Originally Posted by
OldTryGuy
IMO, spot on. Utilize the information that one wants and just ignore the other stuff. Just 10 days ago I was on a midnight 100 mile road ride when a 150lb wild hog came up and side swiped me resulting in a crash. I know exactly how far into the 100 I was(33.4miles), wear this happened, the speed I was riding at when it happened(20.1mph) and down to 0, how far I managed to stay upright before I hit the ground and cracked my scapula + cracked 2 ribs + punctured left lung, how long it took to gather my wits about me almost passing out going into shock while waiting for my buddy to come back to me(10 minutes), then ride the 4.5 miles home not knowing my injuries. Looking at the results to me is neat but the if all I wanted to know was speed/distance I had that also.
You do make a good point. Last year I wrecked on a solo ride with no witnesses. Cracked my skull in three places and have no memory of what happened, nor do I remember any of the ten or fifteen minutes prior to arriving at the scene of my accident.
With my bike computer, I was able to determine how fast I was going, where I stopped pedaling, where I crashed, When the bike was moved afterward, and quite a few other things. Going back and walking to those points which I'd put on another handheld GPS gave me a way to make some sense of it as I still to this day have no idea what exactly happened.