strava gets data wrong

[jamma]

I been at my watt bike session tonight with my garmin paired to the bike and when i have upload to strava all the data is wrong as apparently a 15 mile ride is only 2.6 miles long and the time was 50 mins but now its 30 mins and i have also tryed a manual upload same result. Has this happened before to anyone and how was it fixed. I have also submitted a support ticket to strava hoping they can fix it

 

[S-Express]

If you're being coached, you should be on Trainingpeaks, not Strava.

 

[bianchi1]

Did you turn the GPS off on the Garmin unit? If you pair stuff (speed sensors, watt bikes etc) but leave the GPS on it goes a bit wrong if to do an indoor session.

 

[400bhp]

If you're being coached, you should be on Trainingpeaks, not Strava.

Not necessarily and he could be on both?

 

[S-Express]

Strava is a toy, trainingpeaks is a training tool.

 

[jamma]

If you're being coached, you should be on Trainingpeaks, not Strava.

I am in both as @400bhp rightly suggested

Did you turn the GPS off on the Garmin unit? If you pair stuff (speed sensors, watt bikes etc) but leave the GPS on it goes a bit wrong if to do an indoor session.

I turned the gps off but left everything else paired

 

[S-Express]

I am in both as @400bhp rightly suggested

In which case, there's no need to worry about Strava getting it wrong.

 

[400bhp]

Strava is a toy, trainingpeaks is a training tool.

Yeah, if you say so.

 

[PhilDawson8270]

Yeah, if you say so.

Maybe his wording of "toy" was a little provocative. But he does have a point.

Strava is a social service aimed at the general public. To encourage fun competition and tracking some basic info with a social aspect.

TrainingPeaks is a training service aimed at competitive athletes to provide good data for performance analysis. It Has an entirely different focus.

They are 2 services aimed at 2 different potential markets. In the same way LinkedIn and Facebook are both social media sites. But have totally different target markets.

That's my opinion anyway. Courtesy of a toy user

 

[smutchin]

apparently a 15 mile ride is only 2.6 miles long

I think you'll find the ride was actually zero miles. If you're trying to analyse Wattbike sessions in terms of distance, you're looking at it in completely the wrong way. Any distance reading provided by the data is purely notional and Strava may well be interpreting the data differently to how Wattbike interprets the data.

the time was 50 mins but now its 30 mins

Is that elapsed time vs 'moving' time, perhaps?

 

[mustang1]

Maybe his wording of "toy" was a little provocative. But he does have a point.

Strava is a social service aimed at the general public. To encourage fun competition and tracking some basic info with a social aspect.

TrainingPeaks is a training service aimed at competitive athletes to provide good data for performance analysis. It Has an entirely different focus.

That's my opinion anyway. Courtesy of a toy user

Yeah but strava told me anyone can be an athlete, even me! So I signed right up....

 

[400bhp]

Maybe his wording of "toy" was a little provocative. But he does have a point.

Strava is a social service aimed at the general public. To encourage fun competition and tracking some basic info with a social aspect.

TrainingPeaks is a training service aimed at competitive athletes to provide good data for performance analysis. It Has an entirely different focus.

They are 2 services aimed at 2 different potential markets. In the same way LinkedIn and Facebook are both social media sites. But have totally different target markets.

That's my opinion anyway. Courtesy of a toy user

Yeah, all agreed. I just couldn't be arsed with a long response.

 

[clippetydoodah]

I did a hill rep session the other night and strava recorded 0 ascent. Most annoying. Can't
seem to fix it.

 

[smutchin]

I did a hill rep session the other night and strava recorded 0 ascent. Most annoying. Can't
seem to fix it.

Try this: http://garmin.kiesewetter.nl/ (assuming you're using a Garmin)

If you convert the file to csv you can read the data and see if the elevation figures have actually been recorded.

 

[jamma]

I have fixed it all i need to do was click the indoor training icon and every data field turn the same as my garmin