Kinda like me, except my biggest challenge using Ride With GPS is
turning it off at the end of a ride.
On 3/2/22 1:20 PM, MoVelo wrote:
I use Ride with GPS on my iPhone. It keeps track of yearly mileage and
all the other stats, pauses when I pause and can run it the background
whilst I surf other apps.
Also there is a pretty big library of rides from others who have
shared with the app.
Remembering to turn it on at the beginning of a ride is my biggest
challenge.
JP
On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 10:04:49 AM UTC-6 [email protected]
wrote:
GPS mapping software is smart enough to understand a brief break
for tunnels. Bridges & underpasses are not a problem as there are
multiple satellites feeding the data all the way across the
horizon so you may lose a more overhead signal but not one coming
at you from in front or behind. As for accuracy, I'm not sure how
much closer you want than the typical 16' which the standard GPS
receivers like your phone or Garmin deliver? Since you're
traveling rather than static you are giving the mapping software
flowing data points to extrapolate against for better accuracy
than standing still too.
There's no way a cycle computer could be calibrated that
accurately & the margin of error will increase with the mileage.
I use Strava combined with a Wahoo Tickr wrist strap as I like to
be mix up my HR efforts & I tend to ride too hard. I don't
slavishly follow the data but Strave lets you input which bike you
rode that day which is a great way of keeping overall mileage records.
On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 9:46:12 AM UTC-6 George Schick wrote:
Reading through the blog post makes me wonder if anyone has
ridden a bike with a carefully calibrated cycle odometer -
maybe using the "roll out" method to determine accuracy -
along with one of these GPS units to see how accurate the GPS
really is. Seems like riding through areas where the sky is
blocked temporarily by tall buildings, underpasses, heavy
forestation, etc. would have to have some effect on overall
mileage tracked. Plus, the run-of-the-mill GPS units that
individuals can use, be it a specific device (Garmin) or a
cell phone, aren't as accurate to begin with as the high
quality equipment that people like surveyors use.
Just curious. I have a friend who will be riding in the Great
Cycle Challenge, a fundraiser for the Children's Cancer
Research Fund, again this year and I've carefully calibrated
her cycle computer - which I'm not even sure she's used - so
she can compare the results with the GPS info that the
fundraiser uses to track participant's mileage.
On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 8:38:52 AM UTC-6 aeroperf wrote:
I use a Sigma BC 12.12 Bike Computer, wired, and read it
into a spreadsheet with the Sigma DataCenter program.
I bought a bunch of them years ago and calibrate them for
each bike on the trail I ride.
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