Originally Posted by
rachel120
Sigh. I found some setting on my phone that uses a lot more battery power in order to get a better location fix, and I turned it on for today's ride. Somehow I managed a 39 minute 8.5 mile ride in the 15-20 minutes it took me to get from home to work.
I'm going to try Strava. It can't be any worse than that.
It might be your phone. The tracking app you're using is only as good as the phone's GPS antenna, and whatever other locating services it uses.
my experience, using Runkeeper (for running) and RideWithGPS (ride tracking/navigation) My mid-level Android HTC was decent, except in high wind condition. My iPhone SE (5) was horribile. Constant loss of signal, or it would hop two or three blocks away for a data point, then back on course, adding hundreds of yards in seconds, and rendering average speed/pace worthless.
I recently went back to my 7-year-old iPhone 4, and was surprised to find out it's much better than the two newer phones, my RWGPS tracks can even show which side of the street i'm on.
My 8 is on order, but I may keep this little guy and convert it in to a stand-alone navigation/tracking unit.