puma1552

Just took my Elemnt Bolt out for the first ride since getting it over the winter.

My rider profile on my phone is updated with my height/weight.

I did not bring my phone on my ride. I do not use any sensors of any kind. Literally just the Bolt.

Everything was working fine, but the calorie field on the Bolt just said N/A. Halfway through my ride, I stopped, ended the ride on the Bolt, and started a whole new ride to see if that would fix it. Same thing, calories wouldn't track, just N/A.

I thought maybe it was because I didn't have my phone, maybe the Bolt doesn't know my height/weight like the app in the phone does. So I thought maybe once I sync the data from the Bolt to the app, it would back calculate calories. Nope. App in my phone shows zero calories burned.

What am I missing? Do I have to bring the phone with me on my ride in order for calories to track, or is there something else going on? I thought I could track everything with the Bolt as a standalone unit and did not need my phone with me.

John_V 

The Bolt requires a heart rate monitor in order to calculate calories. If my HR monitor doesn't make good contact with my skin, if the battery dies or I forget to put it on, I get the same N/A in my HR and calorie fields.