Got gifted a Garmin Edge 830 for Christmas and have taken it out on a few spins since. Was horrified to watch my hard-earned average speed tick down when stopped, sometimes for quite prolonged periods (level crossings, busy roads, long delays at traffic lights). For example, after 30 minutes of steady cycling my average was 31.x kmh when I had to stop to cross a road and by the time I set off again I was at 26.x kmh. I didn’t watch my average power, but presume it does similar?

I think strava, where I upload to, takes this into account, but have also found, and turned on, auto pause on the device for when I’m stopped.

But what do most others do? I’d like to compare like-with-like so if, in general, people don’t use auto pause then I’ll probably turn it off.

Thanks!