Fitbit/Strava discrepancies

[paulhart]

yesterday i managed to authorise strava to sync with the fitbit dashboard / watch and a bike workout was recorded  however today a new bike ride has synced with the watch but the bike ride is not showing up on the dashboard any ideas please

Moderator edit: Updated subject for clarity 

[MaginB]

Welcome to the Community @paulhart!  

Let me help you with that. I recommend revoking access to Strava and then linking it again, follow the instructions listed on this great article. 

Hope it helps! 

[paulhart]

hi thanks for your effort

the ride is done via a non gps ride 

i know it will not log the ride on the watch but the previous ride was also not a gps ride but it logged the ride via zswift then to strava then to the dashboard on the fitbit

however the otheer rides do not sync unless i put them in manually will i have to do this all the time

thanks

[paulhart]

hi thanks for your effort

the ride is done via a non gps ride 

i know it will not log the ride on the watch but the previous ride was also not a gps ride but it logged the ride via zswift then to strava then to the dashboard on the fitbit

however the otheer rides do not sync unless i put them in manually will i have to do this all the time

thanks

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@MaginB wrote:

Welcome to the Community @paulhart!  

Let me help you with that. I recommend revoking access to Strava and then linking it again, follow the instructions listed on this great article. 

Hope it helps! 

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[bbarrera]

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@paulhart wrote:

i know it will not log the ride on the watch but the previous ride was also not a gps ride but it logged the ride via zswift then to strava then to the dashboard on the fitbit

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Zwift uploads "GPS" rides to Strava. You can actually see a map in Strava. Zwift generates GPS coordinates as if you were riding in Watopia (Te Anu in the Solomon Islands), Richmond, or London. 

[paulhart]

Yes I see that but this still does not upload to the dashboard unless I put it in manually 

I gave revoked the strava and then put the app back on but it still doesn’t upload itself 

am I missing something

and yes the ride was done in watopia on all 4 occasions with the first one only logging automatically with me having to log the other 3 rides

[bbarrera]

Officially Fitbit has stated their Strava sync will only Strava activities recorded in the Strava app. So the 1st sync was unexpected. Perhaps Fitbit will officially support syncing other Strava activities in the future. 

I sync Garmin bike computer rides (trainer and outdoor) to Endomondo, and Endomondo reliably syncs to Fitbit. A lot of data is stripped out, Fitbit doesn’t support importing gps/maps, HR, power, cadence, etc.