Wahoo Elemnt Cycle Computer Stop/Start when in Cafè

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Hello everyone, when I have a cafè stop during my ride, I press STOP then I bring my Wahoo Elemnt Cycle Computer into the cafè and leave it under the table. It keeps on starting by itself ‘Ride Resumed’ then ‘Paused’ for a few seconds constantly for the next 30 mins there, even though it hasn’t moved from under the table. Also it bleeps during this fault. Any ideas why it’s doing it. Thanks in advance.

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Probably a combination GPS signal and auto-pause feature. It is detecting “movement” from the GPS signal bouncing about and starting and stopping with the auto-pause feature turned on. You can turn off auto-pause in the Wahoo companion app, however, you then have to remember to ‘Start’ your ride again when you leave the cafe, so turning the feature off can be a double-edged sword.

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GPS has become totally unreliable. I’m sitting in my home, facing South. Not once in the last two weeks has Strava pointed out I’m facing that way.

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Mine does the same. In the v1 bolt you could set the auto pause speed threshold but you can’t in the V2 - this is a real downgrade on the V2. I had the v1 for 9 years and I loved it. I was so looking forward to V2 but so far it’s a big disappointment for this reason. Today l went for a ride and l went into the cafe with an average speed of 17 mph and came out with an average speed of 12 mph.
The only workaround is to turn off auto pause but then you have to remember to pause when stopping and resume when riding again.

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Oh, I just experienced this at a café stop too - very annoying - and I’m sure it didn’t do this in the past, maybe a regression after a recent update?

If I remember correctly, my workaround was to press “STOP” when on the “Ride Paused” screen and then it goes to the “End Ride?” screen and you just leave it on that screen till the end of your break, and then press “NO” (obviously) to return to the previous screen.

(Edit: my assumption is that this end ride screen counts as a manual pause rather than an automatic pause and therefore the GPS sensor will not be checked to detect movement)

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