I am doing local hillclimb, as well as a gravel timed segment each month this summer, and I saw XSH, so I thought I would give it a try.
I followed the instructions
and have the datafield on my Garmin Explore2 - and I have two segments in my Xert account selected to sync to Garmin. But when I start a ride the datafield shows “fetching segments” but than after quite a while, it shows “no segments loaded” and transitions to “prowling”
the phone that has Garmin Connect running on it is connected to the internet via Wifi
“prowling” means you are not near to the loaded segment. In order for segment to appear on your garmin device, you need riding near to the segment area.
When you swipe to the Segment Hunter screen on your Garmin (after starting a recording) you should see the segments you selected to sync (up to 5) after a successful fetch.
If not, are you sure you entered your Xert username and password correctly under Segment Hunter Settings on Garmin Connect Mobile or Garmin Express?
I did have a question about the algorithm. I was doing an 11 mile climb. The overall climb averages 5%. The first 9 miles averages around 4.4% (which is all I did today) and the last 2 miles are more like 8-12%
Does XSH do any sub-segment analysis - or (as I expect) it considers the climb to have a constant grade of 5% for the whole 11 miles?
It doesn’t really know anything about the segment itself… it uses your current MPA & your fitness signature to display the highest average power you could sustain for the target completion time & adjusts on the fly as you go (so if you push well above the suggested power, the power target will drop a bit, and if you ease off a bit, the target power might increase a bit). It’s a pretty simple, but useful tool!
It typically works best for segments that are <20 min or so.
Funny enough, I just used the segment hunter again today! I forgot how neat of a little data field it is… really helpful for pacing longer, steadier efforts, if that’s something that you struggle with.
Today I used it to help me pace a ~10 min segment (and of course ended with a Near Breakthrough & -1 W to threshold). Meh. I’ll get it back next week!
