dunndog
Eats Squid
I'm not a big strava head, so I don't know if this is easily explained or not.. but I went for a leisurely ride with a mate on Saturday, doing the extended main loop at Wombat. We rode together, and finished where we started. I had strava on my phone in my pocket, he wore his Suunto Ambit 2 watch.
So at the end of the ride, my number were 16.9km, 203m gain, in 1:17. While his stats were 17.7km, 278m gain in 1:15:55. So there's a 1 minute discrepancy which is possible as that's actual moving time, but then there's 75m difference in gain and 800m in distance, both quite a lot considering the relatively small numbers.
Which one is likely to be more accurate and why? Does this mean using strava on your phone is a waste of time? Or am I missing something?
So at the end of the ride, my number were 16.9km, 203m gain, in 1:17. While his stats were 17.7km, 278m gain in 1:15:55. So there's a 1 minute discrepancy which is possible as that's actual moving time, but then there's 75m difference in gain and 800m in distance, both quite a lot considering the relatively small numbers.
Which one is likely to be more accurate and why? Does this mean using strava on your phone is a waste of time? Or am I missing something?