier. The goal? To raise public awareness about climate change:
But this one might hold the Guinness World Record. Daniel, Arianna and Zola rode 7,237 kms over 131 days and climbed 71,454 metres (8 Everests) to set a new world record for the longest GPS-trace drawing in the process:
Lenny Maughan completed his Tiger Run in February 2022:
Jakub 'Kuba' Mosur rode 75km to celebrate Pride Month
While this piece of 'graffiti' from Brett Lobree was a great way of saying Happy Thanksgiving!
From Thanksgiving to Santa Claus, Anthony Hoyte rode 176.6km around Paris to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Pete celebrated the 30th Anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind with this epic ride around Adelaide on a fixie:
Some true Welsh patriotism from Martyn Driscoll with this run in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park:
When art imitates life. It usually takes a long ride or run to turn these visions into reality.
Another from Strava artist Lenny Maughan. This one is the Alfred Run:
Quite a remarkable effort from Stephen Lund with the Mermaid of the Salish Sea
33kms in seven hours. Yes, when you leave the roads behind, you can truly get creative.
Saving one of the best for last 😉, Lenny Maughan offers up his tribute to Strava and its athletes:
Written by
Greg HeilGreg Heil serves as the Senior Editor of Adventure Sports for Strava and is based in Southwestern Colorado. Greg lives to ride new singletrack on his mountain bike and has explored thousands of trails across North America, Europe, and around the world. He began his career as a mountain bike journalist in 2010 and diversified into other mountain sports after joining FATMAP in 2018. Even when he isn't riding, you can find Greg outside every single day—hiking, snowboarding, paddleboarding, climbing... the list goes on.
