Thread: Elevation gain
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Old 07-25-21 | 10:42 PM
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From: Far beyond the pale horizon.
Originally Posted by terrymorse
Having an accurate elevation is useful in one situation: when you know the elevation of the summit of your climb, and you want to know how much more climbing you have remaining.
​​​​​​Sure. But that's not a common interest. (I didn't say it wasn't ever useful.) It also wouldn't let you know how much more if there were inflection points.

You can also get that information from the relative elevation in the track file (if you are using one), which is how Garmin's "climbpro" works.

Accurate gain doesn't require accurate altitude. If the altitude is off by a constant amount over the course of a ride, the gain will still be the same.

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