Tim123
Joined: 01 Apr 2004
Posts: 252
Location: Adelaide8/5/13 10:19 PM |
Seems to depend on the terrain. If fairly flat, Strava generated altitude and wattage seems ok, but if hilly terrain, Strava can inflate the altitude (and wattage) by a fair bit. In my example in the other thread, my altitude goes up from around 580m to over 800m for a regular loop. Wattage goes from around 185w to around 225w.
When I first started using Strava I would look at other peoples rides and think Holy Cow, how can they push that many watts!? But if they enter a high weight and use Strava elevation figures, it's not hard to look like a TdF pro ;)
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