Elapsed Time versus Moving Time

[FDP]

If a ride is set as "workout" on Strava it uses moving time. If it is set as "race" it uses elapsed time. 

Makes sense to me. Both still visible, different uses for different purposes. 

[Spinnekop]

Set watch to auto stop and start.  That way you'll always know how long you are out RIDING your bike.

The only place where auto start/stop won't play nice is if you are doing timed events and you chase a certain goal wrt time.  (As Ryan pointed out above)
 

[RobertWhitehead]

Does it matter?

The way I see it:

If I leave home at 06:00 and return at 11:00 then my riding time was 5 hours regardless of the amount of time I spent physically pedalling the bike. 

[zoobear84]

Moving time. I had to this on the weekend. It was mostly fun because we had some beginners and crashes along the way.

[The Ouzo]

21 minutes ago, RobertWhitehead said:

Does it matter?

The way I see it:

If I leave home at 06:00 and return at 11:00 then my riding time was 5 hours regardless of the amount of time I spent physically pedalling the bike. 

but if you shuttle to the top of a mountain and spend 60 minutes freewheeling to the bottom hardly even turning the pedals at all does it really count ?

You had 60 minutes of fun though.

[Jehosefat]

29 minutes ago, ouzo said:

but if you shuttle to the top of a mountain and spend 60 minutes freewheeling to the bottom hardly even turning the pedals at all does it really count ?

You had 60 minutes of fun though.

Obviously you count the shuttle time as well because you were all dressed up to ride and near your bike 🤪

[reteid]

elapsed time if a race moving time when training.

[bleedToWin]

On 9/5/2022 at 1:51 PM, RobertWhitehead said:

Does it matter?

The way I see it:

If I leave home at 06:00 and return at 11:00 then my riding time was 5 hours regardless of the amount of time I spent physically pedalling the bike. 

So if I commute to work and back that's a 9 hour ride?

There's no point in tracking time spent doing an activity if you play fast and loose with your definition of the activity. 

[Jbr]

1 hour ago, bleedToWin said:

So if I commute to work and back that's a 9 hour ride?

There's no point in tracking time spent doing an activity if you play fast and loose with your definition of the activity. 

how do you think I got my 23h last week of base ? 😎

[ChrisF]

it has been said any good ride should have a fair chunk of time at the coffee stop .....