Wildly optimistic Edge 500

davecara
davecara Posts: 104
edited July 2014 in Road general
I've not reset anything as of yet, but when I'm out the odometer ends up massively out. Last spin I did the Garmin gave a total milage of 56 ish and when I uploaded it onto Strava it was around the 38 mark. Any ideas?

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    What does your strava trace look like ? My strava matches my garmin pretty much ?
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    do you have a speed and cadence sensor? if so is your wheel size correct? i think strava recalculates distance based on the GPS points
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  • davecara
    davecara Posts: 104
    The trace is spot on, I do have a cadence sensor on there. Might have to have a look at resetting/recalibrating it if the issues likely to be there
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Can you recalibrate a GPS ?

    Your last strava says 34 miles ?
  • davecara
    davecara Posts: 104
    The unit its self showed about 54 miles on the screen before I uploaded the last ride!

    Meant to say recalibrate the cadence/speed sensor :lol:
  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,295
    Did you reset it before going out?
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  • davecara
    davecara Posts: 104
    I didn't actually. Probably be a good idea for tonight! :lol: The mileage reading was 0 before I left the house though so its not a cumulative total.
    I'll reset the sensor later and see how I get on
  • ajkerr73
    ajkerr73 Posts: 318
    At the risk of offending, you do realise that 34 miles = 54km (give or take)???
  • davecara
    davecara Posts: 104
    I didn't realise and you may have a very valid point!!

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