The higher they climb, the harder they fall

[GuyContinental]

@NicDiesel 57960 wrote:

Yup. The heart rate monitor alone makes it a great purchase. But look out, the Garmin is the road to Perdition; you’ll be pinging Tim for power meter recommendations if you don’t look out.

I have a ANT+ HR, Speed and Cadence sensor (the Wahoo BikePack), could also and a PowerTap meter. They all seem to work pretty well- battery life (4 hours) and elevation are my issues. Cost all in (ex-phone) was about $250- that’s getting close(ish) to an ebay 510. Biggest plus for me is that I always have my app in my pocket so will record MTB, neighborhood rides, unicycle rides, whaddever.

[NicDiesel]

@GuyContinental 57970 wrote:

I have a ANT+ HR, Speed and Cadence sensor (the Wahoo BikePack), could also and a PowerTap meter. They all seem to work pretty well- battery life (4 hours) and elevation are my issues. Cost all in (ex-phone) was about $250- that’s getting close(ish) to an ebay 510. Biggest plus for me is that I always have my app in my pocket so will record MTB, neighborhood rides, unicycle rides, whaddever.

One of the benefits of being in the 350lbs+ cycling club is that I only have one bike so the Garmin is always there. To be fair, thanks to work (and paranoia) I do always have my phone with me.

[Mikey]

I think Ride with GPS could work too I think, but I’m not that savy.

[americancyclo]

@GuyContinental 57970 wrote:

about $250- that’s getting close(ish) to an ebay 510.

You can get a 500 now for around $200

[americancyclo]

@Mikey 57976 wrote:

I think Ride with GPS could work too I think, but I’m not that savy.

I know nothing about APIs, but I dug this up from 2010 on the webs

sfrider
08-06-10, 10:27 PM
Do you guys have a backend API or something restful where an app can retrieve data (preferably json) by ride id?

cullenking
08-09-10, 11:33 AM

sfrider: We don’t have a complete JSON API yet, but much of our stuff is available via JSON. Send me an email, cullen@ridewithgps.com and let me know what you need, and I’ll make it happen.

[hozn]

@Tim Kelley 57961 wrote:

Wait, so why won’t the Strava “correct elevation” feature work for this?

(Because people would scam it and not correct their elevation??)

https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/20965883-elevation-for-your-activity

Yeah, that’s what I was suggesting. But in reading more about it, I’m not sure that their “Corrected Elevation” is going to be more correct. USGS data may only be accurate to 10-meters (some areas are accurate to 3-meters) and they do a lot of smoothing.

So, Strava also messes with the barometric data that my Garmin 510 uploads.

I did a test this AM:
– I stretched my commute to a reading of 1106 feet on my Garmin. That’s what’s in the GPX/TCX file. I was watching my elevation and those numbers seemed very realistic.
– I upload it to Strava and my elevation for the activity is 1427 feet. Hmmm.
– I click the “Correct Elevation” button in Strava and I get 950 feet.

So I dunno. I’m tempted to believe my Garmin’s readings on this one. I have no idea why Strava is messing with that data to such an extent.

[Terpfan]

I was looking through a few of the phone-based programs comparing my ascents on the same route home. Nevermind that within each program I find wild variations from 300ish feet to 600ish feet, but I can’t find the same ascend answer in any of them. Amusing since it’s the same the route. Veloroutes thinks it’s 665 feet of elevation gain. Haha. I would guess it’s around 400-450.

[ronwalf]

Whoa, Strava may not be winning any friends, but look at Tapiriik, the activity synchronization service. Not only has Collin Fair restored Strava interoperability (no thanks to Strava), he posts all his code.

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