Why isn’t my cycling distance counting towards my daily distance counter?

[uz3r]

Hi All, as per the title - my main form of exercise is cycling but my Inspire HR isn’t including the distance I’ve cycled in my daily distance total? In the example pictures from my excercise today - the total distance indicator should be 15+kms not 4.6kms. Does anyone know what’s wrong?

 

 

[JohnnyRow]

Daily distance total includes only steps/walking/running.

To me, it makes sense this way.  Riding a bike a certain distance is much less work than walking/running the same distance.

In your example, it looks like you cycled about 10 km in about half an hour.  How many km could you walk in half an hour at the same effort?

When I used to bike ride and run, I would consider it took about 5 miles on bike to be equivalent to 1 mile running.

[uz3r]

This makes no sense, the active minutes and calorie indicators include cycling effort - why not the distance indicator?

Also I’m glad it suits your purpose but it’s called a Fitbit - not Walkbit or Runbit so it should account for all fitness activities.

[uz3r]

I assume the lack of response from a Fitbit representative means that the distance indicator doesnt work for cyclists. Buyer beware.

[oicheliath]

I wanted to revive this thread as I've had the same problem. 

I don't understand why the app is tailored to multiple exercises, except for distance when it comes to cycling. Some run 5k, some would rather cycle 15k, it should be catered to - even if you can account for this in your settings so it knows your main form of exercise.

Is there any plan to fix this so that cyclists get the benefit of the Distance page? It's frustrating to never meet it even after a great day having hit all other targets.