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Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
Here's the rationale from Strava:
https://strava.zendesk.com/entries/20965883-Elevation-for-Your-Activity
So... No elevation for you......flatlander..... Didn't know they added the smoothing..
I would try this....
Go-go-gadget web tool.
Go to:
https://tapiriik.com
tapir synchronizes your fitness activities between Garmin Connect, RunKeeper, Strava, TrainingPeaks, SportTracks.mobi, Endomondo, RideWithGPS, TrainerRoad, Motivato, Velo Hero, Epson RUNSENSE and Dropbox (your heart rate, cadence, power, and temperature data syncs too)
Automated hourly syncing is $2 per year (that's not a typo).
Then get yourself a free account at RideWithGPS; and start uploading your rides there from Cyclemeter. RWGPS should give you accurate elevation data and at the least you'll have it for review. Then you can have tapiriik sync from RideWithGPS to Strava you can then see if the data is better; it will be purely GPS derived for data coming from RidewithGPS and perhaps Strava will give you more consistent info. I never really trust Strava Elevation data Period because their DEM lattice is out of data based on what they last published. RWGPS is much much better to the point of having corrected the elevations of popular roads from DOT survey maps.
So back in the gadget lab.... I use Tapiriik daily to keep data in: Strava, Garmin Connect, Training Peaks, RWGPS. And most importantly backing up my data to Dropbox as raw TCX files. Different tools for different things and some redundancy. With this model I can record a ride with my Garmin, iPhone on a bike or from the trainer via the iPad. Depending on what we are up to and never worry about how to get the data where it needs to go. Works well and tapiriik won't duplicate any rides it's very smart about that.
As for the weight loss thing we switched to MyFitnessPal (now owned by UnderArmor) it has a direct sync to Strava and integrates with darn near anything Like digital scales. That's really handy because you can do silly stuff like this:
Withings Wifi Scale ---> body weight --> My Fitpal ---> Strava ---> bike rider weight updated ---> watts per kg
Instant accuracy for rides upload that day... more time to ride less time to think.
So by standing on the scale half awake in the morning I've updated my weight on Strava and Training Peaks
Only problem is it works too good; I record a 20km TT route i the car last night using the garmin. If the 20 seconds it took me to pull over turn off the garmin. The route was upload to garmin connect; synced to starva; and someone gave me a kudos for the ride before I could login 1 minute later to make it private and deleted it.