I phone strava app
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vickster
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I use an iPhone and a garmin 800. The iPhone measures slightly greater distance, the garmin greater average speed. I take both with a pinch of salt. On the same ride, can get different strava feedback. I upload most of my rides from the iPhone just because it's instant and no need to hook to a laptop, i only save from the garmin for longer rides and then delete the IPhone ones
Both fair nonsense on top speeds, climbing and calories
Both fair nonsense on top speeds, climbing and calories
A few of the Garmin's now upload through your phone, so negates the need to connect to computer also.
Have had a few discussions about Garmin's showing greater elevation on those with a barometric sensor. Mainly down to Strava elevation data being wildly inaccurate outside of the US. Down to the elevation data being only accurate to within 50-80 metres in the UK!
There's a segment close to me, which Strava shows as having a 7ft total elevation. Segment is 0.5 miles long and starts and finishes at rail track level and, you guessed it, goes over the track via a bridge on this busy bypass section. Has anyone seen a train for trough a tunnel that's only 7ft tall including the bridge thickness and road above it?
On the flip side, the elevation data on a number of mates' Garmin's, including mine sometimes, shows different elevation for the exact same route on different days. This is down to temperature and wind direction affecting the readings. I usually put mine outside for a while before using, to get the most accurate readings.
I very rarely saw any issues with Distance or Speed variance when running Garmin vs iPhone App when I first got the Garmin though.
Have had a few discussions about Garmin's showing greater elevation on those with a barometric sensor. Mainly down to Strava elevation data being wildly inaccurate outside of the US. Down to the elevation data being only accurate to within 50-80 metres in the UK!
There's a segment close to me, which Strava shows as having a 7ft total elevation. Segment is 0.5 miles long and starts and finishes at rail track level and, you guessed it, goes over the track via a bridge on this busy bypass section. Has anyone seen a train for trough a tunnel that's only 7ft tall including the bridge thickness and road above it?
On the flip side, the elevation data on a number of mates' Garmin's, including mine sometimes, shows different elevation for the exact same route on different days. This is down to temperature and wind direction affecting the readings. I usually put mine outside for a while before using, to get the most accurate readings.
I very rarely saw any issues with Distance or Speed variance when running Garmin vs iPhone App when I first got the Garmin though.
