Thread: Elevation gain
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Old 07-26-21 | 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by shelbyfv
^^^This. I and many of my riding friends use Wahoo to record and our elevations can vary by hundreds of feet on a ride. The Strava elevation correction reduces the variance substantially. It doesn't matter to me which is correct as long as I have consistency. To further muddy the water, we use RWGPS to plan routes. We rarely end up with the predicted elevation. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I can't see how a few hundred feet would matter either way.
My 1700m ride on Saturday turned into a 2400m ride in real life 😂

Those extra 700m are way harder when you don't know they're coming
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