Crazy Garmins

rob39
rob39 Posts: 479
edited May 2017 in Road general
Just completed the tour of Ayrshire gran fondo and looking back over the data of riders in the group I rode with, noticed the amazing difference in elevation recorded by our Garmins. Ranging from 3,500ft to an astonishing 5000ft for the same course

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  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    It's the altimeter that the garmin uses.
    It's stupid.

    If they correct their elevation on strava they should all work out to be about the same.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    Even once the data are on Strava, they differ wildly. I remember having 800 mt for the same course a friend of mine had 1300 mt... that is over 50% more and frankly as data go, pretty poor...

    Just look at classic events like the Fred Whitton... among those who did it in the past 3 years (course has not changed) the elevation varies from 2900 to 3800 mt
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    rob39 wrote:
    Just completed the tour of Ayrshire gran fondo and looking back over the data of riders in the group I rode with, noticed the amazing difference in elevation recorded by our Garmins. Ranging from 3,500ft to an astonishing 5000ft for the same course

    From what I heard about the quality of the roads, the extra 1500ft could be accounted for by potholes :twisted:
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