Bolt accuracy
Hi
Every ride me and my mates have different elevation and average speed between my bolt, Garmin 820 and a Garmin watch. Identical ride I got 720m, Garmin 820 was 590m and the watch 323m. Clearly 2 are wrong.
I know the data can change a little when loaded to strava, but surely not that much.
The bolt and 820 are paired with speed and cadence sensors.
Any ideas?
Every ride me and my mates have different elevation and average speed between my bolt, Garmin 820 and a Garmin watch. Identical ride I got 720m, Garmin 820 was 590m and the watch 323m. Clearly 2 are wrong.
I know the data can change a little when loaded to strava, but surely not that much.
The bolt and 820 are paired with speed and cadence sensors.
Any ideas?
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There was a recent thread about elevation accuracy with a Garmin 1000
viewtopic.php?f=40004&t=13105446&hilit=Garmin+connect
One contributor suggested a potential issue with the Garmin Connect software0 -
arlowood wrote:There was a recent thread about elevation accuracy with a Garmin 1000
viewtopic.php?f=40004&t=13105446&hilit=Garmin+connect
One contributor suggested a potential issue with the Garmin Connect software
Cheers. I might try a reset or plot on kamoot to see what the difference is.0 -
david7m wrote:Hi
Every ride me and my mates have different elevation and average speed between my bolt, Garmin 820 and a Garmin watch. Identical ride I got 720m, Garmin 820 was 590m and the watch 323m. Clearly 2 are wrong.
I know the data can change a little when loaded to strava, but surely not that much.
The bolt and 820 are paired with speed and cadence sensors.
Any ideas?
On our club rides people with bolts always tend to have much different elevation than the rest with garmins. I don't think the bolts have an altimeter so rely on GPS for altitude/elevation. Not sure what watch you are using though.0 -
Zeee wrote:david7m wrote:Hi
Every ride me and my mates have different elevation and average speed between my bolt, Garmin 820 and a Garmin watch. Identical ride I got 720m, Garmin 820 was 590m and the watch 323m. Clearly 2 are wrong.
I know the data can change a little when loaded to strava, but surely not that much.
The bolt and 820 are paired with speed and cadence sensors.
Any ideas?
On our club rides people with bolts always tend to have much different elevation than the rest with garmins. I don't think the bolts have an altimeter so rely on GPS for altitude/elevation. Not sure what watch you are using though.
No, the bolt does. It uses a barometric altimeter.
Elevation is affected by multiple factors and no cycle gps is 100% accurate.0 -
redvision wrote:Zeee wrote:david7m wrote:Hi
Every ride me and my mates have different elevation and average speed between my bolt, Garmin 820 and a Garmin watch. Identical ride I got 720m, Garmin 820 was 590m and the watch 323m. Clearly 2 are wrong.
I know the data can change a little when loaded to strava, but surely not that much.
The bolt and 820 are paired with speed and cadence sensors.
Any ideas?
On our club rides people with bolts always tend to have much different elevation than the rest with garmins. I don't think the bolts have an altimeter so rely on GPS for altitude/elevation. Not sure what watch you are using though.
No, the bolt does. It uses a barometric altimeter.
Elevation is affected by multiple factors and no cycle gps is 100% accurate.
Ah OK I stand corrected. Not sure why they are so different to garmin then. I understand none are 100% but on a 60 mile ride we had 8 or 9 people using garmin all within 300 feet but the 2 people using bolts were 1000 feet difference to each other.0
