Elevation per mile pointless prize

[Subby]

@Sunyata 172592 wrote:

Anyone want to go ride laps up and down the gravel side of Mt Weather? Come on dcv… You know you want to! 😎

I’ll throw in another six pack if you can take the KOM/QOM.

[Birru]

I might be able to take the QOM. Might.

[QuikAF77]

@Subby 172610 wrote:

I’ll throw in another six pack if you can take the KOM/QOM.

Like you wouldn’t go ride it the next day if you lost that KOM!

[QuikAF77]

@AlanA 172570 wrote:

Ugh! Bob C (who I think happens to be one of those randonuttes) looks like a formidable opponent. If I had my old Garmin, I’d have a much better chance at beating him. But my stupid new Garmin cheats me out of about 10% per ride according to Ride with GPS. However, I will give it my best shot.

Any chance of getting a few bonus points for finishing in the top 3 of miles while doing this? It’s one thing to do a lot of climbing per mile, but it’s another to do it all the time. Haha, I figure it can’t hurt asking. Either way, I’m up to the challenge.

I feel your pain, my Garmin 520 doesn’t give me nearly the elevation as when I use my gf’s 800. The warmer it gets the less elevation I get also. No bonus for high mileage, keeping the competition open to everyone with at least Mt. Everst worth of total elevation.

[bmillah]

Yes. I’m inspired.

Currently tracking at about 80 ft. / mile. Bigger question is if I can get to 29,029 by 3/11.

[Subby]

If your garmin is shorting you on total feet climbed you can always open your ride via the strava website and click correct elevation.

[Birru]

Does this work in reverse? Asking for a friend (*cough*musclys).

[musclys]

@Birru 172671 wrote:

Does this work in reverse?

It does. I’ve done it with both rides I logged on my Garmin Forerunner 920 watch and my Wahoo ELEMNT. It’s pretty unpredictable. Sometimes it shorts me, sometimes it adds climbing. And this is true for both devices, even though my Garmin is generally hateful and my Wahoo is more favorable. Rule of thumb: if you’re climbing looks low among other people in a group ride, might be worth correcting elevation. If your climbing runs high, don’t do it. And if you’re climbing alone, you don’t need to correct elevation because you’ve already won.

[bmif]

@Subby 172669 wrote:

If your garmin is shorting you on total feet climbed you can always open your ride via the strava website and click correct elevation, and I sux.

And I suppose you favor video replay for balls and strikes. The imperfection in calculation of ft climbed is part of the game. You’re ruining the game.

[Subby]

@bmif 172679 wrote:

And I suppose you favor video replay for balls and strikes. The imperfection in calculation of ft climbed is part of the game. You’re ruining the game.

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[cvcalhoun]

@bmif 172679 wrote:

And I suppose you favor video replay for balls and strikes. The imperfection in calculation of ft climbed is part of the game. You’re ruining the game.

If we eliminated from Freezing Saddles all competitions in which the totals couldn’t be precisely calculated, we wouldn’t have Freezing Saddles. Even the total mileage is really an estimate, since things like a frozen Garmin can make it inaccurate.

[AlanA]

@Subby 172669 wrote:

If your garmin is shorting you on total feet climbed you can always open your ride via the strava website and click correct elevation.

Garmin Express and Strava both do the same elevation correction. I have never had them increase my elevation. In fact, they even tell you to NOT do a correction if your unit goes by barometric pressure (which I believe most Garmin’s do). The correction is mostly useful for totally wacko elevations. I just wish I could somehow use Ride with GPS data on Strava. They seem to have elevation based upon the roads you ride on.

My biggest problem with my new Garmin is on short rolling hills where you fly down one and fly up the other. It screws me pretty much every time. And there is nothing I can do about it. It’s just about perfect for long, gradual climbs.

[rachel_c]

@QuikAF77 172548 wrote:

I figured you would be a front-runner, looks like you’ve got some competition! Bob C from Team 18 is sitting at 75 ft/mi, Cynthia P from Team 22 at 60 ft/mi, and Rachel C from Team 17 @ 59 ft/mi just from my quick look at the “Distance Elevation Speed” chart.

Yay! I like that this is a thing now. I’m feeling smoked from all hilly riding up here in Maryland, but the promise of beer could change everything.

[QuikAF77]

@AlanA 172703 wrote:

My biggest problem with my new Garmin is on short rolling hills where you fly down one and fly up the other. It screws me pretty much every time. And there is nothing I can do about it. It’s just about perfect for long, gradual climbs.

Agreed, it can’t keep up with rollers at all! What I don’t get is that it can tell me my altitude in close to real time, but not convert that to ascent/descent. I put all 3 on one screen and track actual ascent/descent in my head sometimes and watch it slowly try to catch up. My favorite is how I can have different ascent and descent #’s when I have ridden a loop.

[musclys]

@jrenaut 172472 wrote:

I can do an individual leaderboard at some point.

Can you ping this thread when some point passes?

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