VERIFIED vs NON-VERIFIED vs FLAGGED rides
I am FINALLY beginning the process of publishing the results of all the data collected over the past eight years. I am happy to share those results with all of you once they ready. In the meantime, I have introduced new features to the website to enable YOU to help ME extract the highest quality data possible out of all the rides you have uploaded over the years. This is why it is important for you to verify your rides.
Verified means that you have confirmed the gear setup used on a ride.
Unverified means that you have NOT confirmed the gear setup used on a ride.
Flagged means that my automated cadence/speed tool detected that the reported gears are likely wrong.
Many long-time users are aware that the shifting systems don't inherently know what gear setup you have. Instead, the system records and assumes you are using a default gear setup. (For Garmin devices: 53x39 front and 11x23 rear). For some setups, you must manually configure your Garmin or Wahoo head unit with the gear setup you are using. I have finally added the feature that many of you have requested - to be able to swap cassettes / chainrings in an existing ride if you know the gears being displayed by the Garmin/Wahoo is wrong. Furthermore, you can update the gearing/chainrings on multiple rides all at once. Simply put a checkmark next to all the rides you want to change and then select "Apply Gears".
FLAGGED rides
In the process of adding this important feature to swap cassettes / chainrings on past rides, I realized I could also use this time to have everyone go through their data and confirm which cassette / chainring(s) were used during the ride. To help you (and me), I have created a verifier tool that you can run on ALL your rides if you don't remember or aren't sure which gears you were using. I have already run this tool on ALL rides and flagged rides which look like they had the wrong setup based on wheel/tire size assumptions. Hopefully this will draw your attention to rides you should double-check whether you were running a non-standard setup or forgot to change the defaults on your head unit.
Remove the flag by following the instructions above to verify the ride(s) and re-applying the same cassette/chainring if you are sure that was the gear setup you were in fact using.
Lastly, the wireless transmission is not flawless and occassionally 255 would be recorded as the gear size. I have now modified the import function to automatically ignore invalid gears such as 255. For previous rides, I have left the invalid gears alone and given you the capability to delete them (albeit a bit tedious as you have to do it one gear at a time). I will not include these gears in my research, but you have that capability of deleting the invalid gears individually for now, and hopefully I will have a checkbox based "delete them all" feature soon.
REQUIREMENTS
- You must be using Shimano Di2 or SRAM e-tap electronic shifting
- For older Shimano Di2 systems, you must ALSO have the D-Fly attachment installed if you are using Shimano Di2.
- Finally, you MUST have a modern Garmin Edge device (510 or later) or recent Garmin watch or Wahoo Element or Magellan Cyclo 505 device. The important thing to note is whether or not your device can display shifting information. If your device cannot display what gear you are in, then your device is not compatible.
- PS. You must also know how to connect your device to the computer and manually retrieve the .FIT or .GPX files from it using your computer.
NOTE: On older Shimano Di2 systems, the Garmin devices do not detect gear information automatically and default to a 11-23 cassette and a 53x39 2x chainring setup. BE SURE TO SWIPE DOWN AND SELECT YOUR DI2 SENSOR AND CONFIGURE WITH YOUR SPECIFIC GEAR SETUP!