Speed/Watts Problem

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ddtsbr
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Speed/Watts Problem

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My Newton worked fine out of the box after intial setup. Did the Cal ride the other day and noticed my speed was 4 m/h -- which was totally wrong as I was going at least 15 m/h. Have done a hard reset and still not working. Has anyone ever encountered a problem like this? Any ideas? I have to be missing something here.
KenS
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Re: Speed/Watts Problem

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Some things to check:
Positioning of your speed sensor and wheel magnet
Wheel size in your Newton
Speed sensor battery
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ddtsbr
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Thanks Ken -- I'll check those items out.
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Ken's suggestions are great. If you're still having a problem then post a ride file.
John Hamann
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No help... tried all three and no chage to m/h or watts. Did notice that evelation seems to be functioning properly. Cadence appears to be alright as well. Ideas?
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ddtsbr wrote:No help... tried all three and no chage to m/h or watts. Did notice that evelation seems to be functioning properly. Cadence appears to be alright as well. Ideas?
Please post a ride file that illustrates the issue.
John Hamann
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Here's the ride file -- my last 5k run was much quicker than this 3 mile ride.
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ddtsbr
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Just figured it out... user error. I had the diameter rather than circumference in iBike profile. Really appreciate all the posts trying to figure things out. One the plus side, I know the owner's manual by heart now. Thanks Velocomp !!!
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ddtsbr wrote:Just figured it out... user error. I had the diameter rather than circumference in iBike profile. Really appreciate all the posts trying to figure things out. One the plus side, I know the owner's manual by heart now. Thanks Velocomp !!!
Yup, that will do it!

Make sure to do a new Cal Ride.
John Hamann
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