Favourite Gear - Elemnt CA

Does anyone know where the favourite gear is derived from that is recorded in the Companion App? And how/where to change/correct it?

Been fortunate to get a replacement insurance claim bike that comes with the XPLR 10-44 group set, with a 40t chainring.

And what does the numbers for Front and Rear pertain to?

Unsure where the 32x14 stems from.

MTB swaps between 34-36-38t chainrings and has no PM. Also was used for this ride in the recording above.

Itā€™s configured in the Elemnt application, specifically on the sensors screen. You choose the paired shifting sensor and then ā€œGear Ratio Setupā€. You configure it with the gearing for your bike. The ā€œFrontā€ and Rear" pertain to how many times you shifted. Since your front gear change was 1, then itā€™s a 1x setup. For rear it means you shifted 154 times.

The favorite is the gear you spent the most time in, which once your Gear Ratio Setup is correct should reflect reality.

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Some electronic shifters feed data to the ELMNT. The ā€œfavorite gearā€ is the gear you spent the most time in on the ride. If the numbers donā€™t make sense, thatā€™s because the cassette and chainring sizes arenā€™t set correctly in the sensorā€™s settings. Next time you ride, find the sensor for the derailleur in the app and change the tooth settings to make them right.

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Thanks @jcolp @AkaPete

I knew what the numbers all stood for but didnā€™t know from where they were stored/changed.

I assume when I change my XPLR cassette (10-44) I will need to custom change the gearing in the App to meet the new gearing (9-46) on the cassette going in being used by the same deraileur, as itā€™s the deraileur ID that emits/records what gearing is used. And similarly when I change the chainring.

And that when I install an AXS GX deraileur for sole use for the 9-46 cassette, ensuring the cassette gearing and deraileur pairing is tied to one ano th etc and then selected in the App when out into use.

I know I am stating the obvious. I think :grimacing:

Correct on both.

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Just reading this thread since I wondered about the favorite gear as well.

My gear ratio section is setup correctly, I just checked. The favorite gear does not make sense. My gearing is 50/34 x 11-28. My favorite gear on a ride where I didnā€™t even use the small ring is 34x12.

Maybe the Wahoo app has big and small ring reversed?

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Iā€™m thinking either something is wron with the calculation or it isnā€™t actually the gear you spend the most time in. Ive been thinking this for a while but here in the screen shot tou see that it shows only one front gear change, and that was when I dropped from my 52 to my 36, at the end of the ride. So Iā€™m not sure how my favorite could be 36 in the front when i was there for less than a minute.

And if you are wondering about the gear set upā€¦

Did you ever figure this out? Mine also seems to be reversed. Even if I do a rode and never go on my small ring. It will say that my favourite gear was a combination of small ring and a different cog.

I havenā€™t, I donā€™t pay any attention to it, and have considered this aspect as part of the ā€˜thereā€™s going to be a few things within the Wahoo ecosystem that doesnā€™t make sense and have no relevanceā€™ shoebox.

Without any feedback from the devs who coded this data field and what the basis that is used, itā€™s a senseless field that I pay no attention to.

Same ride, Wahoo vs PM (Quarg) recordings.

Go figure :person_shrugging:t3: