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Old 01-21-21, 11:01 AM
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I'm going to agree with the general sentiment expressed here, that the data display from a simple bike computer will have inherent inaccuracies. And this is okay. One can calibrate out errors from the wheel's circumference under load (roll-out 3x and then average isn't a bad method). But what are the other sources? Sampling rate error from the sensor is most likely the next largest. Next will be rounding/truncation errors in the algorithm's math stack. The filtering algorithms will contribute negligible errors. Last will be display resolution. Does any of this matter to the average bicycle rider?

GPS-based systems have their own sources of error. The math's more complicated, too. Does this matter?

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