Strava speeds

[L2XE]

Does anybody know how accurate the speed measurement is on Strava? Apparently my top speed today was 52.1mph, this would have been on the long descent from Bury hill down to Arundel. It's quick and is a lovely reward for the climb up there but 50mph seems off.

 

[vickster]

Mostly nonsense, is that off a phone?

 

[goody]

Yeah seems a bit slow, did you have the brakes on?

 

[mark st1]

That's a fast hill that one.

 

[Gert Lush]

Any speed above 28mph I can't see so I'd hate to be going 50mph!

 

[kiriyama]

According to Strava i did 180kph the other day!

I think It's generally pretty accurate over a long distance but your at the mercy of a gps signal which can go a bit wonky!

 

[Booyaa]

Will be quite dependant on what device you are using to record it I would imagine.

 

[Ian193]

Using a garmin with strava and the speeds seem to be pretty accurate if you're using a phone they can be way out

 

[JtB]

When I cycle with my wife, she tracks her ride on a mobile phone and I track my on a Garmin device. Her top speed is usually something ridiculous approaching 40mph compared to mine which is about 25mph, and her distance is always significantly more than mine.

 

[boydj]

Just missed the 50mph today, but I had been climbing for 10 miles before hitting the 1-mile descent back to sea level. Poor road surface had me on the brakes with plenty of steep downhill to go.

 

[Kajjal]

It depends on your gps device and signal. My edge 500 is set to update every second so is accurate enough.

My wife went for a 5 mile run and hit a top speed of 51mph due to leaving her garmin watch running when she got back in the car

 

[Smokin Joe]

It depends on your gps device and signal. My edge 500 is set to update every second so is accurate enough.

My wife went for a 5 mile run and hit a top speed of 51mph due to leaving her garmin watch running when she got back in the car

I strongly suspect many Strava performances are achieved like that.

 

[Milkfloat]

Using a speed sensor makes Strava and its ilk a lot more accurate. I got curious at work one day when testing some survey grade GPS with an INU and found that my Garmin and hence Strava did a very good job when the speed sensor was attached.

 

[L2XE]

Mostly nonsense, is that off a phone?

Yeah, Android app.

 

[Jody]

According to Strava i did 180kph the other day!

You need to try harder