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  • Difference between average power and average weighted power on Strava
  • tpbiker
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    I have a powermeter and average power for a 4 hour cycle was 173 watts, but my average weighted is 190.

    Anyone care to explain the difference?

    ta

    njee20
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    Average power includes time spent not pedalling, average weighted power ignores all zero values, average weighted power is more commonly known as normalised power.

    tpbiker
    Free Member

    ah thanks Njee, I had thought average power ignored all zeros as well. I’m new to this Powermeter business.

    ta

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    mrblobby
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    Normalised power is a bit different (explanation here) and I think it tries to generate a constant power equivalent figure for your ride. No idea what average weighted power is though!

    Edit… ah right, have a look here. It looks to be along similar lines to NP (but definitely not average with zero’s removed.)

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