Math, computers, and recommendations, please!

[withm]

Did you make sure you have the correct number entered into the computer for your tire size? This could make a significant difference in your readings.

[OakLeaf]

Properly installed sensor wires aren't "in the way" of anything. They can be prone to breakage if they're installed loosely.

What features are you looking for? What parameters do you want to be able to track? Do you want to be able to download your workouts onto your "regular" computer? There are all kinds...

The computer isn't "recording zeroes," it's dividing distance by time (which includes stopped time). It actually takes quite a bit of sophistication to be able to exclude stopped time from your average. Then there's the question of whether you want tweak your data before you download it, or whether you want to download it all and use other software (like SportTracks) to tease out particular bits of data.

[Owlie]

Did you make sure you have the correct number entered into the computer for your tire size? This could make a significant difference in your readings.

If by that you mean wheel diameter, yes. Its default setting is 700.

Oak: Having some knowledge of programming, I can see why it would take something a bit more sophisticated to exclude those "data points." I could write a program in Java or Matlab that would do it, but telling something that's about as sophisticated as a four-function calculator to do that... This makes me think: Is the Flight Deck really not counting stopped time, or does BF just think it does?

Features I want--speed, average speed, distance (trip and total, though I can just subtract!), time (both trip and clock). The odometer should be programmable. Anything else is superfluous, really. While the Garmin sounds cool (I can get rid of those spots where I have to walk? Cool!) Trip average as well as overall would be cool, but I can do metal math.