Originally Posted by
chaadster
You’re absolutely right on, although another high-order question which could be asked is which info is most important: distance traveled or distance and location?
Only the GPS can record where one has traveled, and as such is a much richer data source than a $20 cyclometer. It’s hard for me to imagine the point of this “accuracy exercise” in 2021; GPS data can be analyzed more easily and in a more consequential manner than the simple data from the cyclometer.
Sure, the phone can do and record more but I don’t like having it strapped to my cockpit. So, now my inconspicuous BC on my stem at least shows similar speed and distance data to that on my phone in my back pocket.
