Discrepancies

[Slick]

I'm the same, I quite like trying to increase last year's mileage and the annual summary from Strava is quite interesting. I seem to have missed a few rides this year for some reason so it's not the be all and end all.

 

[Brandane]

Why record your rides? Are you training for the TDF?

Why ride a bike? Are you training for the TDF?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

there’s a 200kcal discrepancy between garmin and strava data on my commute...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

How many trackpoints / location timings are they recording over the rides? Fewer trackpoints = lower average speed.

I found this to be the case, I used to do a ride which had lots of 90 degree bends in it, it was in the US where they like to block out the housing, when I compared the Garmin with the phone the Garmin had me going around all the bends, the phone had me going through some of the houses.

As to why I record a ride, I do find it interesting after the ride to see how far, how long, I do like to look at the sectors to see how I compare with before, although I don't worry or get upset if it's not faster etc.