Originally Posted by
redlude97
You have no idea what you are talking about...strava records and reports your power meter data the same way as your garmin/wahoo do. In fact in most cases its just pushing the garmin data directly to strava. We aren't talking about strava power estimates, we are talking about how strava uses powermeter data to estimate FTP, in ways like wk04, golden cheetah, xert etc.
Oh got it. My mistake.
In that case I adjust my opinion of Strava Power - downward. I judge it utterly worthless.
Further...the mere existence of strava estimated power is ludicrous. It's like 2 guys at the gym going for max bench press numbers. One guy looks at the bench press. Instead of seeing how much he can lift...he asks the other guy how much he thinks he can lift...and writes that down as his max bench press number.
Gym Rat
#1 : "Bro!!! Let's see what our max bench press lift weights are! I'm SOOOO jacked!"
Gym Rat
#2 : "Awesome! I love it. You go first. But hurry, Dawsons Creek is on in an hour."
Gym Rat
#1 : "Will do brosky! [looks at bench press with trepidation] Bro, what do you think I can bench? [flexes gargantuan guns in front of a mirror]
Gym Rat
#2 : "Mmmm. 650. Easy. Just LOOK at you, you're HUGE!"
Gym Rat
#1 : [writes down 650 as personal best in log book] "You mind if I make that kilograms?"