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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #20 - 09/13/15 at 5:24pm
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For me it's about having a clear and easy way to see your ride and analyze it ( aka look at it on a real computer) and/or share rides, routes, whatever.
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #21 - 09/13/15 at 5:29pm
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Bottom line is, No matter whos system it is,  If you don't have a sensor on your bike while in the woods, you will never get acurate distance or tracking
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #22 - 09/13/15 at 11:28pm
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Rob's right - If by "track" you want something to map your route and add a social media type component that gives you the ability to "share" rides or participate in some sort of community, then I think Strava or Runtastic Mountain Bike are the way to go. But as far as tracking rides, I'm really only interested in 3 numbers - Total Distance, Time, and Average Speed. So I stick with the Cateye. 

  
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I like top speed myself Grin
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #24 - 09/14/15 at 12:37am
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FredRubble wrote on 09/13/15 at 11:55pm:
I like top speed myself Grin


That's a good one too, but usually the result of a single downhill... lol.
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #25 - 09/14/15 at 12:21pm
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FredRubble wrote on 09/13/15 at 1:45pm:



But doesn't a speed sensor turn it back in to a Cateye?  I'm obviously missing something here.....I mean that seriously not sarcastically.... What do these units hold as an advantage over a regular cycle computer?  Seems like they are way more expensive and still not practical for use in the woods....



I know, I  know, I know, pick me!... So as a Strava user AND a cheapo $20 cateye I can tell you why I want a gps unit with a wheel sensor...

So I like Strava because it tells me a few things... such as my longest ride, my most elevation gain ride, my fastest time on a section, my total distance & elevation this year, my total distance & elevation period, how fast / slow I am through a section, what trails I have ridden (especially important for places like dupont) - and the beauty is I can pull all these up and look at them on a map to analyze.  In addition to all that it's nice to see PRs after a ride, especially those that you feel slow on and about die on....

Now, why the wheel sensor?  Because strava on the phone doesn't give accurate data and is about 20% off in my findings... for someone that rides over 2000 miles a year I'd like to get credit for that.
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #26 - 09/14/15 at 12:30pm
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sCvHeaVens wrote on 09/14/15 at 12:21pm:



I know, I  know, I know, pick me!... So as a Strava user AND a cheapo $20 cateye I can tell you why I want a gps unit with a wheel sensor...

So I like Strava because it tells me a few things... such as my longest ride, my most elevation gain ride, my fastest time on a section, my total distance & elevation this year, my total distance & elevation period, how fast / slow I am through a section, what trails I have ridden (especially important for places like dupont) - and the beauty is I can pull all these up and look at them on a map to analyze.  In addition to all that it's nice to see PRs after a ride, especially those that you feel slow on and about die on....

Now, why the wheel sensor?  Because strava on the phone doesn't give accurate data and is about 20% off in my findings... for someone that rides over 2000 miles a year I'd like to get credit for that.


Ok...That's pretty much what I was thinking.... Good summary....
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #27 - 09/14/15 at 2:37pm
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sCvHeaVens wrote on 09/14/15 at 12:21pm:



I know, I  know, I know, pick me!... So as a Strava user AND a cheapo $20 cateye I can tell you why I want a gps unit with a wheel sensor...

So I like Strava because it tells me a few things... such as my longest ride, my most elevation gain ride, my fastest time on a section, my total distance & elevation this year, my total distance & elevation period, how fast / slow I am through a section, what trails I have ridden (especially important for places like dupont) - and the beauty is I can pull all these up and look at them on a map to analyze.  In addition to all that it's nice to see PRs after a ride, especially those that you feel slow on and about die on....

Now, why the wheel sensor?  Because strava on the phone doesn't give accurate data and is about 20% off in my findings... for someone that rides over 2000 miles a year I'd like to get credit for that.


Yup, that pretty much sums it up for me. 

I'm a visual kinda guy and spreadsheets don't do it for me personally. Jeff hit on about every reason I have for wanting it to be GPS tracked, but also the addition of the wheel sensor just adds that extra bit of accuracy to the big two (speed and distance)


  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #28 - 09/15/15 at 6:19pm
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So are there any decent speed sensors that dont use the stupid spoke magnet thing?  I know the new Garmin one is hub mounted, but I don't it works as a standalone (for a phone or whatever) speed sensor
  
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Re: How are you tracking your rides?
Reply #29 - 09/15/15 at 6:38pm
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It should* work with any ANT+ unit but I really have no idea if it does or not
  
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