Climber data completely off

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schmadde

• April 01, 2022 21:46

Hi there. 

monday last week I tried the new "predictive path" feature which enables the use of climber without following a route. It actually works quite well and I was very delighted of this great feature - especially since I like climber much better then the Garmin "climb pro" feature from which I assume it is inspired. 

 

The only problem is that elevation data seems to be completely wrong at least on the ascents I was doing (on my usual round the corner workout). one of them is a quite steady 9-10% ascent where climber insisted on fluctuating between 18 and 6.7%. It is quite strange to have climber say the 18% ascent flattens to less that 7% when actually there is no noticeable change in steepness. Same thing for the Schäftlarn ascent (which everybody in Munich knows) where climber even dreamed of an intermediate descent which absolutely is not there (the hill is between 5 and 7%).

Is this a known problem and is there a fix? I can offer coordinates if necessary. 

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  Steve MacMillan

  • April 02, 2022 07:48

  From what I read from other people posting on this site. An on one ride myself, the gradient readings are know to be inconsistent with the reality! Not the best feature for a supposed 'top-end- bike computer!

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  Ali

  • April 05, 2022 07:10

  We would love to look into this for you for improvement. It is a known issue in some regions, specially in EU. Data from your rides would help us a lot, specially if you are also aware of the reality. Could you share the sections from the original GPX file and locations of exact issue - where you see the inconsistency in an email to support@hammerhead.io?

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  Gaël

  • January 18, 2026 07:41

  This is still a recurring issue. Did you have any chance to look at the files vs. the map?

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