Outdoor Biking: no active minutes?

[Kitten70]

My Alta recognizes the outdoor biking but it does not see them as active minutes.  Anybody else with this issue?

[Lgroneck]

Did it not recognize your activity from today? I am having this issue from my workout today. It is not automatically detecting the run but detects the active minutes...

[yaknn923]

I just did 28 minutes of biking but it did not record my active minutes. I ran my map my fitness just in case it didn't log either even though it is supposed to be synced.

[Gingerme]

Had a similar issue with kayaking. Recognised through Strava and logged the time etc through the app. Any solutions?

[jen2]

Me too. It picks up that I was riding my bike for 30 mins but doesn't record it as activity and SERIOUSLY under estimated the calories (63).

[yaknn923]

I finally called Fitbit and they told me that the device recognizes the activity but records it as if you were walking! I had my very expensive pedometer too long so I couldn't return it so I run my Map my fitness app while biking and then transfer the more accurate info into my fitbit. Part of the reason I bought the Alta was because it said it would recognize outdoor biking.😠

[jen2]

Thanks for the info. That is annoying you purchased it for that purpose! I
also have mine linked to Map My Fitness for the better calorie counting
app, so manually entered the bike ride to get credit.

[Sarahhhhhhh]

I’ve just started biking to work with Charge 2 and it does the same thing - but sometimes it gives me 1 minute. If I delete the auto track and enter the bike activity manually, it gives me 17 minutes. It’s too annoying to have to do this twice a day, so I might just have to accept that my Fitbit wants me to drive, but I’ll bike anyway!

[MarcinMN]

I've noticed this with my Charge 2 as well.  What's even more annoying is that it counts some of the minutes, but not all of them.  I'm guessing maybe it bases it on a certain heart rate threshold?

Here's my past few rides:
1:07:24 ride time --> 27 active minutes

1:15:56 ride time --> 60 active minutes

1:15:57 ride time --> 43 active minutes

I guess it's not a huge deal since I use Strava on my phone to track the ride.  It just would be nice if the Charge 2 acknowledged the full ride so that it could be included with any walking and/or running data I might also have for that day.  My Charge 2 is getting pretty old.  Maybe it's time to find something that will do a better job for a biker/runner/walker like me...