Originally Posted by
dr_lha
So you can see that although 2 of the Garmin guys were close, the third got over 230ft of climbing extra recorded. That and all the Garmin riders got over 300ft more climbing than I did on Strava, by benefit of using a Garmin! I suppose if you were to take a positive here, 2 of the Garmin users were pretty close, so it's possible only one Garmin was anomalous, but Strava trusts it anyway!
Which value is correct? That's pretty important to know. You're assuming the Garmins are wrong, but without any better information I'd leave it up to a vote and say the true elevation from that ride was most likely around 1,650 feet and Strava routinely cheats people out of the pride of their honest work.
