EbikeMaui said:
Hire is the route for my 20 mile videos.So far no one even has a 20 mile video to match.If they did just the video would tell the story for full 20 mile unedited trips..
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=788388
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ecyclemaui
Well there's six videos in that link you posted, so it's not clear the one you're referring to. Assuming it's
this one, here's three big objections I have about it:
1. The routes certainly appear different on the go and return trips. It looks to me as though you're mostly staying on a large open road to benefit from tailwind, and then coming back on small narrow roads with trees/houses, shielded from the wind. Wind is why I use Champlain to return from downtown, but not to go there, at times there's no need to pedal! This effect can be pretty much neutered by doing a return trip using the same roads.
2. It looks as though you're pedaling for a good portion of that video, the way the camera bobs at a credible crank candece seems a dead giveaway. If the chain gets nuked for the video, then it can't be argued there's power input from there, no matter what.
3. We don't get to actually read the data on the meter. This makes the rest of the video rather pointless...
While it's easy for anyone with a speedometer to be misled about eff by having the wheel size slightly off, tracing the exact route on a map is pretty accurate. But, it would seem you've marked your starting about a mile off from Napili park, and you used different paths in the video...
Markings that follow the paths that were used tend to be more accurate:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=788866
