Originally Posted by
Steve B.
I think that it's such a silly conversation for members to come up with a device solution for somebody who doesn't want to have to push a button to start a ride, and also comments on not needing or wanting to push a button/turn a key to operate a car, push some buttons to operate a microwave, push buttons on a TV remote, on a phone, etc..... Kind of odd really, the world is now full of electronic devices that all require button pushes, maybe the OP is just old and cranky like me and is tired of all the intrusive technology in our lives. I used to write down in a book, the particulars of a ride as generated by my old style cycling computer. Then in the early 2000's migrated to a cloud based activity log that was much more useful, then discovered that a Garmin could track the activity and upload automatically to the cloud, I could view my information and go back and add data like "charged Di2", which then told me how many miles ridden between charges. A crap ton of useful and sometimes useless data. Having be able to give me TBT on roads I was not familiar with was a game changer and made the device worthwhile and I'm perfectly happy to push buttons to gain that utility.
What you say makes sense. Yet I do forget to hit "start recording" fairly often, and I annoy myself with that. I would like to know why I forget it! Maybe it's because starting a ride is overloaded with things such as checking my brakes and tires, putting on helmet and gloves, queueing my podcasts. What makes "start recording" hard to remember?
I occasionally forget to hit "stop recording" but far less often. And since I use ridewithgps on my phone, I can go to my ride on the web and cut out the extra portion. This is too much trouble for me to do, but leaving it as it is doesn't really mess up my statistics, so it doesn't trouble me much.
And to be fair, forgetting to record a ride doesn't mess up my statistics much, either since I mostly look at them on a monthly and annual basis. The day-to-day variation of speed etc are often not significant. For example, speed differences are the result of wind speed and direction.
I have a friend whose Wahoo computer does start recording when the bike moves. I'm pretty sure the computer doesn't record when she transports the bike in her car. It must have a wheel sensor. I think I'll ask her.