Originally Posted by
rdtompki
That's strange about the elevation numbers. I assume your speaking to elevation gain. Nothing seems to inflate elevation gain like my Garmin 705. In the end I just want the elevation gain to be consistent from track to track which I hope will be the case. Whatever algorithm they're using at least it doesn't contain the noise that you get when you're actually riding the course.
I hear you about the garmin 705, but with the latest firmware upgrade 3.1, it allows you to set the elevation at point that you specify (i use my home for example).
That elevation that you enter seems to be used by the garmin and it calculates elevation numbers taking that into account (almost like a manual calibration).
I have found it to be spot on after that, at least it matches quite well with some of the topo data that i've seen.