where are you seeing this?
Two days ago I created a course in RideWithGPS:
57.9 miles and 6330 feet of climbing.
Pinned it in RWGPS and it synced to Garmin Connect:
and also auto-synced to my 840. On the Edge I was surprised to see bonus elevation:
Instead of 6330 ft of climbing, the 840 now had 8110 ft of climbing!
@KevinKlaes regarding your elevation comment I looked at a couple climbs…
for example climb #9 on RWPGS (pre-ride) has 677’ climbing:
but 732’ on the 840 ClimbPro:
Hard to exactly line up the climb between the 840, GC web, Strava, and TrainingPeaks, but I picked that one because it has a clear beginning/end and all uphill. Here goes:
| Climbing | Peak Elevation | |
|---|---|---|
| RWGPS route (pre-ride) | 677’ | 1366 feet above sea level |
| 840 ClimbPro (pre-ride) | 732’ | |
| Garmin Connect web (post-ride) | 689’ | 1364 feet above sea level |
| Strava (from Garmin ride file) | 664’ | 1367 feet above sea level |
| TrainingPeaks (from Garmin ride file) | 669’ | 1367 feet above sea level |
| VeloViewer - from Strava segment data | 664’ | 1211 feet above sea level |
Not sure where ClimbPro picked up 28% bonus climbing elevation on the entire ride (8110’ instead of 6330’).
The 14 climbs finished either at the top, or within 100’ of the summit either a little short or a little long. Really nothing to complain about during the ride, other than seeing estimated 8110’ on the climb review page at the beginning.
It kept decreasing the total climbing remaining during the ride, for example about 1/3 into the ride:
the Total Ascent + Ascent Remaining had dropped to just over 7400’ total climbing.
About 2/3 into the ride:
and total climbing had dropped to 7220.
Even later:
down to 6770 total climbing.
Small route change, probably a small 100’ bonus climbing, finished at 6529’ climbing.