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[RC] Who REALLY knows ? - Jonni Jewell

Tina posted :>>>I'd be inclined to think, based on personal experience, that
some (maybe all?) of that difference is from the GPS losing satellites and
not
capturing all the distance travelled.<<<
(which was in response to catfishs comment of >>>> Got myself a GPS not too
long ago and did a bit of "study". <snip> the study I  did was simple.  I
went to all my riding buddies and rode with them.  For as  long as I knew
them, they all talked about how far they rode<snip>When I actually rode with
them, would you believe that some of them were off by as much as 15 miles
per training ride?<<<

Now, I could be wrong here, but I "thought" Catfish was saying that the
riding buddies had thought they knew how far they were going, (without some
sort of measuring device...just "feel"???) And that when they rode with the
GPS Catfish had, that when asked "how far was that", some of them were WAY
off in their guesses.

Am I on the right track Catfish? Or do they ride with GPS's, and they are
getting incorrect readings......

Jonni in TX



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