Brian Wakem composed the following;:
Quoted message said:I have a couple of regular off-road routes that I do at night on my
mountain bike. Bizarrely the distance of each course seems to be getting
progressively shorter.
Route 1 distances - ordered by date
17.73m
17.17m
That's about, rough approximation, a 0.1 % difference in distance, over 17
miles, which is bloody good accuracy for a cycle computer, I'd say. I'd also
say you're probably picking slightly tighter lines, possibly also, as you
get to know the route better, going faster with less 'wobble', which
obviously decreases the distance travelled by the front wheel by a small
amount.
Quoted message said:Route 2 distances - ordered by date
12.59m
12.24m
I'd say similar to the first route, again bugger all change in percentage
terms of the whole distance covered, and such a small distance change might
easily be explained as above.
You don't say how long you've been travelling the route, but if you've only
recently started 'logging' it, then maybe, over a much longer timeframe, the
distance will tend to settle down to an optimum level, but that might take
weeks or more.
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