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ShamuMia

Q: How do you Calibrate Apple Watch for outdoor Cycle

How do you calibrate the Apple Watch for riding a bike? There was a huge difference between the watch and my B.Cycle app. The watch showed a distance of 20.65 miles after the ride whereas the bike app read 21.7 miles. Do you do the 20 minute thing for cycling?

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Posted on Jun 7, 2015 7:27 PM

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  • by alex_h1,

    alex_h1 alex_h1 Jun 9, 2015 2:24 PM in response to ShamuMia
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    Jun 9, 2015 2:24 PM in response to ShamuMia

    Hello ShamuMia,

     

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    From your post I see you have questions concerning the calibration for your Apple Watch, specifically for when you're using the cycling workout. The best steps for calibration are in the article you were looking at originally.  If you have not yet gone through those steps already, then I do recommend doing so.

     

    Calibrating your Apple Watch for improved Workout and Activity accuracy - Apple Support

     

    Take care,

    Alex H.

  • by storm_22,

    storm_22 storm_22 Sep 28, 2015 12:39 PM in response to alex_h1
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    Sep 28, 2015 12:39 PM in response to alex_h1

    I am not convinced this calibrating (walking/running) will fix the cycling.  I went 25 miles the other day - MapMyRide and my speedometer on my both had me at 25 miles give or take a tenth or hundredth of a mile but the apple watch had me at 22.2 miles.  That is a big difference.  I will try this calibration method and hope it works. 

     

    On another note:  when doing Indoor Cycling it doesn't measure mileage at all or just when I move my arms (I totally understand why - I'm not moving) BUT I would like to know how I can edit my activity and add the mileage?  I did go out to apple and submitted a bug.  It has to be a bug or why have this activity even track mileage?  What I am doing for my work around, deleting the activity and manually putting the data in.

     

    Are there apps out there that does work with Apple Watch but then can update Health Kit?  I like the graphing and how it tracks.

  • by storm_22,

    storm_22 storm_22 Oct 6, 2015 6:16 AM in response to storm_22
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    Oct 6, 2015 6:16 AM in response to storm_22

    I was wrong. Doing the walking calibration for 20 minutes has indeed corrected the cycling mileage. I would recommend doing the calibration.