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Similar to How can I combine Garmin recorded track data with FitBit heart rate data?

I have a Wahoo SC Blue to track speed and cadence and use the Wahoo app to log my ride (it has a nice dashboard). The completed workout gets synced to Strava. I also have a Fitbit Versa 2, but I don't log the ride on the watch as if I did, I'd end up with 2 activities on Strava.

What I'd like to do is use the heart rate data from the Fitbit, and 'inject' it into the Wahoo logged workout that appears in Strava.

I guess what I'm looking for is some sort of activity merge feature on Strava, where I can take the GPS, speed and cadence data from Wahoo, and overlay the HR data from the Fitbit based on the timestamp. Is this possible? Or am I into the realms of exporting TCX/CSV data from separate sources, and re-uploading the data to Strava?

Update

I'm not sure Fitbit allow a detailed enough export to make this work, if I export the activity to a TCX file I only see this

<TrainingCenterDatabase xmlns="http://www.garmin.com/xmlschemas/TrainingCenterDatabase/v2">
    <Activities>
        <Activity Sport="Biking">
            <Id>2021-09-17T06:13:46.000+01:00</Id>
        </Activity>
    </Activities>
</TrainingCenterDatabase>

If I export data from https://www.fitbit.com/settings/data/export, then HR data isn't even included.

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    What you describe is one of the many useful features that Strava could have added over the years if they hadn't been so busy trying to become facebook 2.0
    – Andy P
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 7:56
  • @AndyP at some point Strava decided to allow others to use their API and add features at no cost to them. With the subscription changes a year or two ago, they broke some of that, but I believe the OP is in luck here
    – Chris H
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 9:46
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    I don’t think you can with Fitbit is the short answer, however if you had a garmin watch and garmin head unit you could use extended view mode and that would send your garmin hr over.
    – Dan K
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 11:56
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    It's been a while since I looked into this. Fitbit really doesn't want to share their data outside their walled garden. There are iPhone apps that can extract Fitbit data (perhaps Android too), but it's a fair amount of fooling around. Heart-rate chest bands are pretty cheap.
    – Adam Rice
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 13:10
  • @AdamRice I'm thinking I might get a Wahoo Trakr HR band and use that instead.
    – spikey_richie
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 14:06

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Gotoes says it can do this.

Quoting from their help:

This tool will allow you to take GPX, TCX, or FIT files and combine them into one single file for upload to Strava. There are two ways that people commonly combine files. The first is if their GPS dies during a ride... The other thing this tool can do is combine overlapping files. For example, a user has a Wahoo device that records heart rate, and TCX output from their indoor trainer. Both devices record at the same time, but the user wants to merge the heart rate data with the ride data. This tool can do that too! Just select the stream you want from each file. [emphasis mine]

I don't have a pair of recordings from two data sources to test this, lacking a (recording) HRM, cadence sensor etc.

You can grab your GPX data (or FIT, possibly TCX) from Strava's activity page, at least on desktop: enter image description here

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  • Thank you, I'll give it a go and feedback.
    – spikey_richie
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 10:18
  • Sigh. You have to subscribe to Strava to download the GPX file.
    – spikey_richie
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 10:38
  • Oh, and the TCX file only has a timestamp, no minute-by-minute HR data, so that's pointless.
    – spikey_richie
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 10:40
  • You should be able to get the GPX directly from the Wahoo (or a format you can convert to GPX; I get GPXs off my phone and don't use a Wahoo so I'm not up to date). It's generally easiest to get things right then upload to Strava. I often record several GPXs and merge before a single upload, either in the app on my phone or manually. Are you saying the TCX doesn't have the HR data at all? I wouldn't mind a look at the files - if this isn't easily possible it should be. We have 2 xml files and I'm used to dealing with those in Python.
    – Chris H
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 11:10
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    I don't get "export TCX" just GPX and original - but they work as a non-subscriber. I'll edit that into the answer.
    – Chris H
    Commented Sep 17, 2021 at 12:07

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