grego12 Posted January 11, 2015 Share So, I've now done some scientific experimentation and need some input. I ride with a Garmin Edge 810. I upload the data into strava. Now, when I load the data into Garmin connect, it shows the ride distance as 83.12Km. On Strava, the exact same ride load from the same Garmin 810 shows 81.2km. All other ride data is the same - elevation, time. How is this possible that the same dataset from can give different results for distance? I know Strava's app overestimates distance versus the Garmin, but here Strava is making the Garmin distance shorter! pics attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runbikeswim Posted January 11, 2015 Share Fix this by just using a garmin and uploading to strava.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted January 11, 2015 Share Fix this by just using a garmin and uploading to strava..I thought that was what he was doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted January 11, 2015 Share Oh horrors EmptyB, Escapee.. and fanievb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firozfx Posted January 11, 2015 Share I upload directly from edge 810 via Bluetooth to android phone with garmin connect. Garmin connect linked to strava. All stats are identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runbikeswim Posted January 11, 2015 Share In that case check how often your garmin records... Set it to the most possible 0.5 or 1 seconds. If it's only every 5 or 60 etc it makes it very inaccurate, especially on a mtb with turns and twists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem76 Posted January 11, 2015 Share He's only recording on a single device, and 2 different apps are interpreting the data differently - changing data capture settings is not going to fix this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DieBees Posted January 11, 2015 Share Interesting. I was gonna say it must be the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted January 11, 2015 Share Very interesting....I have just got a garmin watch for running and the distances are identical in connect and strava...but then running has opportunity for more gps points along a route than cycling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_ct Posted January 11, 2015 Share Side note:Notice how different the energy used is as well. I see this when copying across from Strava to Endomondo or the other way. Edit: looks like that's a Strava issue with kJ almost equal to calories, which it's not. Edited January 11, 2015 by paul_ct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego12 Posted January 11, 2015 Share In that case check how often your garmin records... Set it to the most possible 0.5 or 1 seconds. If it's only every 5 or 60 etc it makes it very inaccurate, especially on a mtb with turns and twists.Robojedi, the recording interval is set to 1 second which is the lowest it can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runbikeswim Posted January 12, 2015 Share last thing I can think ( and this happened to me ) my garmin was set to auto correct elevation on the Garmin connect site , it used my build in barometer to determine the alt or something along those lines. each time I uploaded it changed the altitude of the ride, thereby changing the distance by around 1 to 2 km on a 50 km ride. check on the connect site if alt correction is on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbdcaffie Posted January 12, 2015 Share I think that you need to do more climbing. avatar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez-O Posted January 12, 2015 Share We were doing a ride in Sabie recently and also the Garmin vs Strava phone apps were recording the same distances between riders, the elevation was FAR higher on the phone app than that from the Garmin units... Something like 2,800m vs 3,500m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grego12 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Just tested another ride with a Garmin 910xt....its distance matches 100% with Strava. The issue seems specific to the 810...or perhaps my 810 has a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC&P2C Posted January 12, 2015 Share I would be more concerned about the cadence reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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