View Single Post
Old 05-13-20, 12:40 PM
  #29  
locolobo13 
Senior Member
 
locolobo13's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Phx, AZ
Posts: 2,116

Bikes: Trek Mtn Bike

Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 282 Post(s)
Liked 2,646 Times in 952 Posts
I like Strava but don't use it to track my miles. Strava consistently reports more miles than my bike computer. On bike rides it's reasonable, +/- 5%, usually +.

On walks and hikes it's outrageous. Regularly, after a 2-3 mi hike the mileage Strava shows is 5-7 mi. When you look at the map there will be several "jumps" where it appears you jumped a quarter mile to a half mile then back. Adding considerable mileage.

I've seen explanations for this but it doesn't matter. The numbers are unreliable. I think my bike computer can be within +/- 1% if you measure your wheel circumference regularly. But +/- 2% is fine with me.

I track my mileage in a spreadsheet and do a weekly summary for "fun".
locolobo13 is offline