Originally Posted by
redlude97
Try to do an FTP indoors with and without adequate cooling/fans. See if you can hit the same numbers. A power meter(and the measure of mechanical work being put into the bike) is only one measure, and an estimate of the amount of physiological work being done at a set efficiency which is affected by many factors.
What is physiological work? I've never seen that before. What do you mean by efficiency? Work produced per energy consumed?