Hit 3,000 miles on my bike last month and it felt like a conspiracy

I've been tracking my rides on a cheap GPS computer for two years and the number just clicked over during a solo ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The thing is, I checked my odometer against Google Maps for that same route and it was off by almost 40 miles, which makes me wonder if the whole 'average cyclist does 12 mph' stat is just made up to sell training plans. Has anyone else caught their fitness data not matching real world distances?

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pipera505mo ago

Wow, that’s a real eye-opener. I always trusted my bike computer’s numbers without question, just assuming it was spot on. Then I rode a marked century route that I know is exactly 100 miles, and my device only logged 92. Makes you doubt all those stats they throw around. Now I double-check any big ride with a map.

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sean_foster525mo ago

Used to think my Garmin was gospel until I rode the same loop and found a 30 mile gap.

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