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Reply to "THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC COUNTING"

I have a Trek computer on the bike that I use along with a Jones-Oerth. If a RD wants an accurate (read: not short) course without the rigor of USATF measurement protocol I'll use the Trek.

I've done a parallel measurement on my local calibration course during the past two measurement projects and found the Trek to be about a single wheel revolution long over the 0.5 mile distance of the course.

I don't trust the Trek completely, but I'll use it to give me a "heads-up" warning a mile split is approaching.

As I said, if a RD is concerned about race distance but doesn't want to go through the entire measurement protocol I'll use the Trek. The response from the local anal-retentives with their GPS gadgets is pretty much the same when I measure with the Trek as when I go through the USATF protocol and use the Jones-Oerth. In fact, I get more grief (i.e., "course is long") when I use USATF measurement protocols.

But, since I've begun measuring down here there hasn't been a short course...
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