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  1. #16
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    I don't use autopause. I download to MotionBased/Garmin Connect. It gives total time and avg moving time. I don't even hit stop when we stop for lunch or coffee. Forgetting to turn it back on is more frustrating than just letting it run.
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  2. #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate View Post
    I don't use the wheel sensor and I doubt the satellites identifying my GPS coordinates care about wheel diameter, or tire size, or tread design, or color of my hydration pack, or . . . .
    My two road bikes each have a cadance sensor on it. So I have to switch b/t bike 1 and bike 2 only because each is programmed to pick up the respective cadance sensor. Beyond that, yeah, there really isn't much of a reason to switch bikes when moving the unit b/t different bikes.

    For auto pause....as with some of the ladies here, I shut it off b/c it kept beeping at me when mtb'ing - slowing for switchbacks and whatnots....

  3. #18
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    I keep my auto pause on for 2mph, just so that it registers the complete stops.

  4. #19
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    Thx for those additional replies. Sounds like about where I have it set is good. Interesting comments about the other options of tracking your data. I will have to look into that.

    On the gps... yea, I dunno... I had a hill that I looked down and the Garmin hit one number for the grade. When I went to look for it in my graph later in TrainingCenter it did not register.

    I know the hill had to be steeper than the graph... in my story I'm going with the head unit grade.

  5. #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miranda View Post
    I know the hill had to be steeper than the graph... in my story I'm going with the head unit grade.
    Another thing SportTracks does is allow you not only to turn data smoothing on or off, but to adjust the degree of smoothing of each data field to your own liking.

    For some reason GTC for Mac and GTC for Windows don't use the same data smoothing. But, if you zoom in closely on the graph, a lot of times you'll see numbers that were sustained for such a short time that you can't see them when you're zoomed out. You might try that for now.
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  6. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    What model do you have? I haven't had that trouble with the newer model with the high-sensitivity receiver. Also, the wheel sensor is supposed to take priority over the GPS - although there have apparently been some software issues with that.
    I have a 305 and it's brand new. I upload to Motion Based on a MAC. I'm really not as concerned about speed at this point then I am heart rate and cadence... still, it doesn't seem right to me. We're going to test it out some more this week.
    Last edited by tctrek; 07-12-2009 at 05:48 AM.
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  7. #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    Another thing SportTracks does is allow you not only to turn data smoothing on or off, but to adjust the degree of smoothing of each data field to your own liking.

    For some reason GTC for Mac and GTC for Windows don't use the same data smoothing. But, if you zoom in closely on the graph, a lot of times you'll see numbers that were sustained for such a short time that you can't see them when you're zoomed out. You might try that for now.
    That's good to know also!

    I think there should be a hands on live person instruction course for Garmin.

 

 

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