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Bike Riding Counting as Steps

LeeZav
over 5 years ago
My wife commutes by bike and we've noticed she has a massive spike in her steps at the times she rides. She's using the Fenix to record the ride so the watch should not be counting steps. Anyone else have this issue?
  • 0 over 5 years ago
    Browner40 - you should increase your cadence :) - I agree might be nice to have the option - but I don't see it being high on Garmin's list. It's very inconsistent too - I spent about 80 mins Kayaking yesterday which based upon number of paddle strokes I would have expected to give me about 5000 steps but it gave me about 3000.
  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Why would you not want it to count steps? 

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    I don't understand why you wouldn't want it to count steps. To me bike cadence and running or walking cadence is on and the same. In fact, you burn way more calories on a bike in the same amount of time as walking or running. 

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    Mine is counting a lot less steps when I cycle. It's a bit annoying as when I cycle to work, I never reach my 10k step goal. When I would walk the 3km, I'd reach it probably every day... I think, the "activity bar" of Polar is a bit nicer for that reason, but ya... Personally I can live with it, for me there are worse things with Garmin watches that this one...

  • 0 over 5 years ago

    This is probably not pertinent 8 months on, but in a year of ownership I have never had steps register during cycling activity regardless of whether I am recording or not.

    Did any software updates fix your problem?

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to Browner40

    “Steps” is just a surrogate for work done. Your Fenix records HR, speed, distance traveled and time in specific HR Zones, as well as total time. It can also record power with appropriate input. Calculating or equating this work done to steps should not be a difficult proposition. Fitbit does it quite nicely. Being a “quiet, aero rider is irrelevant for all intents and purposes to the calculation of work done. Garmin needs to figure out how to convert other activity to “steps” ( since that’s what our employers are using to record and measure our “healthy” lifestyles).

  • 0 over 4 years ago

    After now 5 months with the F5+ and some bumpy rides with my Cyclocross bike, I observe that only very few steps are counted during the ride, less than my previous Fenix 3 did. So the software really has improved, which I think is quite impressive as the accellerometer has to differentiate beween steps ans bumps! Even on the Fenix 3 the numbers were low and as I am interested in tracking my sports and not my dog-walks (dog is unfortunately too old for running), I do not care about a few additional steps.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to CARMSTRONG1963

    Please!  I wouldn’t have bought the Garmond as a replacement for my Fitbit if I knew it was going to do this.  I do  lot of biking and now I am losing $500 a year on my health insurance because the Garmond doesn’t convert my biking activity to steps.  

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to 9905700

    If you want a device that counts everything as steps then you should not buy "Garmond" - you should go for a 20 bucks tracker and you can brush teeth, drive car, ride a horse… and you will get a big refund from your insurance!Smile

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I do a lot of biking, but my Medicare advantage plan only counts actual steps or step-like activities, like Nordic skiing, toward the 10 dollar monthly reward I get if I accomplish a certain number of steps in a month. So for that reason alone, I'd like an app that converts cycle miles to steps.  I'm sure this need is not unique to me, so Garmin, if you're listening, a conversuon app would be useful.