Originally Posted by
TANC
I, too, typically ride 20-30 watts more outdoors than in. I attribute that to a leg only ride indoors vs a full body ride outdoors since the trainer requires little to no core activation. I generate WAY more power climbing hills outdoors than any simulation of that indoors.
I always wonder what my FTP is if I did my test outdoors. I just started my structured program this week and don't want to be messing around with my #s now.