Mountain biking with Apple Watch

When road cycling, the watch works well, but when mountain biking the screen flips over to the watch face and to restore the workout face, requires the passcode. That and it will say I've been biking for hours when in fact I've been biking for less than 30 minutes. At first I thought it was the long sleeve shirt messing with the touch screen, but with a short sleeve shirt the problem persists (I do wear gloves with a small gauntlet). What's going on here?

Posted on Jun 3, 2023 3:17 PM

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