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Strange elevation chart behavior

I was riding a course I created in Garmin Connect and downloaded to my Edge. Got this very strange elevation graph. What the heck is this? Has anyone else seen this? See video below.

My Edge is on software version 5.50.

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aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to 8789201 +2

On the Strava course integration issue, this came up on another thread.

If you use the Strava Route App then the course file you get has elevation data provided by Strava.

With the new course integration…
bglover11 over 5 years ago +1

The elevation profile when following a course has been just about completely wrong for me for the last few weeks. Right around the time I downloaded 5.50.. It'll show me coming up on a descent when I'm…
aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to bglover11 +1

If you are using Strava courses it may have changed due to the new course integration. Currently the integration causes the courses to switch from using Strava elevation data to using Garmin Connect elevation…

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0 aweatherall over 5 years ago

Could you post the course file you were using?

0 bglover11 over 5 years ago

The elevation profile when following a course has been just about completely wrong for me for the last few weeks. Right around the time I downloaded 5.50.. It'll show me coming up on a descent when I'm actually on a climb, etc

0 aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to bglover11

That is more likely due to the quality of the elevation data in the course file than a change on the Edge. The Edge only reports what is in the course file.

0 bglover11 over 5 years ago in reply to aweatherall

I would believe that if it hadn't been 100% accurate for the previous year i've been doing this on the 830 in the exact same area... in other words the course itself might not be 100% identical to previous ones but some if not all of the roads are the same (just in a different order/route)

0 aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to bglover11

If you are using Strava courses it may have changed due to the new course integration. Currently the integration causes the courses to switch from using Strava elevation data to using Garmin Connect elevation data.

0 lytleric over 5 years ago in reply to aweatherall

Here's a link to the file:

Course file on Dropbox

I just realized that this is the same course I had an issue with a few months ago with the Climbpro, so I am guessing it's a bad course file. I still have this course saved on my Edge and picked it for my ride the other day. Might have to just delete it off my Edge and recreate it.

0 aweatherall over 5 years ago in reply to lytleric

Only some of the records have elevation data instead of them all, which would cause issues.

Not sure what was used to create the course, but you may want to try a different site/tool.

0 lytleric over 5 years ago in reply to aweatherall

Thanks. I used Garmin Connect to create it!

0 bglover11 over 5 years ago in reply to aweatherall

Interesting, thanks for the info. I've been using Strava courses the whole time and again up until recently it worked perfectly. Whatever Strava and/or Garmin did with the new course integration it messed up the elevation. For reference - courses created on Strava and sync'd to my Wahoo Elemnt Roam work perfectly

0 8789201 over 5 years ago in reply to bglover11

bglover11, I would really like to know how you like the Roam compared to the 830. Navigating pre made heat map courses is my main use and I went for the 830 because of the better(?) maps, perfected turn by turn and faster cpu. Now I am thinking about switching to it (or Karoo 2 when it's a winner) because of all the glitches, but it remains a hard nut to crack. I wanted to send you a personal message, but don't know how.